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The Jules Verne ATV

by

Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-is017-12403

Date

2008-09-12

5 Sept. 2008- Backdropped by a blue and white Earth, European Space Agency's (ESA) "Jules Verne" Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) continues its relative separation from the International Space Station. The ATV undocked from the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module at 4:29 p.m. (CDT) on Sept. 5, 2008 and was placed in a parking orbit for three weeks, scheduled to be deorbited on Sept. 29 when lighting conditions are correct for an ESA imagery experiment of reentry.