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Joint ESA/Russian team in Moscow ready to support Jules Verne

21 February 2008

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Jules Verne ATV is moved out of its container in the Final Assembly Building at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

The Ariane 5 ES will lift ESA's first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) into orbit. ATV will bring new supplies to the International Space Station. It will also be used to reboost the Station's orbit. (14 February 2008)

Credits: 2008 - ESA /CNES/Arianespace/Photo optique video du CSG

Experts to monitor Jules Verne’s flight

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Animation illustrating the mission scenario for Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV). ATV launches from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The 20.7 tonne ATV is well protected at the top of Ariane 5 during a three-minute high-pressure aerodynamic ascent. 100 minutes after lift-off, the ATV becomes a fully automatic spaceship navigating towards the International Space Station (ISS). The ATV uses its eye-like rendezvous sensors to dock precisely and safely with the ISS. ATV becomes an extension of the Station. The 45 m³ pressurised module delivers up to 7.2 tonnes of equipment, fuel, food, water and air for the crew. ATV uses up to 4.7 tonnes of propellant to raise the ISS altitude which naturally decreases with the residual atmospheric drag. After 6 months, ATV, loaded with 6.5 tonnes of waste, separates from ISS and fully burns out during a guided and controlled re-entry high over the Pacific Ocean.

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Engineers work on Jules Verne ATV's docking mechanism as the spacecraft is prepared for launch at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana (12 December 2007)

Credits: 2007 - ESA /CNES/Arianespace/Photo optique video du CSG

Crew oxygen for ISS loaded on Jules Verne Russian fuel flows in Jules Verne’s veins ATV operations: training the team Final preparations for first human-rated spacecraft to be launched from Europe's Spaceport