January 2007 - Sarex (INACTIVE)

ARISS Event - Winnebago Public School, Winnebago, Nebraska USA, Thur. (Jan 25) at 14:18 UTC
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

An International Space Station Expedition 14 ARISS school contact has been planned with students at Winnebago Public School, Winnebago, Nebraska USA, on Thursday, 25 Jan. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 14:18 UTC. The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and KB0GEH. The contact should be audible in the central United States. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English. Winnebago Public School is a K-12 grade state school located on the Winnebago Indian Reservation in Winnebago, Nebraska (which is in the northeast corner of the state.) The school's population base is 98% Native American with Caucasian and African American making up most of the remaining 2%. Less than 500 students attend Winnebago Public School. Most of the students live in Winnebago, with the remaining being bussed in from the surrounding area. Students will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What does space dirt look like? 2. What is the hardest thing to do in space? 3. How does your body feel when you are taking off into space? (launching) 4. Can you see your blood and does it float when you cut yourself? 5. What kind of experiments do you do? 6. How does the moon move compared to the space station? 7. How long does it take to get to the space station? 8. How fast do you go in space? 9. Have you ever seen a comet? (from space) 10. What would happen if you get sick in space and need a doctor? 11. Do you have anything else to do besides work? 12. Have you seen any "space junk" flying in space? 13. Where does all your waste go? 14. How do you keep your clothes clean? (how do you do the laundry?) 15. How does the ISS move just in the atmosphere (is it controlled?) 16. Does the space shuttle feel like a plane at takeoff? 17. What happens when you go out to fix something and fly off? Do you have a plan for this? 18. How does it feel when you pass through the last section of the Earth's atmosphere? 19. When in space, how is a woman's menstrual cycle affected? 20. Does space junk ever cause problems for the astronauts? Please note, the amateur equipment on the ISS is not functioning in the automatic modes properly and may be silent more than usual. The radios are planned to be shutdown in preparation for the upcoming Progress docking and undocking events. Information about the next scheduled ARISS contact can be found at http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact . Next planned event(s): East Aurora Middle School, East Aurora, New York, telebridge via W6SRJ Thu 2007-02-01 15:12 UTC ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.rac.ca/ariss (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada). Thank you & 73, Kenneth - N5VHO

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ARISS Event -Ecole Elementaire publique Le Prelude - Ottawa UPDATE
by Tony, VK5ZAI 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

An International Space Station Expedition 14 ARISS school contact has been planned with students at École élémentaire publique Le Prélude - Ottawa - ON, Canada, on Wednesday, 24 Jan. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 14:04 UTC. Following successful tests just completed between Ottawa and Australia we will now be doing a live audio feed from this linkup into the ECHOLINK AMSAT, and JK1ZRW conf. rooms. You are all invited to listen in -- Regards Tony. VK5ZAI J.A.(Tony)Hutchison P.O.Box 470 Kingston SE South Australia 5275 Australian ARISS Co-ordinator and Satellite ground Station. Web Site :- http://www.electric-web.org

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ARISS Event - Northlawn/St. Anthony, Streator, IL, Tues (Jan 16) at 17:28 UTC
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

An International Space Station Expedition 14 ARISS school contact has been planned with students at Northlawn and St. Anthony in Streator, IL, USA, on Tuesday 16 Jan. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:28 UTC. The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and KB9UPS. The contact should be audible in the Eastern United States. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English. Streator, Illinois is a small city of 14,000 located approximately 90 miles southwest of Chicago. Several people of note called Streator home at various times, including Honey Boy Evans, who wrote the tune "In the Good Old Summertime", and Clyde Tombaugh. Northlawn School is committed to excellence. Students in the 6th through 8th grade have opportunities to continually expand their knowledge. Our robotics program challenges young minds to create an autonomous robot. This year was the seventh year of robotic participation in the FIRST Lego League Challenge. Selected students visit the Challenger Learning Center and they also compete with their science projects and science papers at regional and state level. Technology is a top priority at the school where graphing calculators and scientific probes make math and science come alive! We are also most proud of our 2002 Scholastic Bowl state champions! St. Anthony School in Streator, IL is a parochial school serving 331 students in grades preschool through Grade 8. St. Anthony's claim to fame as a school centers on Pluto. The students initiated a letter-writing campaign to persuade the IAA to keep Pluto's status as a planet, which resulted in the students and their social studies teacher being recognized with an entry in the Congressional Record in Washington, DC. Clyde Tombough, the astronomer who discovered Pluto, is a native of Streator. Students will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How does it feel to know that there's 200 miles between you and the Earth? 2. What is your greatest hope for the future of space technology? 3. Did you want to be an astronaut when you were little? 4. What is some of the equipment you would use in your daily work on the space station and how is it used to help you? 5. Would water float in space? 6. What was your first reaction when you saw the stars outside your space station window? 7. What are some of the hardest challenges on a space walk? 8. What if someone breaks a bone in space, what do you do to fix it? 9. Do you ever have free time? If so, what do you do during it? 10. When you are outside the space station, do you feel like you would drift off? 11. It is obvious that this is a once in a lifetime experience, but what kind of disadvantages does living on board the space station have? 12. Is working outside in space really like the training you did in the pool? 13. Being in space can be lonely. What kinds of things do you bring on the ISS to remind you of home? 14. When you are on the shuttle going through the earth's atmosphere, do you control the shuttle's rockets or do the people on earth control them? 15. Can the ISS be hit by space debris and still be able to function? 16. Is it bad for your body to go into space and come back many times? 17. How do you store enough oxygen to survive so long in space? 18. Can you really see the Grand Canyon and the Great Wall of China from space? 19. Is it difficult sleeping when you're strapped in? Can you turn at all? 20. What is the most important and or interesting thing that you have learned from being an astronaut? Please note, the amateur equipment on the ISS is not functioning in the automatic modes properly and may be silent more than usual. The radios are planned to be shutdown in preparation for the upcoming Progress docking and undocking events. Information about the next scheduled ARISS contact can be found at http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact . Next planned event(s): Romeo Elementary School, Dunnellon, Florida, direct via K4OZS Wed 2007-01-17 17:53 UTC ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.rac.ca/ariss (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada). Thank you & 73, Kenneth - N5VHO

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-01-23 20:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-01-23 20:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: 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 14:22 UTC 33 deg East Aurora Middle School, East Aurora, New York, telebridge via W6SRJ (***) Thu 2007-02-01 15:12 UTC 25 deg via W6SRJ (***) 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 2007-01-23 20:00 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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testing email
by Patrick McGrane 23 Jan '07

23 Jan '07

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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 22 Jan '07

22 Jan '07

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