Photo Agency - Astronomy - Space - Nature

> The Jules Verne ATV

The Jules Verne ATV

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-is017-12400

Image Size 300 DPI: 26 * 17 cm

5 Sept. 2008- Backdropped by the blackness of space, European Space Agency's (ESA) "Jules Verne" Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) begins 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.

Keywords for this photo:

2008 - ATV - EXPEDITION 17 - INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - ISS - SOLAR PANEL - SPACE - SPACE STATION - UNDOCKING - VERNE JULES -