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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-03-16 23:45 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 17 Mar '07

17 Mar '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-03-16 23:45 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: University School, Shaker Heights, OH, direct via K8RBV Successful Fri 2007-03-16 16:14 UTC 20 deg (***) East Aurora Middle School, East Aurora, New York, telebridge via ZS6BTD Mon 2007-03-19 13:04 UTC 27 deg Juvenile Space Club in Tatsuno, Tatsunomachi, Nagano-pref, Japan, direct via 8J0T Sat 2007-03-24 00:39 UTC 80 deg International School of Brussels, B-1170 Brussels, Belgium, telebridge via NN1SS (***) Tue 2007-03-27 13:45 UTC 31 deg via NN1SS (***) Total number of ARISS school contacts is 274. (***) 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 2007-03-16 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 2007-03-16 23:45 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 ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

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ISS Status Report: SS07-13
by Arthur Rowe 16 Mar '07

16 Mar '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > Mar. 16, 2007 > > John Yembrick > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-0602 > > Kelly O. Humphries > Johnson Space Center, Houston > 281-244-5050 > > STATUS REPORT: SS07-13 > > INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS07-13 > > HOUSTON - The Expedition 14 crew was busy this week moving trash into > the ISS Progress 23 cargo ship, installing a new window on the space > station and preparing for upcoming missions to the station. > > The new window was installed on Wednesday on the port side hatch of > the Unity node. It is fitted with a berthing camera system that > includes target markings on the outside of the hatch. This will help > robotic operators align and dock the station's new elements. > > The window's installation was part of the crew's work to ready the > station's Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 (PMA-3) for its relocation > later this year to Unity's Earth-facing port. This was the second > hatch window installed by an Expedition crew. A similar window was > installed by Expedition 6 crew members on Unity's starboard hatch. > > Space Station Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Suni > Williams also temporarily relocated a "wall" of collapsible water > bags to allow them access to PMA-3 and provide access to some of the > station's computer cables, allowing the two to install new, upgraded > cabling. > > Lopez-Alegria and Williams emptied all the items stowed in PMA-3 > except for a spare Bearing Motor and Roll Ring Module, which was tied > down for the adapter's robotic relocation later this year. The > apparatus is used to help the solar arrays swivel, or gimbal, to > point to the sun for the generation of electricity. > > Additional work included preparations for the April 9 arrival of the > Expedition 15 crew and U.S. spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi > aboard Soyuz TMA-10. The ISS Progress 23 thrusters were fired on > Thursday for 12 minutes, 32 seconds to lift the station into the > correct orbit for rendezvous and docking of the Soyuz. This orbital > boost also provided the correct trajectory for landing of the > Expedition 14 crew members and Simonyi aboard Soyuz TMA-9 on April > 20. > > Other tasks included preparation for the March 29 relocation of the > Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft from the Earth-facing port of the Zarya module > to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module. As a result, the Soyuz > TMA-10 will not need to perform the maneuver to reach Zarya as its > final destination. > > In addition, the crew prepared for the undocking and discarding of the > ISS Progress 23 cargo ship, the station's giant trash can, on March > 27. > > To ready the station for the STS-117 mission, Williams began > photography practice for space shuttle Atlantis' Rendezvous Pitch > Maneuver. She and her new Expedition 15 crewmates will take photos of > Atlantis' heat shield as it performs the slow, 360-degree > nose-forward back flip 600 feet below the station. > > Tyurin this week completed photographic observations of Earth as part > of the Russian "Uragan" Earth-imaging investigation and monitored > radiation inside the station for another set of experiments. He > tracks data on three different experiments that monitor cosmic rays > and background radiation. > > Next week, Lopez-Alegria and Williams will conduct some of the work > required to install the station's new integrated station computer > network. This new system is ten times faster than the station's > current local area network (LAN) system. It will use Ethernet > connectivity over a router through either cable or wireless > equipment, thus eliminating drag-through cables from the U.S. segment > into the Russian segment. Installation of the LAN originally was > planned for the Expedition 15 crew. However, the STS-117 launch delay > prompted station managers to advance the LAN work to save time during > Expedition 15. > > For more about the crew's activities and station sighting > opportunities, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/station > > > -end- > > > > > >

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ARISS event - East Aurora Middle School, East Aurora, New York, USA, Monday, (19 Mar) 13:04 UTC
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] 16 Mar '07

16 Mar '07

An International Space Station Expedition 14 ARISS school contact has been planned with students at East Aurora Middle School, East Aurora, New York, USA on 19 Mar. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 13:04 UTC. The contact will be a telebridge between stations NA1SS and ZS6BTD. The contact should be audible in portions of South Africa. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. Additional listening options are listed below. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English. IRLP - Connect to the IRLP reflector 9010. You may also connect via the IRLP Discovery website at http://www.discoveryreflector.ca/listen.htm. EchoLink - The audio from this contact will be available on the EchoLink *AMSAT* (node 101 377) and the *JK1ZRW* (node 277 208) conference rooms. Please connect to the *JK1ZRW* server to keep the load light on the *AMSAT* server. This will ensure good audio quality for all listeners. _________________________________ AUDIO STREAMING AND AUDIO REPLAY PARTICIPANT INFORMATION: To join the event: URL: https://e-meetings.mci.com CONFERENCE NUMBER: 6533665 PASSCODE: SPACE STATIO To access the Audio Replay of this call, all parties can: 1. Go to the URL listed above. 2. Choose Audio Streaming under Join Events. 3. Enter the conference number and passcode. (Note that if this is a recurring event, multiple dates may be listed.) Replays are available for 30 days after the live event. _________________________________ The East Aurora Union Free School District is currently educating approximately 2040 students in four schools: Parkdale Elementary (K-2), Main Street Elementary (3-5), the Middle School (6-8) and the High School (9-12). We serve a Town of Aurora population of nearly 14,000 residents. Our students consistently rank within the region's top schools in measures of academic achievement, and the community regularly demonstrates solid support for its schools. Our website address is www.eaur.wnyric.org. East Aurora Middle School, led by Principal Jeffrey Banks, has a population of approximately 500 students and 37 staff members. The staff of the East Aurora Middle School is committed to excellence in education. We feel that it is vital to show enthusiasm for learning and hope that children want to attend our school. We believe that attendance at school each day is very important and we communicate that attitude to our students. Students will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Has the Space Station or Astronauts ever been hit by space junk? 2. Can you see the Aurora from the Space Station? Are there any affects on the Space Station? 3. How do you protect yourself from solar storms? 4. If you were to light gasoline in space, would the flames float around? 5. What is the biggest danger working/living on the space station? 6. How come no one lives in the Space Station permanently? 7. What is the largest man-made structure you have seen from space? 8. How would you compare flying in the Navy to your ride on the Space Shuttle? 9. What do you do with your free time? 10. Have you seen a meteor enter the Earth's atmosphere? 11. Who do wish you could bring up onto the Station? 12. Do you have to speak Russian to go to the Space Station? 13. When the Space Station is traveling at 17,000 mph, is there a lot of friction on the Space Station? 14. How long could you survive in space without your space suit? 15. What subjects did you study to be an Astronaut? 16. What inspired you to become an Astronaut? 17. What will your first meal be when you come back to Earth? 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): Juvenile Space Club in Tatsuno, Tatsunomachi, Nagano-pref, Japan, direct via 8J0T, Sat 2007-03-24 00:39 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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Good copy
by KA8VIT 16 Mar '07

16 Mar '07

Good copy on the ISS here in Cleveland with their school contact with University School. 73 Bill KA8VIT -- Bill Chaikin, KA8VIT USS COD Amateur Radio Club - W8COD WW2 Submarine USS COD SS-224 (NECO) ka8vit(a)ka8vit.com http://ka8vit.com http://www.usscod.org QRP-L#: 2596 FP#: 1043 SKCC#: 2593

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-03-15 23:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 15 Mar '07

15 Mar '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-03-15 23:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: University School, Shaker Heights, OH, direct via K8RBV Fri 2007-03-16 16:14 UTC 20 deg Simulcast on Echolink (***) East Aurora Middle School, East Aurora, New York, telebridge via ZS6BTD Mon 2007-03-19 13:04 UTC 27 deg Juvenile Space Club in Tatsuno, Tatsunomachi, Nagano-pref, Japan, direct via 8J0T Sat 2007-03-24 00:39 UTC 80 deg Total number of ARISS school contacts is 273. 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 2007-03-15 23:00 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 2007-03-09 18:30 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 ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

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Preps Continue for Reboost, Upcoming Activities
by Arthur Rowe 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 Preps Continue for Reboost, Upcoming Activities iss014e16258 -- The Expedition 14 crew Image above: The Expedition 14 crew are pictured in the Destiny laboratory. From left are, Flight Engineer Suni Williams, Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin. Image credit: NASA TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html The Progress 23 cargo craft will fire its engines Thursday to lift the International Space Station to a higher orbit. The reboost puts the station in the proper orbit when Expedition 15 arrives at the station to begin its increment in April. Two weeks later the crew will also relocate their Soyuz vehicle to another port allowing Expedition 15 to dock in their new Soyuz TMA-10. The Expedition 15 crew launches from Russia on April 7 and will dock to the station on April 9. Expedition 14 will leave the station and return home in its Soyuz TMA-9 on April 20. The Progress 23 cargo capsule is being loaded with trash and discarded items as the crew readies it to undock then burn up in Earth’s atmosphere March 27. The Progress 23 initially delivered gear and supplies for the crew, but its removal makes way for future deliveries in Progress vehicles. The station crew is also readying Pressurized Mating Adapter-3 for relocation to the Unity Node’s Earth facing port during Expedition 15. Node 2, a U.S. module, will take its place at the end of the Destiny laboratory later this year during shuttle mission STS-120.

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ARISS event - University School, Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA - Fri. (Mar 16) 16:15 UTC
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

An International Space Station Expedition 14 ARISS school contact has been planned with students at University School, Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA on 16 March. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:15 UTC. The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and K8RBV. The contact should be audible in the central and Eastern North America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English. EchoLink - The audio from this contact will be available on the EchoLink *AMSAT* (node 101 377) and the *JK1ZRW* (node 277 208) conference rooms. Please connect to the *JK1ZRW* server to keep the load light on the *AMSAT* server. This will ensure good audio quality for all listeners. University School is a K-12 independent (private) school for boys near Cleveland, Ohio with two campuses. Our campus in Shaker Heights (grades K-8) has been operating a full size space shuttle simulator mockup since 1990. The simulator includes the flight and mid decks of the space shuttle, a mission control area, a nodule of the International Space Station, and even an airplane simulator. There are approximately 440 boys on our K-8 campus, all of whom seem very excited about the opportunity this campus has to talk to the International Space Station. The school was founded in 1890 and prepares boys for admission into college. The Shaker Heights campus is located on 32 acres in Shaker Heights, an eastern Cleveland suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. Shaker Heights is a residential community noted for having two rapid transit lines, tree-lined streets, and beautiful lakes and parks. Students will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What thing most surprised you in space - something you didn't expect? 2. Are there any fears that you got when you went to the ISS? 3. Can you see the constellations from the space station? 4. If you were on the ISS alone and none of the space suits were working and you had enough power to call, who would you call? 5. What does it feel like to hold the world record for the longest space walk for women? 6. Would you ever bring your dog into space in an experiment or just to be with you? 7. What does it feel like to be in the middle of a launch? 8. We are studying the nemotoids on the ISS through the Orion Quest Program. Have you had any contact with this experiment? 9. How will this mission help promote future space expeditions? 10. Does music sound different in space? 11. Are zero gravity conditions as fun as they look? 12. What is the one thing you miss the most in space? 13. Is it hard to sleep in space? 14. How does it feel to re-enter the earth's atmosphere. 15. What do you do if you get bored? 16. Do you ever get motion sickness when you're flying in space? 17. What does it feel like to be in zero gravity? 18. What is your favorite in space activity not including EVA's? 19. Why do you wear white space suits? 20. How much contact do you personally have with any school related projects on the space Station? 21. How will this mission be a model for new missions to look back and make changes for the future? 22. During free time do astronauts listen to music? 23. When you look out into space do you see something that looks like a television picture or does it have real depth like a 3-D picture? 24. How many times have you been to space? 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): East Aurora Middle School, East Aurora, New York, telebridge via ZS6BTD, Mon 2007-03-19 13:04 UTC Juvenile Space Club in Tatsuno, Tatsunomachi, Nagano-pref, Japan, direct via 8J0T, Sat 2007-03-24 00:39 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 Mission Viejo Post Contact Media
by Matt Bennett 14 Mar '07

14 Mar '07

Thanks to many of you who tuned in on Friday morning to listen to Mission Viejo's second attempt to contact the Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria on the International Space Station! The direct connection to the station was established at 7:23 AM PST and lasted for seven full minutes before the station dropped behind our local Saddleback Mountains. Since the event, we have updated the website to include new photos, an MP3 recording of the contact, video recordings straight from the contact room, and a link to the article written about it in the Orange County Register last Saturday. Please take some time to view this new media at: http://ucisat.eng.uci.edu/uplink Thank you all very much for your interest and support in this exciting event! We appreciate it very much. Best regards, Matt Bennett KF6RTB K6UCI Control Operator for Mission Viejo / ISS Contact --------------------------------- It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar.

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-03-13 15:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 13 Mar '07

13 Mar '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-03-13 15:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: University School, Shaker Heights, OH, direct via K8RBV Fri 2007-03-16 16:14 UTC 20 deg East Aurora Middle School, East Aurora, New York, telebridge via ZS6BTD (***) Mon 2007-03-19 13:04 UTC 27 deg (***) Juvenile Space Club in Tatsuno, Tatsunomachi, Nagano-pref, Japan, direct via 8J0T (***) Sat 2007-03-24 00:39 UTC 80 deg (***) Total number of ARISS school contacts is 273. 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 2007-03-13 15:00 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 2007-03-09 18:30 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 ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

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ARISS Boulder Hill post contact webpage
by AJ9N＠aol.com 12 Mar '07

12 Mar '07

Hi all, The recently completed ARISS contact at Boulder Hill is now on the Fox River Radio League's website. Checked it out at _http://www.frrl.org_ (http://www.frrl.org/) 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N ARISS mentor for Boulder Hill ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.

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