ATV 3 mission overview

Date: Tue, Feb 28, 2012 | 07:30 - 07:50 GMT | 08:30 - 08:50 CET

Type: ESA TV Exchange

Format: 16:9

ATV 3 is due to lift off on top of Ariane 5 next 9 March from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. It will then dock to the International Space Station on 19 March. This A & B roll explain the mission of this 3rd ATV to be sent to the ISS. The third flight of Europes space freighter and service vehicle for the International Space Station is just a few days away from launch. Named the Edoardo Amaldi, ATV-3 is carrying another record consignment, dry cargo and propellants to the ISS. One major item is a NASA water recycling unit for the orbital complex. Another special aspect of the mission is that for the first time the ATV will rendezvous with the ISS in a new configuration. This A-Roll describes the mission and includes interviews with Massimo Cislaghi, ESAs ATV-3 Mission Manager, and André Kuipers, ESAs astronaut in the ISS who will be monitoring the spacecrafts arrival. The B-Roll also includes interviews with Jean-Michel Bois, ESA's Head of ATV Operations at the ATV Control Centre in Toulouse, and his colleague ATV-3 Flight Director Adam Williams. Interviews are in English, Italian, and French.

More backgroud information can be found on: http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ATV/index.html

The MPEG-2 files are on the ESA ftp server in the folder entitled :
ftp://esa.contentcoders.com/mpeg2/Mission-21022012/

WMV preview: http://esatv-movies.e-vision.nl/videos/mplo/ESA_MISSION_Aroll_TV_02-22-12_wmplow.wmv

Script:
EbS83304.doc

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