Tweetup for the ATV-3

Scheduled for launch on 9 March 2012 from the Guiana Space Centre, the European automatic cargo supply ship, ATV-3 Edoardo Amaldi, is to dock with the International Space Station during the night of 18 to 19 March. The CNES, French Space Agency, and the ESA, European Space Agency, are organising a tweetup for the occasion so that users of the Twitter social network can share their experience online. As a result, 60 people will be able to witness the docking between the cargo ship and the Station live from the ATV-CC control centre in Toulouse which monitors all the ATV (those selected are responsible for their own travel and accommodation expenses). Filing of applications closes on 26 February at 22:00 French time. All details can be found on this CNES webpage or this ESA webpage.

Published on 21 February 2012

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