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Jules Verne dry cargo prepared in Turin

8 October 2007

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ATV Cargo Bench Review held at Thales Alenia Space Italia, in Turin, Italy, on 3 October 2007. The review is last chance to check the 180 kg of European dry cargo which will be carried into space on board Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle. The cargo will now be shipped to the launch site in Kourou, French Guiana.

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Cristina Gastaldi, ATV Cargo Manager for Thales Alenia Space, is holding one of two the Jules Verne manuscripts which are included in the European dry cargo. ATV Cargo Bench Review was held at Thales Alenia Space Italia, in Turin, Italy, on 3 October 2007. The review is last chance to check the 180 kg of European dry cargo which will be carried into space on board Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle. The cargo will now be shipped to the launch site in Kourou, French Guiana.

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ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori holds one of the PR items from the European dry cargo during the ATV Cargo Bench Review held at Thales Alenia Space Italia, in Turin, Italy, on 3 October 2007. The review is last chance to check the 180 kg of European dry cargo which will be carried into space on board Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle. NASA astronaut Marsha Ivins and ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori attended the review as crew representatives to check all packaging was according to crew requirements. The cargo will now be shipped to the launch site in Kourou, French Guiana.

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NASA astronaut Marsha Ivins holds a luxury 19th century edition of the book 'De la Terre à la Lune' (From the Earth to the Moon) during the ATV Cargo Bench Review held at Thales Alenia Space Italia, in Turin, Italy, on 3 October 2007. The review is last chance to check the 180 kg of European dry cargo which will be carried into space on board Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle. NASA astronaut Marsha Ivins and ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori attended the review as crew representatives to check all packaging was according to crew requirements. The cargo will now be shipped to the launch site in Kourou, French Guiana.

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