Yesterday was the second Demonstration day. It was really great to see the ATV Jules Verne approaching the stations Zvesda module.

ATV some miles away
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ATVs docking video system Jules Verne 246m away
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ATV some 32m away
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ATV some few meters away Zvesda module left handed
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Some thermal covers are not in their original "position" this seems also to be the reason for some 320Watts higher thermal electricity consumption.

Jules Verne is now on the way (on a higher orbit than ISS) back to the starting point 39km behind ISS. The ATV surrounds the ISS with that manouvre.
More information:
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ATV/index.html
Enjoy Thomas

Last edited by twehr; Tue 01 Apr 2008 09:04:AM.

Thomas Wehr
Enjoy
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