L’ATV Jules Verne è pronto per la missione verso la ISS     Screen shot of simulation from ESA operations video camera mounted inside Russian Zvezda module showing ATV approaching.   Die künstlerische Darstellung zeigt den am russischen Swesda-Modul angekoppelten europäischen Raumtransporter ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle).   In punkto Größe nimmt es der europäische Raumtransporter ATV problemlos mit einem Londoner Doppeldeckerbus auf.   Toile de fond - Le véhicule européen de ravitaillement de la Station spatiale internationale         With the ATV Jules Verne front end in the background, (from left to right) Daniel Sacotte, ESA's Director of Human Spaceflight, Microgravity and Exploration, John Ellwood, ESA's ATV Project Manager and ESA astronaut Jean-Francois Clervoy, senior advisor to the ATV programme.   This new vehicle, scheduled for maiden flight in September 2004, will dock with the Station's Zvezda Service Module. It will carry a 7.4 tonne payload that includes water, oxygen and propellant. Four tonnes of the propellant will be used to reboost the Station at regular intervals; another 860 kg will be transferred to the Station for attitude and orbit control. ATV will be a separate transfer vehicle with avionics and propulsion capability. Launched by Ariane-5E, it will resemble a regular satellite payload protected by Ariane's fairing. Equipped with a set of engines and with solar panels, it will include a separate pressurised payload container. Controlled from the ATV Control Centre in Europe, its docking manoeuvres will be coordinated with the Space Station Control Center at Houston and with the Russian control centre near Moscow. Status as of March 2002. Release date: 13 Ottobre 2008