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Jules Verne demonstrates key capabilities

29 March 2008

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The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is the first fully automatic re-supply spacecraft of its kind. ESA's Jules Verne ATV is the first European space supplier for the ISS. It was launched 9 March 2008 from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

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Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV)

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