Expedition 15 continues to prepare the International Space Station for next year's visit of the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), the European Space Agency's (ESA) cargo spacecraft. The ATV, named ‘Jules Verne,' will be ESA's first cargo vehicle to visit the international space laboratory.

Earlier in the week, the crew tested navigation software and placed the station in the attitude necessary for the ATV to rendezvous and dock automatically. The station was under Russian attitude control at the time. Russian specialists noted the station was slightly off attitude and investigated the problem.