A high resolution version of the Jules Verne ATV re-entry is now available - see below!

Credit: ESA/NASA

These just sent in by ESA's Emilio De Pasquale, who says:

"Find here attached still images from a high-definition TV camera operated by Jessie Carpenter and Bill Moede of NASA Ames Research Center. The images were prepared by Eric James of the same group."

 (Click on 'Full story' for images). -- Daniel

 

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A spectacular video recorded 29 September 2008 by the observation team chasing ATV Jules Verne as it plunged through the atmosphere. The video shows the spacecraft breaking up over the Pacific Ocean beginning at about 15:36 CEST. (A downloadable version will be published in the main ESA portal shortly.)

Credit: ESA/NASA

 

MP3 audio recording of ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain speaking to the media at the IAC (59th International Astronautical Congress), Glasgow, Scotland, earlier this afternoon - shortly after ATV's reentry.

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Images of ATV burning up in the atmosphere just received from the team on board the DC-8 observation aircraft taken at approximately 15:36 CEST 29 Sep. More details available on the main ESA web site. -- Daniel

Credit: ESA

 

MP3 audio interview with ESA's John Ellwood, ATV Project Manager.

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A quick reaction statement from ESA's mission director Alberto Novelli. I asked him on how today's deorbit went from the operations standpoint (apologies for mp3 quality - it is a bit rough due big crowd her). -- Daniel

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A quick snap of the scene in the ATV Control Room as the mission came to an end. -- Daniel

ATV has been seen by the Gulfstream aircraft. Details to follow... -- Daniel

Graphics at the front of the control room show ISS is about to start the pass over ATV. The ISS crew are ready with the Fialka equipment which they will use to make ultraviolet and visible range observations. We just heard that the crew reported they can see ATV as a dot through their camera. -- Maria