We're sitting in the viewing room to the back of the ATV Control Centre this afternoon. It's a whole lot quieter in the control room today compared to this time yesterday, but that probably isn't a surprise. As I write Jules Verne is passing over Asia. Everything going to plan here - some orbital manoeuvres and check-outs of the spacecraft.

We were also just treated to a play back of the HD recording made inside Zvezda yesterday showing the ISS crew during the demo - I took a few photos to share the moment... (click through for a couple more)
--Maria


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A very interesting, if somewhat technical, visualisation of Jules Verne ATV movements during Demo Day 2.

The clip was prepared using telemetry data generated during the joint simulation training on 1 February, which was then fed into a sophisticated simulation tool.

This video gives an extremely faithful visualisation of what actually happened as ATV closed in on the Station on 31 March. Click on 'Full story' for details and to access video links. -- Daniel

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