Tag: atv-2

ATV Johannes Kepler – Orbits and body motion in space

This video is part of a series of educational videos that ESA is releasing based on the five visionaries that lent their name to Europe’s space freighters.

Jules Verne, Johannes Kepler, Edoardo Amaldi, Albert Einstein and Georges Lemaître form the inspiration to explain the principles of physics to young and older audiences.

Presented by Anu Ojha, this video offers a good basis to introduce schoolchildren and the general public to concepts of orbital mechanics.

Accompanying these videos are also a new set of resources that ESA education is producing: Teach with Space, a large set of demonstrations and teacher guides intended to bring the excitement of space into the classroom to inspire the next generation.

Classroom demos:
http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2014/07/Marble-ous_ellipses_-_classroom_demonstration_video_VP02
http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2014/07/Gravity_wells_-_classroom_demonstration_video_VP04

July 30, 2014
ATV-2 – A key ESA contribution to the ISS

In recent weeks several space freighters, the Russian Progress and Japanese HTV, have arrived at the International Space Station. But the most important logistics spacecraft for the ISS is Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle. The ATV-2 called Johannes Kepler is to be launched from Kourou in just over a week and will be docking at the orbital complex on February 23rd with over 7 tonnes of cargo.

February 8, 2011
ATV-2 mission profile with ESA Mission Director Kris Capelle

ESA’s lead ATV-2 Mission Director Kris Capelle talks us through all phases of this complex mission – from launch preparation and lift-off to rendezvous and docking with the ISS through the attached phase, undocking and reentry.

February 4, 2011