Jules Vern moves to its launcher
PARIS (UPI) -- The European Space Agency's first automated transfer vehicle, the Jules Verne, has been placed on top of an Ariane 5 rocket for launch from French Guiana.
The Jules Verne -- encapsulated in a huge container on top of the launcher with a total mass of about 21,000 tons -- will become the largest payload ever launched by Ariane 5. The historic mission with the first European space supplier for the International Space Station is scheduled for a night-time launch March 8 from the ESA spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
During the next week all connections -- electrical, pyrotechnical and fluid interfaces -- will be checked on the ATV and Ariane 5, the ESA said. One week before liftoff, all launch teams and different control centers around the world will simulate a full 10-hour countdown.
The Jules Verne is to dock with the orbiting space station in early April.
We're having special meetings this week. David Ravenhill Last night he talked about creating an atmosphere for God to dwell in.
Parenting Skills (I put these in our weekly bulletin)
When President Teddy Roosevelt was a child he was scared of church. Teddy refused to set foot in Madison Square Church in New York. He was terrified.
He told his Mother that he was afraid of a monster called “zeal”.
Teddy feared it was crouched in the dark corners of the church, ready to jump out at him. When his Mother asked what a zeal might be, young Teddy said he wasn’t sure but thought it was a large animal or perhaps a dragon. He told her he’d heard the minister read about it from the Bible.
Using a concordance, his mother read him verses that contained the word, “zeal” until suddenly, excitedly Teddy told her to stop.
The line was from the book of John, “And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.”
Patiently his mother explained the verse to him.
She didn’t disregard his emotions but tenderly directed him. The rest is history.
