Sunday, December 17

Jules Verne goes hot and cold

Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), the most complex spacecraft ever developed in Europe, has successfully completed this week its most exhaustive test campaign at ESA’s test facilities at ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Jules Verne is due to make its inaugural flight atop an Ariane 5 in summer 2007 to re-supply the International Space Station. Credits: ESA - A. Le Floc'h


Jules Verne goes hot and cold from PhysOrg.com

For 21 days in a row, Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), has not only survived the most stringent conditions of the space environment, but it has successfully tested on the ground its flight software and hardware under the toughest simulated conditions of space vacuum, freezing temperatures and burning sun radiation.[...]

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