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[Josh Byerly] This is Mission Control Houston.

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We're just a short time away
from the Sun beginning to rise.

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You're beginning to see the first images of ATV.

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You get a sense of exactly how close it actually
is to the International Space Station right now.

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This vehicle is absolutely huge.

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It is 35 feet long by 15 feet wide.

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You can actually fit a double-decker
bus inside of it.

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[Russian Interpreter] Okay now.

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The Sun is too bright.

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[Josh] It navigates with four main
engines and 28 smaller thrusters

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that are located all over the vehicle.

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There's eight racks inside that
actually carry up standard,

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standardized equipment to the space station.

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[Interpreter] Now we can see
the target very well again.

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Okay. Copy.

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[Josh] So the team here in Houston is verifying
that ATV has reached the S4 hold point.

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As we mentioned it will stay
here for about 10 minutes.

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And the teams will check out all the systems
to make sure that it's in the proper position

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and then the "Go" will be given
for final approach and docking.

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[Josh] According to the clocks here ATV should
be departing this hold point in under 6 minutes.

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It'll have one more short hold point and that
will be the last stop before the final approach

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and docking to the Zvezda service module.

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[Josh] This is Mission Control Houston.

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For those of you just joining our
broadcast you're looking at a live view

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of the European Space Agency's
Automated Transfer Vehicle.

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This is the "Edoardo Amaldi."

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It is just a few meters away from the Russian
segment of the International Space Station.

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It is going to be docking with the Zvezda
service module coming up in about 12 minutes.

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It is currently at one of its final hold
points as the ground teams both here in Houston

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and at the ATV Control Center in Toulouse,
France do a final check out of the systems

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and confirm that both the ATV and the
ISS are in the proper configuration

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and all the docking systems are on and operating
and ready to support the activities coming

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up here in just a few short minutes.

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[Josh] These final few minutes
of closure are extremely slow

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as these two vehicles basically
stare each other down.

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The ATV continues to close in
on the Zvezda service module.

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Docking on the clock's for
5:33 p.m. central time.

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Of course that could be plus
or minus by a few seconds.

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[Interpreter] Seven meters.

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Okay. Zero-zero-five.

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Copy.

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LEDs are nominal.

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Copy.

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So the rate is changing from
Zero-zero-one to Zero-ten.

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Six meters. Copy.

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Two meters.

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Two meters and we are transferring
to dotted line.

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Okay copy.

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Chop.

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Copy. Please prepare the timer.

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Over. The timer is ready. Copy.

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Zero-zero-six is the rate. Copy.

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Zero-zero-six. Zero-zero-seven
is the rate. Standing by.

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[Josh] Contact is confirmed
at 5:31 p.m. central time.

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The "Edoardo Amaldi" has arrived
at the International Space Station.

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The two vehicles were over
the South Pacific Ocean just

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to the north of the American Samoan islands.

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Once again docking and contact
confirmed at 5:31 p.m. central time.

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[Interpreter] Could you please record the time?

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Andre could you please dictate it.

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So 22-31-35.