USS Nautilus (SSN-571) Nuclear Landmark. Visitors may tour the forward two compartments, with guidance from an automated system. Despite similar alterations to exhibit the engineering spaces, tours aft of the control room are not permitted due to safety and security concerns. USS Nautilus (SSN-571) USS "Nautilus" (SSN-571) was the world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine and the first submarine to complete a submerged transit of the North Pole on 3 August 1958. Sharing names with Captain Nemo's fictional submarine in Jules Verne's classic 1870 science fiction novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", and named after another that served with distinction in World War
Jules Verne ATV docked to the ISS on 3 April 2008 to deliver its cargo. On 25 April 2008, "Jules Verne" used its thrusters to reboost the station into a higher orbit. After spending just over five months docked at the station, "Jules Verne" undocked on 5 September 2008 and made a destructive re-entry over the Pacific Ocean on 29 September. The first ATV was officially named "Jules Verne" on 9 April 2002; it was originally planned to be one of seven ATVs, and to launch in 2007. By the end of January 2003, most of its components had been assembled. These components