ATV Georges Lemaître, to be launched in Summer 2014, will be the fifth and last ATV mission foreseen. This week sees the last prime crew to train on rendezvous and docking of the spacecraft at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne. A week of mixed emotions for the trainers. ESA trainer Lionel Ferra tweeted this week:
#ATV5 last trng week prep @ESA_EAC for @Astro_Alex, cosmos Alexander & Elena. A mix of sadness & historical moment pic.twitter.com/qVaUJWk7vU
— lionelferra (@lionelferra) December 13, 2013
Maximum concentration for #exp40 #exp41 docking crew @ESA_EAC for last ATV #atv5 @Astro_Alex #BlueDot pic.twitter.com/8BxJe3ArnE
— lionelferra (@lionelferra) December 18, 2013
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