André on station
ATV music video: Back at the ISS A new music video by Beatles tribute band Love & Mersey celebrates the return of ATV to the International Space Station and sends a rocking musical greeting to ESA Astronaut André Kuipers, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko and the Station's entire crew. After a spectacular night-time liftoff from Kourou on 23 March, ESA's third Automated Transfer vehicle, Edoardo Amaldi , is set for docking with the International Space Station on Wednesday. In space, André Kuipers and Oleg Kononenko will keep close watch on the docking, ensuring everything goes as planned. On Earth, another team will be following the mission closely: Dutch group Love & Mersey is one of Europe's top Beatles tribute bands and they've recorded a lively musical video, Back at the ISS . Back at the ISS! Inspired by The Beatles, and celebrating the key roles played by André and Oleg in ATV docking, the new video is an energetic greeting to the Station crew and is sung with English, Dutch and Russian lyrics. "Thank you, Love and Mersey. Back at the ISS is a wonderful gift to music lovers everywhere, and I hope that it inspires young people to follow studies that take them into space one day, too," said André Kuipers after watching it on the Station.
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