January 2007 - Sarex (INACTIVE)

NASA Sets Briefing to Preview Series of Space Station Spacewalks
by Arthur Rowe 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > Jan. 23, 2007 > > Allard Beutel > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-4769 > > James Hartsfield > Johnson Space Center, Houston > 281-483-5111 > > > NASA SETS BRIEFING TO PREVIEW SERIES OF SPACE STATION SPACEWALKS > > HOUSTON - NASA will preview an unprecedented series of four spacewalks > to be conducted from the International Space Station during the next > month in a media briefing scheduled for Friday, Jan. 26. The briefing > will air live on NASA Television and streamed on the Internet at > http://www.nasa.gov. > > The 1 p.m. CST briefing will originate from NASA's Johnson Space > Center, Houston, and will include questions from media > representatives at participating NASA locations. Reporters are asked > to call their preferred field center before the briefing and > spacewalks to confirm its availability. > > Expedition 14 Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Suni > Williams will begin the series of spacewalks with a six and a half > hour excursion on Jan. 31 and subsequent spacewalks scheduled on Feb. > 4 and Feb. 8. Those three spacewalks will be conducted using U.S. > spacesuits and will each start from the station's Quest airlock. The > fourth spacewalk, scheduled for later in February, will be conducted > by Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin using Russian > spacesuits from the station's Pirs airlock. > > Participants in the Friday, Jan. 26, press briefing will include: > > -- Kirk Shireman, deputy International Space Station program manager > -- Derek Hassmann, International Space Station spacewalk flight > director > -- Glenda Laws, lead spacewalk officer for Expedition 14 > -- Julie Robinson, International Space Station acting program > scientist > > The U.S. spacewalks will bring on line new portions of the station's > cooling system, expanded with components that were activated during a > space shuttle mission in December. Lopez-Alegria and Williams also > will assist in the retraction of heat-rejecting radiators on the > station's P6 truss, install some external devices to stow cargo and > install cabling for a new power transfer system for future shuttle > flights, among other tasks. On the fourth spacewalk, Lopez-Alegria > and Tyurin will remove a stuck antenna from the Russian ISS Progress > 23 cargo spacecraft docked to the aft end of the station. Removing > the antenna will ensure it can safely undock in early April. > > Coverage of the Jan. 31 spacewalk on NASA TV will begin at 8 a.m. > Coverage of the Feb. 4 and 8 spacewalks will begin at 6:30 a.m. Media > briefings will follow the conclusion of each spacewalk and also will > air on NASA TV and the agency's homepage. > > For NASA TV downlink, schedules and streaming video information, > visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/ntv > For more about the crew's activities and station 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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test message, laptop
by Patrick McGrane 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

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ISS Laptop
by Patrick McGrane 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

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NASA Sets Interviews With Astronauts From Recent Shuttle Flight
by Arthur Rowe 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > Jan. 22, 2007 > > Katherine Trinidad > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-3749 > > James Hartsfield > Johnson Space Center, Houston > 281-483-5111 > > NASA SETS INTERVIEWS WITH ASTRONAUTS FROM RECENT SHUTTLE FLIGHT > > HOUSTON - A month after returning from space, NASA astronauts Joan > Higginbotham, a Chicago native, and Bill Oefelein, an Alaska native, > are available for satellite interviews. > > Higginbotham is available Thursday, Jan. 25 from 6 to 8 a.m. CST. > Oefelein is available Friday, Jan. 26 from 3 to 5 p.m. To participate > in the interviews, media should contact the NASA Johnson Space Center > newsroom in Houston at 281-483-5111 by Wednesday, Jan. 24 at 4 p.m. > > Higginbotham and Oefelein made their first spaceflight aboard > Discovery in December 2006 on STS-116, a 13-day mission to the > International Space Station to rearrange the complex's power and > cooling systems. During the flight, Higginbotham operated the > station's robotic arm and coordinated cargo transfers between the > shuttle and the station. Oefelein was Discovery's pilot and > coordinated four spacewalks from inside the station and shuttle. > > The mission brought online electricity generated by a second giant set > of solar panels added to the station during a September 2006 shuttle > flight. The changes almost doubled the electrical power available to > the station. Shuttle Discovery also carried a new crew member, Suni > Williams, to the station to begin a six-month stay. European Space > Agency astronaut Thomas Reiter, who had been in orbit since July, > returned to Earth aboard Discovery. > > Higginbotham was born and raised in Chicago and received a bachelor's > degree from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Ill. She also > has two master's degrees from the Florida Institute of Technology, > Melbourne, Fla. Before her selection as an astronaut in 1996, > Higginbotham spent nine years working at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, > Fla., overseeing various stages of shuttle launch preparation. > > Oefelein, a U.S. Navy commander, considers Anchorage, Alaska, his > hometown. He credits his youth in Alaska with helping foster his > interest in flying. While there, he obtained a private pilot's > license with a float plane rating. He attended the U.S. Navy Fighter > Weapons School, also known as TOPGUN, and became a Navy fighter and > test pilot. Oefelein has logged more than 3,000 hours in 50 different > types of aircraft. > > Oefelein received a bachelor's from Oregon State University, > Corvallis, Ore., and a master's from the University of Tennessee > Space Institute, Knoxville, Tenn. > > Higginbotham and Oefelein were joined aboard Discovery by STS-116 > Commander Mark Polansky and mission specialists Bob Curbeam, Nicholas > Patrick, Williams and Christer Fuglesang, a European Space Agency > astronaut. > > For Higginbotham's biographical information, visit: > > http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/higginbo.html > > For Oefelein's biographical information, visit: > > http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/oefelein.html > > The interviews will be carried live on the NASA TV analog satellite > AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude; transponder 5C, 3800 MHz, > vertical polarization, with audio at 6.8 MHz. B-roll video of > Higginbotham's training for the mission will air at 5:30 a.m. CST. > For NASA TV downlink, schedules and streaming video information, > visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/ntv > For more information about STS-116 and its crew, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle > > > -end- > > > > >

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future ariss activity
by T. P. McGrane 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

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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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New Progress to Launch to Space Station-TV COVERAGE
by Arthur Rowe 15 Jan '07

15 Jan '07

> SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > > New Progress to Launch to Space Station > > 01.12.07 > > A new Progress is scheduled to launch to the International Space > Station a little after 9 p.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 17, with more than > 2.5 tons of fuel, oxygen, other supplies and equipment aboard. > TO VIEW PICTURES GO TO: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/exp14_pr… > > The station's 24th Progress unpiloted cargo carrier will bring to the > orbiting laboratory more than 1,720 pounds of propellant, about 110 > pounds of oxygen, and 3,285 pounds of dry cargo – a total of 5,115 > pounds. JSC2007-E-02931 Artist's rendering of the ISS following > scheduled activities of Jan. 16, 2007. > > Image at right: Artist's rendering of the International Space Station > following scheduled activities of Jan. 16, 2007. Progress 22 resupply > vehicle undocks from the Pirs Docking Compartment. Progress 23 remains > connected to the Zvezda Service Module aft port. Image credit: NASA. > > P24 will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It is > scheduled to reach the station after a flight of just over two days. > Docking is to be on Friday, Jan. 19 a little after 10 p.m. > > The spacecraft will use the automated Kurs system to dock at the Pirs > Docking Compartment. Expedition 14 flight engineer Mikhail Tyurin will > stand by at the manual Toru docking system controls, should his > intervention become necessary. > > Expedition 14 crew members, Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria, Tyurin and > Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, finished filling P24's sister cargo > carrier, ISS Progress 22, with trash and other discards for its Jan. > 16 undocking from Pirs and subsequent destruction on re-entry. > > JSC2007-E-02933 --- Artist's rendering of the ISS following scheduled > activities of Jan. 19, 2007. Image at left: Artist's rendering of the > International Space Station following scheduled activities of Jan. 19, > 2007. Progress 24 resupply vehicle docks to the Pirs Docking > Compartment (lower left). Progress 23 remains connected to the Zvezda > Service Module aft port. Image credit: NASA. > > After its unloading, P22 was used as a storage area for a while. Many > items brought to the station aboard the space shuttle Discovery on > STS-121 in July eventually found a temporary home there until crew > members could put them in more permanent places. > > ISS Progress 23 remains at the aft compartment of the Zvezda Service > Module. It is scheduled to undock in April. > > The Progress is similar in appearance and some design elements to the > Soyuz spacecraft, which brings crew members to the station, serves as > a lifeboat while they are there and returns them to Earth. The aft > module, the instrumentation and propulsion module, is nearly identical. > > But the second of the three Progress sections is a refueling module, > and the third, uppermost as the Progress sits on the launch pad, is a > cargo module. On the Soyuz, the descent module, where the crew is > seated on launch and which returns them to Earth, is the middle module > and the third is called the orbital module. > > > >

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-01-12 22:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 15 Jan '07

15 Jan '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-01-12 22:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Northlawn and St. Anthony, Streator, IL, direct via KB9UPS Tue 2007-01-16 17:28 UTC 28 deg Will be on IRLP, Echolink, and web (***) 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 263. 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 2007-01-15 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 2007-01-08 23:30 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 CREW SCIENCE REPORT
by Arthur Rowe 14 Jan '07

14 Jan '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT AC #31468 *Space Station Crew Marks Milestones in Two Laboratory Experiments* New gear is helping the astronauts on the International Space Station kick off a new year. Flight Engineer Suni Williams set up hardware for the Test of Reaction and Adaptation Capabilities -- or TRAC -- investigation that is designed to test crew members' hand and eye coordination before, during and after missions. Crew members also completed the final operations of a biological experiment on the impact of varying levels of light and gravity on plant root growth. The final images of samples in the European Modular Cultivation System were taken and downlinked, and the samples were stowed in a freezer for eventual return to Earth. + Status report <http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/jan/HQ_SS0701_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> + Expedition 14 science overview <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/science/exped14_overview.html> + Expedition 14 overview <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/index.ht…>

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-01-12 22:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 13 Jan '07

13 Jan '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-01-12 22:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Northlawn and St. Anthony, Streator, IL, direct via KB9UPS Tue 2007-01-16 17:28 UTC 28 deg Watch for Echolink, IRLP, and web coverage 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 263. 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 2007-01-12 22:30 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 2007-01-08 23:30 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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Expedition 14 Crew Preps for Progress 24
by Arthur Rowe 13 Jan '07

13 Jan '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 \*Expedition 14 Crew Preps for Progress 24* Image above: Gibraltar Bay in the western Mediterranean Sea, as photographed by an Expedition 14 crew member. Image credit: NASA. TO VIEW PICTURE GO TO: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineers Mikhail Tyurin and Suni Williams spent the past week preparing for the arrival of ISS Progress 24. The cargo craft will launch on Wednesday, Jan. 17, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan shortly after 9:00 p.m. EST. The docking is planned for Friday, Jan. 19 at approximately 10:00 p.m. The new Russian cargo ship will bring about 2½ tons of food, fuel, oxygen and supplies to the complex, including clothing and spacewalk hardware for the next station crew that will arrive in April. Packed with discarded items, Progress 22 will undock from the station’s Pirs Docking Compartment Tuesday, Jan. 16 around 6:30 p.m. and its engines will be fired three hours later to send it back into the atmosphere where it will burn up. In other activities, the crew worked for several hours in the Zvezda Service Module on a major systems replacement task, trained on the Robotics Onboard Trainer and relocated it to a new rack in the Destiny lab. They also repaired and tested a Russian exercise machine. + 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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ISS Status Report: SS07-02
by Arthur Rowe 13 Jan '07

13 Jan '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 Jan. 12, 2007 > Grey Hautaluoma > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-0668 > > James Hartsfield > Johnson Space Center, Houston > 281-483-5111 > STATUS REPORT: SS07-02 > > INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS07-02 > > HOUSTON - After a three-day holiday to celebrate the Russian Orthodox > Christmas, astronauts on the International Space Station spent the > week packing trash into the Progress 22 cargo craft and unpacking > items delivered by Progress 23 as they prepared for the arrival of > new supplies. > > Packed with discarded items no longer needed on the outpost, Progress > 22 will undock from the station's Pirs Docking Compartment next > Tuesday at 5:28 p.m. CST. Its engines will be fired three hours later > to send it back into the atmosphere, where it will burn up. > > The station crew, Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineers > Mikhail Tyurin and Suni Williams, geared up for the docking of ISS > Progress 24 at Pirs, which is slated for Friday, Jan. 19 at 9 p.m. > CST. Progress 24 will launch on Wednesday, Jan. 17, from the Baikonur > Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 8:12 p.m. CST. > > The new Russian cargo ship will bring about 2.5 tons of food, fuel, > oxygen and supplies to the complex, including clothing and spacewalk > hardware for the next resident crew that will arrive at the station > in April. > > In preparation for the undocking of Progress 22, Tyurin disassembled > and removed the docking mechanism in the hatchway between the cargo > craft and the docking compartment. The mechanism will be returned to > Earth on Space Shuttle Atlantis' mission to the complex in March. > > During the week, the crew worked for several hours in the Zvezda > Service Module on a major systems replacement task, trained on the > Robotics Onboard Trainer and relocated it to a new rack in the > Destiny lab. They also repaired and tested a Russian exercise > machine. > > Tyurin also performed maintenance on a Russian ergometer and removed > the volatile organic analyzer from the Crew Health Care Systems rack > to prepare it for routine maintenance. The analyzer is used to > identify and quantify a targeted list of organic compounds in the > station atmosphere. He spent time on two Russian experiments, one > that studies locomotor system disorders in weightlessness and one > that studies the effect of spaceflight on the growth and development > of plants. > > Also during the week, Lopez-Alegria completed taking samples and > documented his daily diet for his mid-mission session on a renal > stone experiment. This experiment examines the risk of renal, or > kidney stone formation in crew members pre-flight, in-flight and > post-flight. In this study, potassium citrate tablets are > administered to astronauts, and multiple urine samples are taken > before, during and after spaceflight to evaluate the risk of renal > stone formation. Lopez-Alegria is the final subject to complete the > experiment. > > Lopez-Alegria and Williams took the WinSCAT, a cognitive test battery > used during space missions. The WinSCAT helps to assess the effects > on performance of behavioral stress induced by workload demands. > > The astronauts also tested emergency light power supplies onboard. In > addition, Williams swapped power supplies on one of the station's > laptop computers, completed some modifications on the umbilical > interface assembly in the Quest airlock, and configured and trained > on the station's Robotic Onboard Trainer. She also worked in the > Minus Eighty Degree Laboratory Freezer for the International Space > Station, or MELFI, replacing the desiccant, a material that absorbs > moisture, in Dewar 4, and checked to make sure the nitrogen pressure > was within acceptable range. > > For more about the crew's activities and station sighting > opportunities, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/station > > > -end- > > > > > >

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Expedition 14 Prepares for Resupply Ship
by Arthur Rowe 12 Jan '07

12 Jan '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A.C #31468 *Expedition 14 Prepares for Resupply Ship* Image above: Flight Engineer Suni Williams looks over procedures checklists in the Quest Airlock. Image credit: NASA. TO VIEW PICTURE GO TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html The Expedition 14 crew continues to stow items no longer needed on the station in the ISS Progress 22 cargo ship. On Tuesday, Jan. 16, Progress 22 will undock from the Pirs Docking Compartment at 6:33 p.m. EST. In addition, the crew will store other items onboard the space station to clear areas for new equipment and supplies being delivered by the ISS Progress 24. On Wednesday, Jan. 17 the ISS Progress 24 is scheduled to launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, Russia at 9:12 p.m. On Friday, Jan. 19, Progress 24 will dock to the Pirs Docking Compartment. Live coverage of the docking begins at 9 p.m. Docking is scheduled for about 10:00 p.m.

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ISS Crew Members Speak Live With U.S. Embassies
by Arthur Rowe 11 Jan '07

11 Jan '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 Crew Members Speak Live With U.S. Embassies Michael Lopez-Alegria and Sunita Williams in a live televised event. Image above: Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Sunita Williams participate in a live televised event. Image credit: NASA TV TO SEE PICTURE GO TO: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Suni Williams Wednesday did a televised interactive talk with the U.S. Embassies in Madrid, Spain, and New Delhi, India. Lopez-Alegria, born in Spain, spoke with U.S. Ambassador Eduardo Aquirre, media and school children. Williams, of Indian background, spoke with U.S. Ambassador David C. Mulford and Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian in space. Also on Wednesday, Lopez-Alegria and Williams performed a mandatory emergency medical on-board training drill. This is an exercise designed to refresh crew members’ skills in applying advanced cardio life support in an emergency. Lopez-Alegria and Williams performed steps to resolve a simulated medical emergency. The objectives of the exercise include practicing communication and coordination necessary to perform medical emergency procedures, locating appropriate emergency medical components and determining each crew member’s individual method of delivering cardio-pulmonary resuscitation in zero-gravity.

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ISS amateur radio status (Dec 2006)
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

The Phase I amateur radio gear in the FGB appears to have developed an intermittent audio issue that will require some crew time to be scheduled in order to try and determine the cause of the problem. This system has been used primarily for school contacts since the packet system associated with that radio began exhibiting problems during Expedition 6. The Phase II system in the ISS service module has not been operating properly since August 2006 when the default settings for the radio changed. The radio transmits and receives fine and continues to be used for school contacts but until the radio is reprogrammed, only intermittent operations will be possible. A computer designated for amateur radio operations that will allow reprogramming of the radio is planned to arrive on the next Progress vehicle in 2007. Until the radio is reprogrammed, it is unlikely that any of the automatic modes (Packet and APRS, SSTV or the Crossband Repeater) will be operating or will only operate for brief periods of time. Kenneth - N5VHO

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-01-08 23:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 09 Jan '07

09 Jan '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-01-08 23:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Sherman Elementary School, Henrietta, New York, direct via W2SKY Successful Mon 2007-01-08 14:33 UTC (***) Dilworth Elementary School, San Jose, CA, USA, direct via AA6W Successful Mon 2007-01-08 17:34 UTC 41 deg (***) Northlawn and St. Anthony, Streator, IL, direct via KB9UPS Tue 2007-01-16 17:28 UTC 28 deg Watch for Echolink, IRLP, and web coverage Romeo Elementary School, Dunnellon, Florida, direct via K4OZS Wed 2007-01-17 17:53 UTC 20 deg Total number of ARISS school contacts is 263. (***) 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 2007-01-08 23:30 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 2007-01-08 23:30 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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