ATV VNR
ESA TV Exchanges
Thirteen years ago, European space ministers agreed to participate in the International Space Station. They decided to create a European corps of astronauts, to build the Columbus laboratory, and to provide the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) space tug and cargo vessel . After the launch of Columbus on the last Shuttle flight, it is now time for the first mission of the ATV, named the Jules Verne.
The video summarises the main aspects of the ATV programme, with interviews of John Ellwood, ATV Mission Manager ESA and Jean-François Clervoy, ESA astronaut and ATV advisor. It also includes shots in Kourou of cargo being loaded aboard the Jules Verne and final assembly of the spacecraft, and a 3D-graphics animation of an ATV mission.""
For more info on this subject please check the script that is online as a PDF file under :http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS56092.pdf
A WMV preview clip is online under :http://esatv-movies.e-vision.nl/videos/mphi/ATV_VNR_TV_27-02-08_wmphigh.wmv
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ATV VNR ñ ""A new generation space vehicle""
Time codes are time codes from script from Martin Ransom.
Time codes on tape - finished at Watch TV - program start at 10:00:00. That's why there seems to be a difference in duration, but the duration of 17'24'' is correct.
01:00:00 Tape start
01:01:00 A-Roll start
01:01:40 When Space Ministers met in Toulouse in 1995 to approve Europe's participation in the International Space Station, several major programmes were decided.
01:01:51 Clip Yvan Ylieff (was President of the ESA Ministerial Council): ""Cíest tout a fait fantastique""
01:01:55 And today these programmes become reality.
01:01:58 Clip Léopold Eyharts: ""The European laboratory Columbus module is now part of the ISS.""
01:02:03 With Columbus, ESA's corps of astronauts is ready to work in this laboratory on the behalf of scientists and industry. And with the Automated Transfer Vehicle, a space cargo and tug in-one, Europe is able to service the orbital complex.
01:02:22