Hello everyone,

Here is a bit of news which would be "border-line late" if we waited for the weekend ANS news cycle:

Two opportunities, one over Europe, and one over the United States to directly receive the ISS downlink on 145.800 MHz FM will occur early next week:

+ Kantonsschule Zug, Zug, Switzerland, direct via HB9KSZ on Mon 2011-10-31 14:56:19 UTC 39 deg elevation.

+ Sundance Elementary School, San Diego, California, direct via KI6ZUM on Tue 2011-11-01 20:00:45 UTC 42 deg elevation.

In a recent communication of Fiscal Year 2011 accomplishments to the NASA education community, NASA Associate Administrator for Education Leland Melvin highlighted the accomplishments of ARISS:

"10,743 curious students and 778 motivated educators participated in direct communication with International Space Station (ISS) crews via the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS), sparking their interest in STEM."

-- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm@amsat.org Editor, AMSAT News Service