FRANCE-SPACE-JULES VERNE

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Date: 20080403
Author:LIONEL BONAVENTURE

LIONEL BONAVENTURE
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04-03-2008
FRANCE-SPACE-JULES VERNE



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This photo taken April 3, 2008 shows the entrance of the National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) in Toulouse, in southwestern France, from where the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) 'Jules Verne' is piloted by engineers of the European Space Agency (ESA) to connect with the International Space station in space. The engineers of the ATV, weighing 50 tonnes and entirely automated, launched on March 9, 2008 and received the green light yesterday to dock Jules Verne at the Internaional Space station today ...

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