April 2007 - Sarex (INACTIVE) - mailman.amsat.org

Astronaut to Discuss Marathon Run in April 4 Interviews
by Arthur Rowe 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > April 2, 2007 > > John Yembrick > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-0602 > > James Hartsfield > Johnson Space Center, Houston > 281-483-5111 > > > ASTRONAUT TO DISCUSS MARATHON RUN IN APRIL 4 INTERVIEWS > > HOUSTON - NASA astronaut Suni Williams will discuss her upcoming 2007 > Boston Marathon run aboard the International Space Station during > media interviews planned for Wednesday, April 4 at 1:20 p.m. CDT. > > The Boston Globe and the New England Sports Network interviews with > Williams will be broadcast live on NASA Television. No other > interview opportunities will be available with Williams before the > marathon. > > Williams, an accomplished marathoner, is an official entrant in the > Boston Marathon and will run the race on a station treadmill. She > qualified for the race, along with fellow astronaut Karen Nyberg, as > one of the top 100 female finishers in the January 2006 Houston > Marathon. Williams will be the first astronaut to officially run in a > marathon from space. > > Due to the crew's work schedule, the date and time of her run on the > station may not coincide exactly with the April 16 marathon on Earth, > but mission control is working to match the events as closely as > possible. For more about the space station, its missions and crews, > visit: > http://www.nasa.gov/station > > Television and still imagery of Williams' efforts are expected to be > available. Video of her training on the International Space Station > will air on NASA TV's Video File. For streaming video, downlink and > schedule information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv For more information about the Boston Marathon, visit: http://www.bostonmarathon.org/ For more about the space station, its missions and crews, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station > > > > >

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-04-02 21:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-04-02 21:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: St Michael’s Primary School, Daceyville, NSW, Australia, direct via VK2KVE Mon 2007-04-02 23:35 UTC 34 deg No Echolink, IRLP, or web coverage (***) Glenden State School, Glenden, Queensland, Australia, direct via VK4KHZ Wed 2007-04-04 22:39 UTC 65 deg Simulcast on Echolink, IRLP, and web DRS Dutch School Dutch Ministry of Education Delta Researchers School programme DRS-2007, telebridge via NN1SS Wed 2007-04-10 07:25 UTC 80 deg via NN1SS Watch for simulcast on Echolink, IRLP, and web. Salt Creek Primary School, Salt Creek, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ Thu 2007-04-12 03:10 UTC 69 deg via W6SRJ Watch for simulcast on Echolink, IRLP, and web. Total number of ARISS school contacts is 277. 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 2007-04-02 18:00 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 2007-03-27 17:00 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 ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-04-02 18:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-04-02 18:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: St Michael’s Primary School, Daceyville, NSW, Australia, direct via VK2KVE Mon 2007-04-02 23:35 UTC 34 deg Simulcast on Echolink, IRLP, and web (***) Glenden State School, Glenden, Queensland, Australia, direct via VK4KHZ Wed 2007-04-04 22:39 UTC 65 deg Simulcast on Echolink, IRLP, and web (***) DRS Dutch School Dutch Ministry of Education Delta Researchers School programme DRS-2007, telebridge via NN1SS (***) Wed 2007-04-10 07:25 UTC 80 deg via NN1SS (***) Watch for simulcast on Echolink, IRLP, and web. (***) Salt Creek Primary School, Salt Creek, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ Thu 2007-04-12 03:10 UTC 69 deg via W6SRJ Watch for simulcast on Echolink, IRLP, and web. (***) Total number of ARISS school contacts is 277. 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 2007-04-02 18:00 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 2007-03-27 17:00 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 ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

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Expedition 14 Readying the Station for Guests
by Arthur Rowe 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Expedition 14 Readying the Station for Guests* Image above: Expedition 15 cosmonauts Oleg Kotov (left) and Fyodor Yurchikhin (center) along with spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi share a toast during a ceremonial breakfast at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Facility in Star City. Image credit: NASA TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html The Expedition 14 crew had an off-duty day Sunday. This week they continue readying the space station for guests arriving next week. Expedition 15 is set to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1:31 p.m. EDT, April 7. Their Soyuz spacecraft is scheduled to dock at 3:03 p.m. on April 9. On March 29, Expedition 14 Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and flight engineers Mikhail Tyurin and Suni Williams boarded their Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft and undocked it from the Earth-facing port of the station's Zarya module. The craft was docked to the aft port of the Zvezda module. The move was necessary to clear the Zarya port for the arrival of Expedition 15. Today Lopez-Alegria sets a U.S. record for a single flight of 196 days in space. + Read more about the Soyuz relocation <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/exp14_so…> + Final Report of the ISS Independent Safety Task Force (3.7 Mb PDF) <http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/170368main_IISTF_Final_Report_508.pdf> + 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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ARISS event - Glenden State School, Glenden, Queensland, Australia - Wed. (April 04) 22:39 UTC
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

An International Space Station Expedition 14 ARISS school contact has been planned with students at Glenden State School, Glenden, Queensland, Australia on 04 April. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 22:39 UTC. The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and VK4KHZ. The contact should be audible in Eastern portions of Australia. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English. Additional listening options are listed below. _________________________________ 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 should 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. _________________________________ Glenden State School is a Prep (Preschool) to Grade 12 Campus, situated about 180km from the nearest populated centre, Mackay, in the state of Queensland, in north-eastern Australia. The school and town were purpose-built, on what was formerly grazing land, to service the Newlands Coal Mine. At present, our school has 230 students and 16 teaching staff. Students will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What made you want to have such a fun but risky job? 2. What preparation is needed before beginning your mission on the International Space Station? 3. How many years did it take to get trained to become an astronaut? 4. Can you have a pet rabbit in the Space Station? 5. What are the biggest dangers you face in space? 6. What happens to your blood in space? 7. When you are near the sun, is there any other way to see the corona besides during an eclipse? 8. What is your number one goal in space? 9. How does the Space Station stay in orbit and what Newton's Law of Motion is acting upon the Station? 10. How do you get electricity on the Space Station? 11. How do you cope with missing everybody on Earth? 12. Do your tears float when you cry in space? 13. Can you see any effects of global warming from the Space Station? 14. How do you know if it's night or day on the Space Station? 15. How do you open cupboards without the food floating out? 16. What do you do if you lose all communication with Earth? 17. How do you use the toilet in space? 18. Has an astronaut ever had his or her birthday on the Space Station and, if so, how do you celebrate? 19. In the Station, how hot and cold does it get? 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): Dutch Ministry of Education Delta Researchers School, telebridge via NN1SS, Tue 2007-04-10 07:25 UTC Salt Creek Primary School, Salt Creek, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ, Thu 2007-04-12 03:10 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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