Jules Verne ATV Blog

Jules Verne ATV Blog http://webservices.esa.int/blog/blog/1 Welcome to the ATV 'Jules Verne' Blog! This blog is operated by ESA - the European Space Agency - as an unofficial and in-depth source of information for the general public. The ATV Blog is provided strictly on an unofficial, 'best-effort' basis and ESA makes no warranty that the comments, opinions or information expressed in this blog are confirmed, accurate, official or in any way reflect the formal policies of the European Space Agency. administrator 2010-03-12T22:39:50Z ATV carries out first debris avoidance manoeuvre for the ISS http://webservices.esa.int/blog/post/1/388 <a id="res_445" href="http://webservices.esa.int/blog/gallery/1/s124e009982_M.jpg"><img src="http://webservices.esa.int/blog/gallery/1/previews/s124e009982_M.jpg" border="0" align="left" /></a>This just published in the ESA website: <blockquote> The Automated Transfer Vehicle, Europe’s ISS logistics spacecraft, was used to perform its first debris avoidance manoeuvre for the International Space Station. The manoeuvre was started yesterday at 18:11 CEST (16:11 UT) and finished 5 minutes 2 seconds later. </blockquote>   Access <a href="http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Operations/SEM64X0SAKF_0.html " target="_blank">full article via this link</a>. -- Daniel Rendezvous& docking 2008-08-28T10:03:40Z danielscuka ESA's John Ellwood - Comments after docking http://webservices.esa.int/blog/post/1/369 "It was absolutely amazing ... it was absolutely fantastic." - A quick mp3 audio statement from ESA's John Ellwood, ATV Project Manager, who was (also) interviewed by Maria yesterday shortly after docking. <a href="http://a1862.g.akamai.net/7/1862/14448/v1/esa.download.akamai.com/13452/mp3/j_ellwood_docking_reaction.mp3" target="_blank">Access mp3 audio here</a>: <object data="http://webservices.esa.int/blog/flash/mp3player/mp3player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="320" height="20" class="ltPlayer"> <param name="quality" value="best" /> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /> <param name="movie" value="http://webservices.esa.int/blog/flash/mp3player/mp3player.swf" /> <param name="FlashVars" value="&file=http://a1862.g.akamai.net/7/1862/14448/v1/esa.download.akamai.com/13452/mp3/j_ellwood_docking_reaction.mp3&height=20&width=320" /> </object> Rendezvous& docking 2008-04-04T10:11:50Z danielscuka ESA's Alberto Novelli - Comments after docking http://webservices.esa.int/blog/post/1/368 "A wonderful achievement - we are all really happy because the team performed extremely well" - A quick mp3 audio statement from ESA's Alberto Novelli, head of operations here at ATV-CC, who was interviewed by Maria yesterday shortly after docking. <a href="http://a1862.g.akamai.net/7/1862/14448/v1/esa.download.akamai.com/13452/mp3/a_novelli_docking_reaction.mp3" target="_blank">Access mp3 audio here</a>: <object data="http://webservices.esa.int/blog/flash/mp3player/mp3player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="320" height="20" class="ltPlayer"> <param name="quality" value="best" /> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /> <param name="movie" value="http://webservices.esa.int/blog/flash/mp3player/mp3player.swf" /> <param name="FlashVars" value="&file=http://a1862.g.akamai.net/7/1862/14448/v1/esa.download.akamai.com/13452/mp3/a_novelli_docking_reaction.mp3&height=20&width=320" /> </object>   Rendezvous& docking 2008-04-04T09:57:47Z danielscuka ESA Director General comments - mp3 http://webservices.esa.int/blog/post/1/355 <a id="res_400" href="http://webservices.esa.int/blog/gallery/1/CIMG0069.JPG"><img src="http://webservices.esa.int/blog/gallery/1/previews/CIMG0069.JPG" border="0" align="left" /></a> Access an mp3 recording of comments by ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain, recorded after docking, when he spoke to the media and guests here at ATV-CC (thanks to Henning for this). -- Daniel <a href="http://a1862.g.akamai.net/7/1862/14448/v1/esa.download.akamai.com/13452/mp3/atv_docking_dordain.mp3" target="_blank">Access mp3 audio here</a>: <object data="http://webservices.esa.int/blog/flash/mp3player/mp3player.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="320" height="20" class="ltPlayer"> <param name="quality" value="best" /> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /> <param name="movie" value="http://webservices.esa.int/blog/flash/mp3player/mp3player.swf" /> <param name="FlashVars" value="&file=http://a1862.g.akamai.net/7/1862/14448/v1/esa.download.akamai.com/13452/mp3/atv_docking_dordain.mp3&height=20&width=320" /> </object> Rendezvous& docking 2008-04-03T18:49:52Z danielscuka ATV docking - time sequence http://webservices.esa.int/blog/post/1/352 <a id="res_407" href="http://webservices.esa.int/blog/gallery/1/atv_time_sequence.jpg"><img src="http://webservices.esa.int/blog/gallery/1/previews-med/atv_time_sequence.jpg" border="0" alt="ATV docking time sequence" align="left" /></a>An interesting time sequence of ATV docking, combined into one image. The original was compiled by Stuart, over at the <a href="http://journals.aol.com/stuartatk/Cumbrian-Sky/" target="_blank">Cumbria Sky blog</a> (thanks, Stuart!). -- Daniel (Click for full-size version)                           Rendezvous& docking 2008-04-03T18:44:34Z danielscuka Some images from the docking http://webservices.esa.int/blog/post/1/351 Simvol view at 19 metres... (click for more!) <a id="res_394" href="http://webservices.esa.int/blog/gallery/1/vlcsnap-63951.jpg"><img src="http://webservices.esa.int/blog/gallery/1/previews-med/vlcsnap-63951.jpg" border="0" /></a> Simvol view at 0.2 metres... <a id="res_397" href="http://webservices.esa.int/blog/gallery/1/2008-04-03_164609.jpg"><img src="http://webservices.esa.int/blog/gallery/1/previews-med/2008-04-03_164609.jpg" border="0" alt="ATV docking" /></a> Docked... <a id="res_398" href="http://webservices.esa.int/blog/gallery/1/2008-04-03_164639.jpg"><img src="http://webservices.esa.int/blog/gallery/1/previews-med/2008-04-03_164639.jpg" border="0" alt="ATV Docked" /></a> Docked, view inside control room at ATV-CC (slightly wonky!) <a id="res_399" href="http://webservices.esa.int/blog/gallery/1/CIMG0066.JPG"><img src="http://webservices.esa.int/blog/gallery/1/previews-med/CIMG0066.JPG" border="0" /></a> ESA TV interview post-docking with CNES president Yannick D'Escatha and ESA DG Jean-Jacques Dordain <a id="res_400" href="http://webservices.esa.int/blog/gallery/1/CIMG0069.JPG"><img src="http://webservices.esa.int/blog/gallery/1/previews-med/CIMG0069.JPG" border="0" /></a> Rendezvous& docking 2008-04-03T18:20:59Z
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