January 2007 - Sarex (INACTIVE)

Expedition 14 Talks to Martha Stewart
by Arthur Rowe 22 Jan '07

22 Jan '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Expedition 14 Talks to Martha Stewart* Image above: Expedition 14 crew chats with Martha Stewart. Image credit: NASA TV TO VIEW PICTURE GO TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html Martha Stewart, homemaking expert and popular television personality, chatted with the crew of Expedition 14 Monday morning. The event started at 11:40 a.m. EST and was shown on NASA TV. Stewart asked the Expedition crew members about their experiments on station, the view of Earth from their vantage point, and life in their orbital home away from home. Expedition 14 Flight Engineer Sunita Williams showed off her green thumb with a sample of bean sprouts she had been growing as part of a horticulture experiment for long-term living in space. Pickles and shrimp cocktail were the crew member’s top choices when asked of their favorite foods in space. After giving a glimpse of their personalized sleeping areas, Williams and Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria told Stewart they were open to any home decorating or cooking tips for their home in space. “You are helping us learn so much about space travel,” Stewart said. “Just seeing you enjoying yourselves while you’re doing such fantastic research is really wonderful.” A Russian resupply ship loaded with propellant, oxygen, experiment hardware and other gear arrived at the International Space Station Friday at 9:59 p.m. EST. The ISS Progress 24 docked to the station’s Pirs docking compartment. The Progress is carrying supplies for Expedition 14 and the upcoming Expedition 15 mission. Two days earlier on Wednesday Jan. 17 the cargo spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan achieving Earth orbit about 10 minutes later. A series of pre-programmed engine firings fine tuned the Progress’ arrival at the station which finally led to its automated docking.

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VIEW MATING OF PROGRESS 24
by Arthur Rowe 21 Jan '07

21 Jan '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 TO VIEW THE PROGRESS 24 ARRIVING AT ISS: GO TO: NASASPACEFLIGHT.COM LEFT HAND COLUMN - CLICK ON VIDEOS AND SCROLL DOWN UNTIL YOU SEE PROGRESS 24M59. THEN VIEW OR DOWNLOAD. ARTHUR

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Live NASA TV Coverage for Arrival of Next Space Station Cargo Ship
by Arthur Rowe 21 Jan '07

21 Jan '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > Jan. 12, 2007 > > Allard Beutel > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-4769 > > James Hartsfield > Johnson Space Center, Houston > 281-483-5111 > > > > LIVE NASA TV COVERAGE FOR ARRIVAL OF NEXT SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP > > HOUSTON - The crew aboard the International Space Station will receive > a new shipment of food, fuel and supplies from a Russian Progress > spacecraft due to dock with the station on Friday, Jan. 19. NASA > Television will broadcast the arrival live. > > After launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on > Wednesday, Jan. 17, the Progress 24 spacecraft is scheduled to dock > to the station about 10 p.m. CST, Jan. 19. Live coverage of the > docking begins at 9 p.m. > > The Progress will bring more than two tons of supplies to the > Expedition 14 crew. Currently aboard the station are Commander Mike > Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineers Mikhail Tyurin and Suni Williams. > Lopez-Alegria and Tyurin have been aboard the station for four > months. Williams joined them in December to begin a six-month stay in > orbit. > > For NASA TV downlink, schedule, and streaming video information, > visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/ntv > > For more on the space station crew's activities and sighting > opportunities, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/station > > > -end- > > > > To subscribe to the list, send a message to: > hqnews-subscribe(a)mediaservices.nasa.gov > To remove your address from the list, send a message to: > hqnews-unsubscribe(a)mediaservices.nasa.gov > >

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ISS STATUS REPORT #07-4
by Arthur Rowe 20 Jan '07

20 Jan '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *International Space Station Status Report #07-4* *9:30 p.m. CST Friday, Jan. 19, 2007* *Expedition 14 Crew* New supplies arrived at the International Space Station Friday night as an unpiloted Russian cargo spacecraft docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment. With more than 2.5 tons of food, fuel and supplies for the station's Expedition 14 crew, the ISS Progress 24 automatically docked to Pirs at 8:59 p.m. CST (5:59 a.m. Moscow time Saturday) as the station flew 220 miles above the South Atlantic off the southeast coast of Uruguay. The 24th Progress to visit the station launched Wednesday night from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Unlike its predecessor, Progress 24 linked up to the station after its automated rendezvous antenna retracted as planned in the final 50 meters prior to docking. On Oct. 26 the automated navigation antenna on the Progress 23 failed to retract. Expedition 14 Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin will conduct a spacewalk in late February to manually retract and tie down the antenna before the older Progress undocks from the aft port of the Zvezda service module in early April. The crew will open the hatch to the new Progress overnight and deactivate the systems of the newly arrived craft before its cargo is unloaded over the next few weeks. Progress 24 holds 1,720 pounds of propellant for the Russian thrusters, 110 pounds of oxygen and almost 3,300 pounds of spare parts, experiment hardware and life support components. In addition to preparing for the cargo ship’s arrival, the Expedition 14 crew worked this week on a variety of station maintenance tasks and science experiments. Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Suni Williams reported what they ate and drank, and collected blood and urine samples as part of an experiment know as Nutrition. The experiment looks at how the human body processes nutrients in microgravity. Lopez-Alegria replaced limited-life components in the Volatile Organic Analyzer (VOA), part of the Crew Health Care System. The VOA is a gas analysis system used to assess the levels of organic compounds in the station atmosphere, some of which could become harmful to the crew in high concentrations. The old components will be returned to Earth on the next shuttle mission. Williams focused on work with lentil seedlings as part of an experiment called Threshold Acceleration for Gravisensing, or “Gravi.” The experiment uses a European Modular Cultivation System centrifuge to document the effects of varying levels of gravity on the development of plant roots with an eye toward growing edible plants for future, long-duration spaceflights. Tyruin worked with a number of Russian experiments, including an instrumented workout on a stationary bicycle to collect data on ways to limit bone and muscle density loss associated with long-duration spaceflights. All three crew members also spoke with experts on the ground planning the upcoming Expedition 14 spacewalks. Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin and Williams will begin on-board preparations for those spacewalks along with a fourth to remove the navigation antenna from Progress 23. The first three spacewalks by Lopez-Alegria and Williams are designed to continue outfitting the newly activated cooling systems for the station’s truss and to continue preparations for the relocation of the P6 solar array truss structure. For more about the crew's activities and station sighting opportunities: http://www.nasa.gov/station The next station status report will be issued on Friday, Jan. 26, or earlier if events warrant.

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Resupply Ship Heads to Station
by Arthur Rowe 19 Jan '07

19 Jan '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Resupply Ship Heads to Station, Commemorates “Great Designer”* A new delivery of propellant, oxygen, experiment hardware and other gear is headed for the International Space Station. The ISS Progress 24, a Russian resupply ship, lifted off Wednesday at 9:12 p.m. EST from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The new cargo craft is due to link up with the station’s Pirs Docking Compartment Friday at 10 p.m. An older cargo craft, the ISS Progress 22, left the station Tuesday at 6:29 p.m. About three hours later the Progress 22, loaded with discarded items from the station, entered Earth’s atmosphere and safely burned up. The launch of the new resupply ship honors the 100th anniversary of the birth of Sergei Korolev – Russia’s “Great Designer” of Soviet spacecraft. The new Progress bears the portrait of Korolev on the external payload fairing. The spacecraft designer was born on Jan. 12, 1907.

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-01-18 07:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 18 Jan '07

18 Jan '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-01-18 07:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Romeo Elementary School, Dunnellon, Florida, direct via K4OZS Successful Wed 2007-01-17 17:53 UTC 20 deg (***) École élémentaire publique Le Prélude - Ottawa - ON, Canada, direct via VE3JW Wed 2007-01-24 14:01 UTC 56 deg Winnebago Public School, Winnebago, Nebraska, direct via KB0GEH Thu 2007-01-25 14:19 UTC 33 deg Total number of ARISS school contacts is 265. (***) QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, RS0ISS ***************************************************************************** The schedule page has been updated as of 2007-01-18 07:00 UTC. Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2007-01-18 07:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correctio… tf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf ***************************************************************************** There has been a rumor that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. ***************************************************************************** Expedition 14 on orbit: Michael Lopez-Alegria KE5GTK Mikhail Tyurin, RZ3FT Expedition 14/15 on orbit: Sunita Williams, KD5PLB ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-01-17 06:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 17 Jan '07

17 Jan '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-01-17 06:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Northlawn and St. Anthony, Streator, IL, direct via KB9UPS Successful Tue 2007-01-16 17:28 UTC 28 deg (***) Romeo Elementary School, Dunnellon, Florida, direct via K4OZS Wed 2007-01-17 17:53 UTC 20 deg École élémentaire publique Le Prélude - Ottawa - ON, Canada, direct via VE3JW Wed 2007-01-24 13:55 UTC 63 deg Winnebago Public School, Winnebago, Nebraska, direct via KB0GEH Thu 2007-01-25 14:18 UTC 33 deg Total number of ARISS school contacts is 264. (***) QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, RS0ISS ***************************************************************************** The schedule page has been updated as of 2007-01-17 06:00 UTC. Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2007-01-17 06:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correctio… tf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf ***************************************************************************** There has been a rumor that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. ***************************************************************************** Expedition 14 on orbit: Michael Lopez-Alegria KE5GTK Mikhail Tyurin, RZ3FT Expedition 14/15 on orbit: Sunita Williams, KD5PLB ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ISS SCIENCE REPORT 16 JANUARY 2007
by Arthur Rowe 16 Jan '07

16 Jan '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Space Station Crew Continues With Experiments* While preparing for the arrival of new supplies, the Expedition 14 crew continued to conduct science experiments aboard the space station. Among other activities this past week, Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria completed taking samples and documented his daily diet for his mid-mission session on a renal stone experiment, which examines the risk of renal, or kidney stone formation in crew members pre-flight, in-flight and post-flight. Crew members also took the WinSCAT, a cognitive test battery used during space missions to help assess the effects on performance of behavioral stress induced by workload demands. + Status report <http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/jan/HQ_SS0702_station_status.html> + Status reports archive <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/news/station_status_search_agent_…> + Weekly research overview <http://exploration.nasa.gov/programs/station/index.html>

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ISS Progress 22 Ready for Undocking Toda
by Arthur Rowe 16 Jan '07

16 Jan '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *ISS Progress 22 Ready for Undocking Today* iss013e38937 -- An ISS Progress 20 cargo craft undocks from the station Image above: The ISS Progress 20 cargo craft undocks from the station on June 19, 2006. Image credit: NASA. TOVIEW IMAGE GO TO: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html The ISS Progress 22 cargo craft will undock from the International Space Station today at 6:29 p.m. EST. The Russian-built spacecraft, which is carrying discarded items, will then enter the Earth's atmosphere three hours later and burn up safely. The undocking clears the station’s Pirs Docking Compartment for the arrival of a new cargo craft on Friday, Jan. 19. The ISS Progress 24 will launch Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 9:12 p.m. The cargo craft is delivering propellant, oxygen, spacewalk gear and clothing. The Progress launch is also commemorating the 100th birthday of Sergei Korolev who was born Jan. 12, 1907. Korolev is recognized as the "Great Designer" of Soviet spacecraft. + Read more about Expedition 14 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/index.ht…> + Read more about Expedition 15 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.ht…> + View crew's daily timelines <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html>

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Russian Progress Spacecraft
by Arthur Rowe 16 Jan '07

16 Jan '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 SPACE STATION ASSEMBLY Russian Progress Spacecraft Progress on launchpad The Progress resupply vehicle is an automated, unpiloted version of the Soyuz spacecraft that is used to bring supplies and fuel to the International Space Station. The Progress also has the ability to raise the Station's altitude and control the orientation of the Station using the vehicle's thrusters. Image to right: A Progress spacecraft sits atop a Soyuz rocket at Baikonur Cosmodrome. Credit: NASA ** Both the Progress M and M1 versions have a pressurized Cargo Module to carry supplies, a Refueling Module that holds fuel tanks containing propellant and pressurized gases, and an Instrumentation/Propulsion Module where the Progress systems equipment and thrusters are located. **TO VIEW PICTURES GO TO: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/progress.html The Progress spacecraft is launched to the Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Soyuz rocket. It normally docks to the end of the Station's Zvezda Service Module, but it can also dock to the bottom of the Pirs Docking Compartment. *Cargo Module* The Progress Cargo Module -- which is similar in construction to the Soyuz Orbital Module -- can carry up to 1,700 kilograms (3,748 pounds) of supplies to the Space Station in a pressurized volume of about 6 cubic meters (212 cubic feet). Once the Progress docks with the Space Station, the crew enters the Cargo Module through the docking hatch. After the cargo is removed and before the Progress undocks, the crew refills it with trash, unneeded equipment and wastewater, which will burn up with the spacecraft when it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere. The Cargo Module can hold 1,000 to 1,700 kilograms (2,205 to 3,748 pounds) of trash. Progress spacecraft approaches the Station Image to left: A Progress spacecraft approaches the Space Station prior to docking. Credit: NASA *Refueling Module* In place of the Soyuz Descent Module, the Progress has a Refueling Module. The Progress M1 Refueling Module has eight propellant tanks that can hold up to 1,740 kilograms (3,836 pounds) of fuel, depending on how much weight is carried in the Cargo Module. Four of the tanks contain fuel, while the other four contain the fuel's oxidizer. The Progress M has four tanks -- two for fuel and two for oxidizer -- and two water tanks. The M1 has no water tanks. The contents of the fuel and oxidizer tanks can be transferred to the Space Station's own propulsion system through fluid connectors in the docking ring. This propellant can also be used by the Progress' thrusters to boost the Station altitude or to change its orientation, or attitude, in space. *Instrumentation/Propulsion Module* This module contains the electronic equipment, or avionics, for the Progress' systems and sensors. It is similar in design to the Soyuz Instrumentation/Propulsion Module. Any fuel in this module that is not used to get the Progress to the Station or for undocking and deorbit can be used to boost the altitude of the Space Station. Surplus fuel amounts can vary from 185 to 250 kilograms (408 to 551 pounds). *Rendezvous, Docking and Undocking* The Progress normally takes two days to reach the Space Station. The rendezvous and docking are both automated, although once the spacecraft is within 150 meters (492 feet) of the Station, the Russian Mission Control Center just outside Moscow and the Station crew monitor the approach and docking. The Progress uses an automated, radar-based system called Kurs to dock to the Station. The active portion of the Kurs is on the Progress and the passive equipment is on the Station. The Station crew can also dock the Progress using the TORU system, a backup remote control docking system in the Station's Zvezda Service Module. Once the Progress is filled with trash, usually a day before the launch of the next Progress vehicle, the Station crew closes the hatches and initiates the undocking process. Once the Progress has undocked, the vehicle's thrusters are fired to maneuver it into an orbit that will send it into the Earth's atmosphere, where it will burn up on re-entry over the Pacific Ocean.

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