Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-11-27 23:30 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 333.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 2.
ARISS expects no school contacts until late December due to the crew work
schedule. We will keep everyone informed of any changes.
QSL information may be found at:
http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.htmlhttp://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's
ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, RS0ISS
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The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2007-11-27 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 2007-10-31 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
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There have been rumors in the past indicating 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.
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Expedition 16 on orbit:
Peggy Whitson
Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP
Daniel Tani KD5DXE
Future
Léopold Eyharts FX0STD/KE5FNO
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-11-25 23:30 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 333.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 2.
ARISS expects no school contacts until late December due to the crew work
schedule. We will keep everyone informed of any changes.
QSL information may be found at:
http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.htmlhttp://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's
ISS callsigns: DP0ISS, NA1SS, RS0ISS
*****************************************************************************
The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2007-11-25 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 2007-10-31 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 have been rumors in the past indicating 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 16 on orbit:
Peggy Whitson
Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP
Daniel Tani KD5DXE
Future
Léopold Eyharts FX0STD/KE5FNO
*****************************************************************************
73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
**************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest
products.
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Hello All,
This is the first time that I saw a VIDEO from an astronaut making
random QSO's with hams (the video was recorded inside ISS!).
Fabiano (PY5RX) made a QSO with first Brasil astronaut -
Marcos Pontes (PYØAEB) at 03-April-2006 (14:34utc).
At 21 April 2006 Marcos Pontes was already back on earth and
had a speech (about his ISS mission) in Bauru city (Brasil).
Fabiano was invited to come on stage to meet Marcos Pontes personaly
in front of a big audiance.
Fabiano gave Pontes a DVD with video & audio recordings which was made
by Fabiano and Brasil TV station PARANA.
At 13 November 2007 Fabiano have received a video from -
Marcos Pontes which was recorded by US astronaut Bill McArthur in ISS.
The video is published on my website: http://iss.ontwikkel.nl
73's Cor PD0RKC
Ham Radio In Space http://pd0rkc.ontwikkel.nl
Read this article please.
Haven't hams been doing this sort of thing since OSCAR 1?
Hmmmmm
73
Alan KB3DHC
NASA Science News for November 19, 2007
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*Expedition Crews Work Together*
Astronauts Clay Anderson and Peggy WhitsonImage above: Flight Engineer
Clay Anderson and Commander Peggy Whitson take a break from handover
activities to talk to the press Monday. Credit: NASA TV
TO VIEW IMAGE GO
TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
The newly arrived Expedition 16 crew members are familiarizing
themselves with life aboard the International Space Station as
Expedition 15 nears the end of its mission.
The Expedition 16 crew, Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineers
Yuri Malenchenko and Clay Anderson, joined with Expedition 15 Commander
Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov for several hours of
dedicated handover activity on Monday.
Whitson and Anderson reviewed the Crew Medical Restraint System and the
exercise equipment aboard the station.
Malenchenko began his first shuttle photography training session. The
station crew will use digital cameras to take high-resolution images of
space shuttle Discovery's thermal protection system when it approaches
the station for docking later this month.
Whitson, Malenchenko and spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor
docked with the station aboard their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft at 10:50
a.m. Friday.
Expedition 15 welcomed the new crew aboard the station when the hatches
were opened at 12:22 p.m. Friday. Afterwards, Anderson, who joined
Expedition 15 in June, became an Expedition 16 crew member when his
seatliner was moved from the Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft to Soyuz TMA-11.
+ Read more about the docking
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition16/exp16_ad…>
+ View launch day images
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/exp16_TMA11_launch.html>
Both crews will work together until Oct. 21, when Yurchikhin, Kotov and
Shukor depart aboard Soyuz TMA-10. Anderson will remain with Expedition
16 and return to Earth with the Discovery crew on the STS-120 mission.
+ View crew daily timelines
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html>
+ Read more about Expedition 15
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.ht…>
+ Read more about Expedition 16
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition16/index.ht…>
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*Discovery Crew Prepares for Landing Wednesday*
Image Above: The STS-120 crew members are interviewed by reporters live
from Discovery. Image credit: NASA TV
TO VIEW IMAGE GO
TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
The crew will spend today preparing for landing. Discovery’s first
landing opportunity is at 1:02 p.m. EST Wednesday at Kennedy Space
Center, Fla. Weather forecasters predict favorable landing conditions
once a cold front passes through late Tuesday night. The backup landing
sites at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and White Sands Space Harbor,
N.M., will not be considered Wednesday.
+ View landing ground tracks
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts120/news/landi…>
Space shuttle Discovery’s crew left the International Space Station
Monday morning after almost 11 days of joint operations with the
Expedition 16 crew. The shuttle undocked from the station at 5:32 a.m.
as they flew over the South Pacific.
STS-120 Pilot George Zamka backed the orbiter about 400 feet from the
station and performed a fly-around to allow crew members to collect
video and imagery of the station in its new configuration. He completed
the final separation engine burn at 7:15 a.m.
The shuttle crew members used the shuttle robot arm and the 50-foot long
Orbiter Boom Sensor System to conduct a late inspection of the thermal
protection system.
During its stay at the station, which began Oct. 25, the STS-120 crew
continued the on-orbit construction of the station with the installation
of the Harmony Node 2 module and the relocation of the P6 truss.
The crew installed Harmony Oct. 26 and did four spacewalks at the
station. During the third spacewalk, the crew installed the P6 truss and
solar array pair in its permanent location outboard of the port truss.
The fourth spacewalk was changed during the mission so that the crew
could repair a torn solar array on the P6 truss. Following the
successful repair work, the crew was able to fully deploy the solar array.
Discovery also delivered a new station crew member, Flight Engineer
Daniel Tani. He replaced astronaut Clayton Anderson. Anderson arrived at
the station in June with STS-117.
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:
> Nov. 5, 2007
>
> Katherine Trinidad
> Headquarters, Washington
> 202-358-3749
> katherine.trinidad(a)nasa.gov
>
> George Diller
> Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
> 321-867-2468
> george.h.diller(a)nasa.gov
>
>
>
> NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY SET TO LAND WEDNESDAY
>
> CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Discovery crew is scheduled
> to complete a 15-day mission to the International Space Station with
> a landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Wednesday, Nov. 7.
>
>
> The STS-120 mission began Oct. 23 and delivered the Harmony module to
> the station, relocated the P6 truss and featured four spacewalks.
> During the fourth spacewalk, the crew repaired a torn solar array on
> the P6 truss, enabling them to fully deploy the array.
>
> NASA managers will evaluate weather conditions at Kennedy before
> permitting Discovery to return to Earth. Wednesday landing
> opportunities are at 1:01 p.m. and 2:36 p.m. EST. The backup landing
> sites at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and White Sands Space
> Harbor, N.M., will not be activated on Wednesday.
>
> Two hours after landing, NASA officials will hold a briefing to
> discuss the mission. The tentative participants will be:
>
> - NASA Administrator Michael Griffin
> - NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations Bill Gerstenmaier
> - NASA Space Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach
>
> After touchdown, the astronauts will undergo physical examinations and
> meet with their families. Some crew members are scheduled to hold a
> news conference six hours after returning to Earth.
>
> The Kennedy press site will open for landing activities at 8 a.m.
> Wednesday and close one hour after the crew news conference. The
> STS-120 accreditation badges are in effect through landing. The press
> accreditation building on State Road 3 will be open on Wednesday from
> 8 to 11 a.m. The last bus will depart from the press site for the
> Shuttle Landing Facility one hour before landing. For updated
> information about the landing, call 321-867-2525.
>
> If weather prevents a Kennedy landing Wednesday, NASA will activate
> backup landing sites for attempts on Thursday. Dryden has limited
> facilities available to previously accredited journalists. For
> further information, journalists should call the Dryden Public
> Affairs Office at 661-276-3449.
>
> If White Sands Space Harbor is called up for strong consideration as a
> shuttle landing site, media desiring credentials there should contact
> the White Sands Missile Range Public Affairs Office at 505-678-1134.
> Journalists with STS-120 mission badges from NASA will be issued
> credentials.
>
> For the latest information about the STS-120 mission, visit:
>
> http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle
>
>
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*Discovery Undocks From Space Station, Set to Land Wednesday*
6 November 2007
The crew will spend today preparing for landing. Discovery’s first
landing opportunity is at 1:02 p.m. EST Wednesday at Kennedy Space
Center, Fla. Weather forecasters predict favorable landing conditions
once a cold front passes through late Tuesday night. The backup landing
sites at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and White Sands Space Harbor,
N.M., will not be considered Wednesday.
+ View landing ground tracks
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts120/news/landi…>
Space shuttle Discovery’s crew left the International Space Station
Monday morning after almost 11 days of joint operations with the
Expedition 16 crew. The shuttle undocked from the station at 5:32 a.m.
as they flew over the South Pacific.
STS-120 Pilot George Zamka backed the orbiter about 400 feet from the
station and performed a fly-around to allow crew members to collect
video and imagery of the station in its new configuration. He completed
the final separation engine burn at 7:15 a.m.
The shuttle crew members used the shuttle robot arm and the 50-foot long
Orbiter Boom Sensor System to conduct a late inspection of the thermal
protection system.
During its stay at the station, which began Oct. 25, the STS-120 crew
continued the on-orbit construction of the station with the installation
of the Harmony Node 2 module and the relocation of the P6 truss.
The crew installed Harmony Oct. 26 and did four spacewalks at the
station. During the third spacewalk, the crew installed the P6 truss and
solar array pair in its permanent location outboard of the port truss.
The fourth spacewalk was changed during the mission so that the crew
could repair a torn solar array on the P6 truss. Following the
successful repair work, the crew was able to fully deploy the solar array.
Discovery also delivered a new station crew member, Flight Engineer
Daniel Tani. He replaced astronaut Clayton Anderson. Anderson arrived at
the station in June with STS-117.
*Mission Information*
+ STS-120 Mission Overview
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts120/index.html>
+ Harmony Node 2
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/behindscenes/harmony_payload.html>
+ Space Shuttle Discovery
<http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/orbiters/discovery-in…>