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Coverage Set for European Cargo Delivery to Space Station

NASA Television will broadcast live the flight of the European Space Agency's third Automated Transfer Vehicle cargo ship to the International Space Station. Coverage will begin with its launch on Thursday.
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New target launch date for ATV-3

The launch of ESA's third Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV-3) is targeted at 23 March, with a liftoff scheduled for 4:31 UT (5:31 CET).
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ATV-3 is due to lift off on 9 March from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, aboard Ariane 5. It will then dock to the International Space Station on 19 March. This A & B roll describes the mission of this 3rd ATV to be sent to the ISS. The third flight of Europe's space freighter and service vehicle for the International Space Station is just a few days away from launch. Named the Edoardo Amaldi, ATV-3 is carrying another record consignment of dry cargo and propellants to the ISS. One major item is a NASA water recycling unit for the orbital complex.
Another special aspect of the mission is that for the first time the ATV will rendezvous with the ISS in a new configuration.
This A-Roll describes the mission and includes interviews with Massimo Cislaghi, ESA's ATV-3 Mission Manager, and André Kuipers, ESA's astronaut in the ISS, who will be monitoring the spacecraft's arrival. The B-Roll also includes interviews with Jean-Michel Bois, ESA's Head of ATV Operations at the ATV Control Centre in Toulouse, and his colleague ATV-3 Flight Director Adam Williams. Interviews are in English, Italian, and French.

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