February 2007 - Sarex (INACTIVE)

ARISS event - Hanazono Elementary School, Akashi-city, Japan - Mon (Feb 12) 09:05 UTC
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] 09 Feb '07

09 Feb '07

An International Space Station Expedition 14 ARISS school contact has been planned with students at Hanazono Elementary School, Akashi-city, Japan on Monday, 12 Feb. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:05 UTC. The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and 8N3F. The contact should be audible in the Japan and Eastern Asia. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English. Hanazono Elementary, is located in Akashi, the city that Japan Standard time is defined by. Students sometimes go to the planetarium of the astronomical science building in Akashi or observe the starry sky at the playground. Students went to camp at astronomical observatory park in our prefecture when they were 5th grade and looked at stars through a two-meter telescope. We are breeding the Japanese killifish that were on the space shuttle with the astronaut Chiaki Mukai. There are many children interested in outer space in our school. Students will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Why did you want to become an astronaut? 2. Do you sometimes have arguments with other astronauts? 3. How do you deal with carbon dioxide there? 4. Can you keep animals in space? 5. Can you see the forest destruction and desertification from space? 6. What is beautiful in space? 7. Can you tell when it is night or morning in space? 8. Is it tiring to float? 9. What would you do when you are sick or get injured? 10. What is convenient and what is not in a gravity-free space? 11. Is it true that meteorites are flying around in space? 12. Do you have any hot space food? 13. Do you miss the earth? 14. What smells do you have at the space station? 15. Where do you throw away trash & etcetera? 16. What is the future plan of space station? 17. Is the starlit sky the same in space? 18. How much monthly trash is there in space? 19. Do raw foods get spoiled in space too? 20. What is the hardest experience during the training before going to space? 21. Is it true that you will lose your balance after you come back from space? 22. What do you do at the space station? 23. Have you ever seen an UFO? 24. Is it possible for us to go to space without training? Please note, the amateur equipment on the ISS is not functioning in the automatic modes properly and may be silent more than usual. Information about the next scheduled ARISS contact can be found at http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact . Next planned event(s): Vasant Valley School, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, India, telebridge via WH6PN Sat 2007-02-25 08:50 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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Station Crew Wraps Up Successful Spacewalk Series
by Arthur Rowe 09 Feb '07

09 Feb '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Station Crew Wraps Up Successful Spacewalk Series* Image above: Expedition 14 crew members work on a task during Thursday's spacewalk. Image credit: NASA TV TOVIEW IMAGE GO TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Suni Williams successfully completed a 6-hour, 40-minute spacewalk at 3:06 p.m. EST Thursday. It was the last in an unprecedented series of three spacewalks in nine days from the Quest airlock. Major tasks of this spacewalk included removing and jettisoning two large shrouds and installation of attachments for cargo carriers. Lopez-Alegria now has nine spacewalks totaling 61 hours, 22 minutes, putting him second on the all-time spacewalking list behind Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Solovyev. Williams has completed four spacewalks with a total time of 29 hours, 17 minutes, more than any other woman in history. + Read more about the spacewalks <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/exp14_ev…> + Expedition 14 Mission Status Briefing Materials, Jan. 26, 2007 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/exp14_ms…> + 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: SS07-07
by Arthur Rowe 09 Feb '07

09 Feb '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > Feb. 8, 2007 > > Katherine Trinidad > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-3749 > > John I. Petty > Johnson Space Center, Houston > 281-483-5111 > STATUS REPORT: SS07-07 > > INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS07-07 > > HOUSTON - With all scheduled tasks accomplished, International Space > Station Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Sunita > Williams ended a nearly seven hour spacewalk at 2:06 p.m. CST > Thursday. > > It was the last in a series of three spacewalks in nine days from the > Quest airlock. Major tasks of this spacewalk included removing and > jettisoning two large shrouds and installing an attachment for cargo > carriers. > > Lopez-Alegria and Williams moved from the airlock out to Crew > Equipment Transfer Aid carts on the rails of the main truss. Pushing > one cart with their equipment, including a foot restraint, they moved > to the Port 3 truss segment. Their first job was to remove two > thermal shrouds, one from each of two Rotary Joint Motor Controllers > on P3. > > Next, they removed two large shrouds from P3 Bays 18 and 20. The > shrouds, larger than king-size bed sheets, provide thermal shading. > With the station in its present orientation, they are no longer > needed and are being removed to avoid trapping heat. Lopez-Alegria > jettisoned them toward the rear of the station. > > Afterward, the Unpressurized Cargo Carrier Assembly Attachment Systems > on the upper face of the P3 truss was deployed. That was done in > preparation for attachment of a cargo carrier during a future shuttle > mission. While Lopez-Alegria finished work on the assembly attachment > system, Williams moved to the end of the P5 truss to remove two > launch locks in preparation for the relocation of the P6 truss. > > The final scheduled task of the spacewalk was connecting four cables > of the Station to Shuttle Power Transfer System to Pressurized Mating > Adapter-2 (PMA-2) at the forward end of the Destiny laboratory where > shuttles dock. This will allow visiting shuttles to take power from > the station to extend their missions. > > Work began on the system during the Jan. 31 spacewalk, and two of the > cables were routed and connected to PMA-2 on the Feb. 4 spacewalk. > The last four cables were connected to the PMA Thursday. The > astronauts did complete one get-ahead task to photograph a suspect > connector on the outboard end of PMA-2. It carries station shuttle > communications when the shuttle is docked but hatches are closed. > Communications have been intermittent during recent shuttle missions. > > > Throughout the spacewalk, Chris Looper in Johnson Space Center's > Mission Control advised Lopez-Alegria and Williams and monitored > their tasks. Looper is the chief engineer for the Astronaut Office > Spacewalk Branch. > > Approximately 3 hours, 50 minutes into his ninth spacewalk, > Lopez-Alegria set a record for cumulative spacewalk time by a U.S. > astronaut at 61 hours, 22 minutes. Jerry Ross previously held the > title with 58 hours, 32-minutes accumulated during nine spacewalks. > > The three spacewalks from the Quest airlock in U.S. spacesuits and a > Russian spacewalk on Feb. 22 are the most ever done by station crew > members during such a short period. Starting from scratch, it takes > crew members about 100 hours to prepare for a spacewalk. By doing the > U.S. spacewalks just a few days apart, considerable crew time can be > saved by not having to repeat some of the preparation. > > Thursday's spacewalk was the 80th for station assembly and > maintenance. It was the 52nd from the station and the 32nd from > Quest. It was the fourth for Williams, the most for any woman. > > During the Feb. 22 spacewalk, Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer > Mikhail Tyurin will wear Russian Orlan suits to work on an antenna on > the Progress 23 cargo ship docked at the aft port of the Zvezda > service module. The antenna did not properly retract when that > spacecraft docked in October. The spacewalkers will try to secure or > remove the antenna to avoid any interference with the undocking of a > Progress in April. The spacewalk will be the 10th for Lopez Alegria > and will set a new record. > > For more about the crew's activities and station sighting > opportunities, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/station > > > -end- > > > > > > >

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-02-08 23:45 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 08 Feb '07

08 Feb '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-02-08 23:45 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Hanazono Elementary School, Akashi-city, Hyogo-pref, Japan, direct via 8N3F Mon 2007-02-12 09:05 UTC 35 deg (***) Total number of ARISS school contacts is 267. 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 2007-02-08 23:45 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 2007-01-26 04:00 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 2007-02-07 23:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 07 Feb '07

07 Feb '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-02-07 23:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Hanazono Elementary School, Akashi-city, Hyogo-pref, Japan, direct via 8N3F Thu 2007-02-15 08:31 UTC 66 deg Total number of ARISS school contacts is 267. 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 2007-02-07 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 2007-01-26 04:00 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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EXP 14 Revved Up for Another Spacewalk
by Arthur Rowe 07 Feb '07

07 Feb '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Revved Up for Another Spacewalk* ISS014-E-13301 --- Sunita Williams participates in extravehicular activity Image above: Suni Williams, Expedition 14 flight engineer, participates in the second of three spacewalks in nine days. Image credit: NASA TO VIEW THE IMAGE GO TO: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Suni Williams continue to prepare for Thursday's excursion outside the International Space Station. Using instructional aids, Lopez-Alegria and Williams configured the required tools and gear, reviewed the updated spacewalk procedures and held a space-to-ground conference with Houston specialists to discuss details worked out in Mission Control. On Tuesday, Williams began spacesuit battery charging in the U.S. airlock, while Lopez-Alegria charged the digital camera system battery. Pre-spacewalk medical checkups are also performed. The spacewalk will begin around 9 a.m. EST and last an estimated 6 hours, 30 minutes. By the end of the spacewalk Lopez-Alegria will be in second place for the most spacewalk time by an American astronaut. + Read more about the spacewalks <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/exp14_ev…> + Watch NASA TV <http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html> + Expedition 14 Mission Status Briefing Materials, Jan. 26, 2007 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/exp14_ms…> + 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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Thursday's Spacewalk Activities
by Arthur Rowe 07 Feb '07

07 Feb '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Thursday's Spacewalk Activities* ISS014-E-12995 --- Suni Williams in the Destiny laboratory Image above: Suni Williams, Expedition 14 flight engineer, uses a communication system in the Destiny laboratory. Image credit: NASA TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Suni Williams will make the last of three spacewalks in nine days on Feb. 8. They will begin by removing shrouds. The shrouds, larger than king-size bed sheets, provide thermal shading. The pair will also lay the groundwork for attachment of a cargo carrier and prepare for the relocation of the P6 Truss during a subsequent shuttle mission. By the end of the spacewalk Lopez-Alegria will be in second place for the most spacewalk time by an American astronaut. + Read more about the spacewalks <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/exp14_ev…> + Watch NASA TV <http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html>

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-02-05 22:45 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 05 Feb '07

05 Feb '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-02-05 22:45 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Hanazono Elementary School, Akashi-city, Hyogo-pref, Japan, direct via 8N3F Thu 2007-02-15 08:31 UTC 66 deg (***) Total number of ARISS school contacts is 267. 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 2007-02-05 22:45 UTC. Here you w ill 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 2007-01-26 04:00 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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Astronaut Sunita L. Williams
by Arthur Rowe 05 Feb '07

05 Feb '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 TO VIEW PICTURE GO TO:http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_753.html Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14 flight engineer, used a pistol grip tool as she worked on the International Space Station in the first of three spacewalks slated to occur over a nine-day period. During the 7-hour 55-minute spacewalk that took place on Jan. 31, 2007, Williams and station commander Michael E. Lopez-Alegria (out of frame) reconfigured one of two cooling loops for the Destiny laboratory module, rearranged electrical connections and secured the starboard radiator of the P6 truss after retraction.

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ISS Status Report: SS07-06
by Arthur Rowe 04 Feb '07

04 Feb '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > Feb. 4, 2007 > > Katherine Trinidad > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-3749 > > John I. Petty > Johnson Space Center, Houston > 281-483-5111 > > STATUS REPORT: SS07-06 > > INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS07-06 > > HOUSTON - For the second time in four days, two residents of the > International Space Station stepped outside for a spacewalk to > complete connecting cooling loops from a temporary to a permanent > system. This time the excursion lasted just over seven hours. > > Wearing U.S. spacesuits, Expedition 14 Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria > and Flight Engineer Suni Williams began their spacewalk at 7:38 a.m. > CST, a few minutes ahead of schedule. After setting up tools and > tethers outside the Quest airlock, they moved to the area that > connects the Z1 truss to the S0 truss at the middle of the station's > large girder-like truss system. This area is known as the "rats' > nest." > > In these tight quarters, they rerouted a series of two electrical > cables and four fluid quick disconnect lines from the soon-to-be > defunct Early External Active Thermal Control System to a permanent > cooling system in the Destiny Laboratory. The cooling loop > reconfigured Sunday, known as the Moderate Temperature Loop (Loop B), > removes heat from the station's avionics systems and payload racks > through a heat exchanger system in the Destiny Laboratory. On Jan. > 31, Lopez-Alegria and Williams reconfigured a Low Temperature Loop > (Loop A) that rejects heat from the station's environmental systems. > > On Sunday, the spacewalkers also assisted in the retraction of the aft > heat-rejecting radiator on the P6 truss. The radiator had been used > since 2000 to keep station systems at the correct temperature through > the temporary cooling system. They helped tie the radiator down with > a series of cinches. Unlike the starboard radiator, which was > retracted Jan. 31, the aft radiator did not require the installation > of a protective thermal shroud due to the station's orientation to > the sun. During this summer's STS-118 shuttle mission, a third > radiator will be retracted, the only radiator on the P6 truss that > will be redeployed after the truss is relocated to the far port side > of the truss. > > Once the radiator was retracted, Lopez-Alegria and Williams completed > Wednesday's unfinished task of disconnecting and stowing the second > of two fluid lines for the Early Ammonia Servicer, a large tank on > the P6 truss that is no longer needed. The EAS was designed to > replenish ammonia to the temporary cooling system on the station in > the event of a coolant leak. The servicer will be jettisoned during a > spacewalk by the Expedition 15 crew this summer. > > Lopez-Alegria, at the base of the P6 truss, photographed the starboard > solar array and the blanket box into which it folds. Engineers will > analyze the photos and finalize plans to retract that array during > the STS-117 shuttle mission to the station next month. > > After the photographs were taken, Lopez-Alegria and Williams resumed > the stringing of electrical cables from the S0 truss to the Destiny > Laboratory and to its forward docking port, Pressurized Mating > Adapter-2 (PMA-2), to which visiting shuttles dock. The cables > provide electricity for the Station-to-Shuttle Power Transfer System > (SSPTS). The system will enable docked shuttles to draw electrical > power from the station to extend their missions. SSPTS is scheduled > to debut during STS-118, enabling Endeavour to fly for two weeks. > Three of the six cables were connected Sunday. The others probably > will be connected during a spacewalk Thursday, Feb. 8. > > Lopez-Alegria removed a sunshade from a data relay box on another > pressurized mating adapter that connects the U.S. and Russian > segments of the station. Since the shade is no longer needed, it was > folded up and brought inside to be discarded either on a future > Russian Progress cargo ship or a shuttle mission. Back in the > airlock, Lopez-Alegria and Williams did some precautionary > decontamination procedures after a few ammonia flakes were seen early > in the spacewalk. > > The spacewalk ended at 2:49 p.m. as the crew returned to Quest. It was > the eighth spacewalk of Lopez-Alegria's career and the third for > Williams. He surpassed astronaut Steve Smith to vault into third > place on the all-time spacewalking list for most hours spent outside. > Williams now holds the record for most spacewalking time by a female. > Former astronaut Kathy Thornton previously held that honor. Sunday's > spacewalk was the 79th for station assembly and maintenance and the > 51st done without a shuttle present. > > On Monday, Lopez-Alegria and Williams will recharge batteries and > prepare their spacesuits and tools for the next spacewalk set for > Thursday morning. > > For more about the crew's activities and station sighting > opportunities, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/station > > > -end- > > > > > >

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