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last ATV docking OBT

Alex Gerst2014-08-07

NASA

NASA
Washington, DC, United States

ISS040-E-089627 (7 Aug. 2014) --- In the International Space Station?s Zvezda Service Module, European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst (foreground) and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, both Expedition 40 flight engineers, participate in a training session in preparation for the rendezvous and docking of ESA?s fifth and final Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-5). Nicknamed the ?Georges Lemaitre? in honor of the Belgian physicist and astronomer who first proposed the Big Bang theory, ATV-5 will deliver more than seven tons of scientific experiments, food and other supplies when it docks to the aft end of Zvezda on Aug. 12.

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  • Title: last ATV docking OBT
  • Creator: Alex Gerst
  • Date Created: 2014-08-07
  • Rights: JSC
  • Album: rlobrie1
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