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Jules Verne ATV reveals unexpected capabilities

16 June 2008

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Expedition 17 crewmembers, Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko, float inside Jules Verne ATV. Jules Verne is Europe's first Automated Transfer Vehicle. Jules Verne docked with the International Space Station on 3 April 2008.

Credits: NASA

A new hygiene station?

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ISS Expedition 16 crew opens the hatch to Jules Verne ATV and enters the newly arrived spacecraft for the very first time (5 April 2008).

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Cross water transfers

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Expedition 16 and 17 crewmembers inside Jules Verne ATV. Jules Verne is Europe's first Automated Transfer Vehicle. Jules Verne docked with the International Space Station on 3 April 2008.

Credits: NASA

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Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, Expedition 16 flight engineer, aboard the International Space Station used a digital still camera to record several images of the Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) during a rendezvous test on March 29, 2008. Malenchenko fitted the camera with an 800mm lens typically employed for Shuttle RPM photography while the ATV sat 2.1 statute miles from the ISS during the first of two demonstration days in the lead up to a first ISS docking attempt on April 3. On March 31, Demonstration Day 2 will see ATV approach to within 11 meters of the ISS.

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Expedition 17 crewmembers, Sergei Volkov and Oleg Kononenko, inside Jules Verne ATV. Jules Verne is Europe's first Automated Transfer Vehicle. Jules Verne docked with the International Space Station on 3 April 2008.

Credits: NASA

Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV)

Jules Verne boosts ISS orbit Space Station crew enters Jules Verne ATV Europe’s automated ship docks to the ISS