Confirmation just over 30 minutes ago from ATV Control Centre that Jules Verne successfully undocked from the International Space Station at 23:29 CEST (21:29 UT) this evening. More info in the press release on the ESA website...

At the end of a flawless six-month mission, Jules Verne, Europe’s first Automated Transfer Vehicle, undocked from the International Space Station today at 23:29 hours CEST. The ATV has now embarked on the last leg of its journey in space, which will end with a controlled destructive re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere on 29 September.

Read the press release in full.

-- Maria