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Demonstration Day 2
31 March, 2008 16:10
15:58 CEST - Jules Verne at S2
Demonstration Day 2
31 March, 2008 16:00
A quick snap of the ATV (white point of light) seen on the display screen of the ATV-CC. Image taken at 15:16 CEST, when ATV was closing toward way point S2. -- Daniel
Demonstration Day 2
31 March, 2008 15:52
Access the live stream coverage of today's Demo Day 1 activities, scheduled to start at 16:00 CEST, here:
Demonstration Day 2
31 March, 2008 15:12
ATV has just reached station point S1. We have a cool view here in the control center of a small point of light - ATV! - as seen from the ISS. -- Daniel
Demonstration Day 2
31 March, 2008 14:56
John Ellwood on the purpose of today's demonstration
We just managed to get hold of John Ellwood here at the ATV Control Centre in Toulouse. John is ESA's ATV Project Manager. We asked John about what the team will be looking for from today’s demonstration. Here’s what he had to say…
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Demonstration Day 2
31 March, 2008 14:29
14:26 CEST - ATV has arrived at S-1/2
ATV has just passed through station point S-1/2 ("Ess minus one-half"), located 39 km from the ISS, marking the formal start of Demo Day 2 activity. Confirmation just came via the voice loop, which we can monitor here at the ATV-CC (control centre) in Toulouse, France. -- Daniel
Demonstration Day 2
31 March, 2008 13:55
Demo Day 2 - How ATV gets to where it's going
Kirsten MacDonell, from ESA's Human Spaceflight Directorate (and who is sitting beside me in the media room at ATV-CC), has just passed along an interesting graphic. It neatly illustrates part of ATV's trajectory today, and is, in fact, one of the graphics used during ATV astronaut training at ESA's Astronaut Centre in Cologne (more details after the jump). -- Daniel
Demonstration Day 2
31 March, 2008 12:47
Demo Day 2 - sequence of events
Today's sequence of events has just been posted on the ESA website. Here's a quick extract (after the jump). -- Daniel
Demonstration Day 1
30 March, 2008 19:38
IMMT gives 'go' for Demo Day 2
It's official... Jules Verne ATV has been given the go-ahead to proceed for Demonstration Day 2. Shortly after 18:15 CEST (16:15 UT) Kirk Shireman, NASA's ISS Programme Manager, carried out a poll amongst all the ISS Partners and it was unanimous - "IMMT is go for Demo Day 2". Read more on the ESA website: http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ATV/SEMIUAR03EF_0.html
Demo Day 2 is due to get underway tomorrow at around midday Toulouse local time (which since this morning is now 2 hours ahead of UT). The ESA website will carry a live stream of Demo Day 2 courtesy of a NASA TV video feed, and we'll also keep you posted with background information here on the blog, and the ATV website: http://www.esa.int/atv.
-- Maria
Demonstration Day 1
29 March, 2008 20:12
More photos Jules Verne in space
I received a couple more photos of Jules Verne as seen today here at the ATV Control Centre in Toulouse. These were taken by ATV Mission Director Alberto Novelli from inside the control room. On the first one, Jules Verne is the white spot that can be seen next to earth's horizon. The second (click though!) is a view of the Simvol screen - this is the view the astronauts see on board ISS. ATV is the bright white object near the centre of the screen.
-- Maria
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