The Erasmus Centre of the ESA Directorate of Human Spaceflight picked one of ESA's success stories -- the mission of Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) that was docked to the International Space Station (ISS) for 6 months - to highlight the complex physical laws behind handy space applications and driving current and future human exploration undertakings.<br />Ronald Top flies the viewers of this 32 minute video over the hurdles of Orbital Mechanics, Propulsion and Satellite Navigation.<br />Top's fresh and unpretentious approach are the main assets this DVD uses to<br />gain the attention of students all over Europe to space topics relevant to their curriculum. ATV is an ESA/HSO success story used as the "case study" for most of the Physics laws presented. Launch pads in French Guyana, Jules Verne`s house, a clock museum, ESTEC, the Bremen Drop Tower are some of the milestones in this journey through history and physics used to illustrate the basic principles of space travel.
