The International Space Station crew were set to work last Saturday unpacking some of the 2201 kg of dry cargo from the newly arrived Automated Transfer Vehicle. Taking the lead in this task is the so-called ‘Loadmaster’ – for ATV Edoardo Amaldi, this role falls to ESA astronaut André Kuipers. As ATV Loadmaster André is responsible for unpacking and stowing all cargo. He will spend a lot of time during the coming days in and around ATV to organise the new supplies.

He posted this picture on Twitter earlier today of himself at work inside the ATV – clearly illustrating one of the advantages of life in weightlessness.

"Fortunately it doesn't weight anything"

"Fortunately it doesn't weight anything" (Credit: ESA/NASA)