ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli has sent a video response in which he answers a question posed via YouTube from José María Ortega Hernández, from Málaga, Spain. José María asked how ATV Johannes Kepler would be used once it reached the ISS – and astro Paolo is pretty much the best-placed guy to answer this! Thanks, José María, for your question – and thanks, Paolo, for a detailed reply and ‘insider tour’ from 400 kilometres up!

Astronaut Paolo Nespoli’s reply

José María Ortega Hernández, 17 years old, from Málaga, Spain, asks the question…