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ARISS event - Salt Creek Primary School, Salt Creek, Australia, Thursday, (12 Apr) 03:10 UTC
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] 09 Apr '07

09 Apr '07

An International Space Station Expedition 14 ARISS school contact has been planned with students at Salt Creek Primary School, Salt Creek, Australia on 12 April. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 03:10 UTC. The contact will be a telebridge between stations NA1SS and W6SRJ. The contact should be audible in portions of western and central 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. 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 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: 6734469 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. _________________________________ Salt Creek Primary School is a tiny school with 20 students and 3 staff located 80 km north of Kingston on Highway 1 in South. Australia . With the 20 questions for you to answer the whole school is involved! Salt Creek consists of a Roadhouse, School, a Parks & Wild Life Headquarters and half dozen houses. The school caters for isolated sheep and cattle farmers in the area. When the children reach high school age they either come to Kingston or go to boarding school. Students will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. In space are you weightless?. 2. How far away are you from earth? 3. What do you eat? 4. Do you run in to any asteroids? 5. How long does it take to orbit around the earth? 6. When was the space station made? 7. Have you ever seen a black hole and if you have what does it look like? 8. What does the sun look like? 9. Have you seen any U.F.OS? 10. What jobs do you have in space? 11. How do you get food up there? 12. What do you do up in space? 13. What do you do in your space time? 14. Where do you go if you get hurt? 15. Do you have children and how long till you see them again? 16. What does it feel like when you blast off? 17. How do you breathe on the space station? 18. How does the rocket go? 19. What is the best part of being an astronaut? 20. How big is the space station? 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): Fairborn High School, Fairborn, OH Thu 2007-04-12 19:00 UTC via VK4KHZ Puskas Tivadar Tavkozlesi Technikum, Budapest, Hungary, Thu 2007-04-12 23:15 UTC Redmond High School, Redmond, WA Mon 2007-04-16 21:17 UTC via ON4ISS University of Kursk, Kursk, Russia Tue 2007-04-17 18:33 UTC Cedar Points Elementary, Bristow, VA Tue 2007-04-17 19:05 UTC via VK5ZAI 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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ET-117 Arrived at Kennedy
by Arthur Rowe 09 Apr '07

09 Apr '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *ET-117 Arrived at Kennedy* Image above: The barge carrying external tank 117 is maneuvered toward the dock by a tug boat in the turn basin of Kennedy's Launch Complex 39 area. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Phaller TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html + View Hi-res Image <http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/170421main_barge.jpg> + View Hail Damage to External Tank <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/multimedia/117_gallery-hail.html> *04.06.07 * NASA's Pegasus barge with external fuel tank 117 aboard arrived at Kennedy Space Center today. Shuttle program managers will meet on or about April 10 to decide whether to use ET-124 or substitute it with ET-117 for the STS-117 mission to the International Space Station. Work continues to assess and repair hail damage to ET-124. Foam repairs on the liquid hydrogen tank, which is located on the bottom of the external tank, are complete and the focus is currently on repairs to the liquid oxygen tank. Shuttle program managers decided this week to inspect Atlantis and Endeavour's main propulsion system for contamination after a small amount of material was found during routine post-flight inspections in one engine that flew on the STS-116 mission of Discovery in December 2006 and one engine that flew on the STS-121 mission of Discovery in July 2006. The contaminant is a substance called RepliSet, which is a material used to make a mold of the flow liner surface. It is used to check for cracks and imperfections. The inspections can be accomplished within the time frame of the hail damage recovery effort, with no impact to the launch schedule for STS-117. During the STS-117's 11-day mission, the six-member crew will install a new truss segment, retract a set of solar arrays and unfold a new set on the starboard side of the station. Lessons learned from two previous missions will provide the astronauts with new techniques and tools to perform their duties. Atlantis Commander Rick Sturckow, Pilot Lee Archambault and Mission Specialists Jim Reilly, Patrick Forrester, Steven Swanson and John "Danny" Olivas will continue training at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston as they await a new target launch date. *STS-117 Mission* + The Crew <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts117/index.html> + The Mission <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts117/mission_ov…> + The Integrated Truss Structure <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/its.html>

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-04-09 04:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 09 Apr '07

09 Apr '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-04-09 04:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: DRS Dutch School Dutch Ministry of Education Delta Researchers School programme DRS-2007, telebridge via NN1SS Tue 2007-04-10 07:25 UTC 80 deg via NN1SS Simulcast on Echolink, IRLP, and web(Discovery Reflector and Verizon). Salt Creek Primary School, Salt Creek, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ Thu 2007-04-12 03:10 UTC 69 deg via W6SRJ Simulcast on Echolink, IRLP, and web(Discovery Reflector and Verizon). Fairborn High School, Fairborn, Ohio, Telebridge via VK4KHZ Contact is a go for: Thu 2007-04-12 19:00 UTC 42 deg via VK4KHZ Simulcast on Echolink, IRLP, and web(Discovery Reflector and Verizon). Puskás Tivadar Távközlési Technikum, Budapest, Hungary direct via HA5KHC (***) Thu 2007-04-12 23:15 UTC (***) Simulcast on Echolink (***) Redmond High School, Redmond, Washington, telebridge via ON4ISS Contact is a go for: Mon 2007-04-16 21:17 UTC 80 deg via ON4ISS Watch for simulcast on Echolink, IRLP, and web. Simulcast on Echolink, IRLP, and web(Discovery Reflector and Verizon). Cedar Point Elementary, Bristow, Virginia, telebridge via VK5ZAI Contct is a go for: Tue 2007-04-17 19:05 UTC 82 deg via VK5ZAI Simulcast on Echolink, IRLP, and web(Discovery Reflector and Verizon). Total number of ARISS school contacts is 279. (***) 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 2007-04-05 16:00 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 2007-04-05 16:00 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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ARISS event -Dutch Ministry of Education Delta Researchers School, The Netherlands, Tuesday, (10 Apr) 07:25 UTC
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] 08 Apr '07

08 Apr '07

An International Space Station Expedition 14 ARISS school contact has been planned with students at the Dutch Ministry of Education Delta Researchers School on 10 April. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 07:25 UTC. The contact will be a telebridge between stations NA1SS and NN1SS. The contact should be audible in portions of 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. 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 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: 6734366 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 Delta Researchers Schools project is a human spaceflight project for Dutch primary schools. The aim of the project is to encourage schools to integrate science and technology into their curriculum, using human spaceflight as a theme. The project was set up by the Dutch ministry of Education, Culture and Science, ESA and NASA. There are currently 26 primary schools participating in this project. Students will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Do you ever have disagreements on the ISS? 2. How do you become an astronaut? 3. When you disembark from a boat, it often feels like the Earth is moving under your feet. What is the feeling upon returning from space? 4. What and how do you eat in space? Is the food good? 5. Can you breathe on the ISS? Where does the oxygen come from? 6. Sometimes there are magnetic storms in space, as a result of coronal mass ejections on the sun. Can a spacesuit withstand such a storm, or must astronauts go inside? 7. Why did you become an astronaut? 8. Can you smell in space? 9. Do you miss your family? 10. What was the most remarkable thing you have ever seen in space? 11. There is a lot of debris floating around in space. Why hasn't the ISS been hit yet? Is it in a special orbit around the Earth? 12. Can you send text messages? And can you internet in space? 13. What does it feel like to be in space? 14. Do you have to chew something during take off? 15. How does the ISS stay on course? Do you have to steer, and if so, how do you do this while you sleep? 16. Would fish in an aquarium in space know that they are weightless? 17. What was your first thought when you travelled into space? 18. What happens when you make music in space? 19. Do watches work in space? Which time zone do you use? 20. If you fill a balloon with helium and let go of it on the ISS, where would it go? 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): Salt Creek Primary School, Salt Creek, Australia, Thu 2007-04-12 at 03:10 UTC via W6SRJ Fairborn High School,Fairborn,OH Thu 2007-04-12 at 19:00 UTC via VK4KHZ Puskas Tivadar Tavkozlesi Technikum, Budapest, Hungary, Thu 2007-04-12 at 23:15 UTC Redmond High School, Redmond, WA Mon 2007-04-16 at 21:17 UTC via ON4ISS University of Kursk, Kursk, Russia Tue 2007-04-17 at 18:33 UTC Cedar Points Elementary, Bristow, VA Tue 2007-04-17 at 19:05 UTC via VK5ZAI 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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ISS SCIENCE Status Report: SS07-18
by Arthur Rowe 07 Apr '07

07 Apr '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > April 7, 2007 > > John Yembrick > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-0602 > > John Ira Petty > Johnson Space Center, Houston > 281-483-4934 > > STATUS REPORT: SS07-18 > > INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS07-18 > > HOUSTON - Two Russian cosmonauts and a space flight participant > launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in > Kazakhstan at 12:31 p.m. CDT Saturday for a two-day flight to the > International Space Station. > > Less than 10 minutes after launch their spacecraft reached orbit and > its antennas and solar arrays deployed. The Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft > is scheduled to dock at the station at a little after 3 p.m. Monday. > > Once they arrive at the station, Cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin, > Expedition 15 commander, and Oleg Kotov, Expedition 15 flight > engineer, and spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi, a U.S. > businessman, will be greeted by the station's current crew, > Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and flight engineers > Mikhail Tyurin and Suni Williams. > > Simonyi, flying under contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency, > will return to Earth on April 20 with Lopez-Alegria and Tyurin, who > have been aboard the station since September 2006. > > Flight Engineer Suni Williams, who has served as an Expedition 14 crew > member since December, will remain on the station joining the > Expedition 15 crew. She is scheduled to return home aboard space > shuttle Endeavour this summer. > > Information on the crew's activities aboard the space station, future > launch dates, as well as station sighting opportunities from anywhere > on the Earth, is available on the Internet at: > > http://www.nasa.gov/station > > > -end- > > > > >

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WE HAVE LIFTOFF-EXPEDITION 15
by Arthur Rowe 07 Apr '07

07 Apr '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C 31468 Expedition 15 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Saturday at 1:31 p.m. EDT (1731 (GMT)

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THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
by Arthur Rowe 07 Apr '07

07 Apr '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 I JUST WENT TO THE FOLLOWING WEB SITE AND FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING. Simonyi's blog: http://www.charlesinspace.com/

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NO FOOLIN - LAB ON A CHIP
by Arthur Rowe 07 Apr '07

07 Apr '07

> No Foolin' -- 'Lab on a Chip' Works! > 04.06.2007-SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > > April 6, 2007: "What a huge relief," says Norman Wainwright of the Charles River Laboratories in Charleston, SC. "The whole technical team was delighted that it worked so well." > >He's talking about a miniature biological laboratory just tested for the first time onboard the International Space Station. Called LOCAD-PTS (short for Lab-On-a-Chip Application Development–Portable Test System), the mini-lab detects the presence of bacteria or fungi on the surfaces of a spacecraft far more rapidly than standard methods of culturing. > > Right: LOCAD-PTS, a handheld biological laboratory for space travel. [More] > > "The ability to monitor microorganisms would be especially important on long space voyages, not only to check the health of astronauts but also to monitor electronics and structural materials, which can be corroded or otherwise damaged by certain fungi and bacteria," says Wainwright, the experiment's principal investigator. LOCAD-PTS is designed so that "astronauts can do the analysis onboard with no need to return samples to laboratories on Earth. FOR THE REST OF THE STORY GO TO: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/06apr_locad2.htm?list833

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ISS SCIENCE Status Report: SS07-16
by Arthur Rowe 07 Apr '07

07 Apr '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > April 6, 2007 > > John Yembrick > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-0602 > > John Ira Petty > Johnson Space Center, Houston > 281-483-5111 > > STATUS REPORT: SS07-16 > > INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS07-16 > > HOUSTON - The Expedition 14 crew of the International Space Station > was busy this week performing fitness evaluations, working on > scientific experiments and preparing for the arrival of the > Expedition 15 crew. > > Cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin, Expedition 15 commander, and Oleg Kotov, > Expedition 15 flight engineer, and spaceflight participant Charles > Simonyi, a U.S. businessman, are scheduled to launch from the > Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at approximately 12:30 p.m. CDT > Saturday. Their Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the > station at approximately 2:12 p.m. Monday. > > The Expedition 14 crew, Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight > Engineer Mikhail Tyurin, will return to Earth with Simonyi on April > 20. In preparation for their departure, Lopez-Alegria and Tyurin > reviewed descent procedures. > > Suni Williams, who joined Expedition 14 in progress, will remain on > the station as an Expedition 15 crew member for the first part of its > increment. The two crews held a space-to-ground conference on > Wednesday discussing upcoming mission activities. > > On Monday, Lopez-Alegria set a new U.S. single-mission spaceflight > record, passing the 196-day mark previously set by station crew > members Dan Bursch and Carl Walz in 2001 and 2002. > > The Expedition 14 crew performed periodic fitness evaluations this > week. Additionally, they worked on a video tape recorder and on a > faulty light of an ophthalmoscope that was used during a health > check. They downloaded information from the Internal Wireless > Instrumentation System, or IWIS, which monitors the health of the > station's systems. > > The crew continued scientific activities aboard the station. Williams > tested a bacteria detection instrument developed by researchers at > Marshall Spaceflight Center in Huntsville, Ala., and industry > partners. The device, Lab-On-a-Chip Application Development Portable > Test System (LOCAD-PTS) is a portable bacteria detection system small > enough to fit into a compact ice cooler. Four more sessions with > LOCAD-PTS are planned for upcoming weekend science sessions. > > Lopez-Alegria and Tyurin tested their hand-eye coordination by > completing their sixth sessions with the Test of Reaction and > Adaptation Capability (TRAC) experiment. The experiment studies > whether the decline of motor skills during spaceflight is a result of > the brain adapting to space. The hand-eye coordination test is > performed before, during and after the mission. > > The crew also continued their work with the Anomalous Long-Term > Effects in Astronauts' Center Nervous System (ALTEA) experiment. > Using an instrumented helmet, the experiment measures the cosmic > radiation that passes through a crew member's head, brain activity > and visual perception. The experiment should help researchers better > understand what levels of cosmic radiation crew members are exposed > to and develop countermeasures for future long-duration spaceflights. > > For more about the crew's activities and station sighting > opportunities, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/station > > The next station status report will be issued following the launch of > Soyuz TMA-10 on Saturday or earlier if events warrant. > > > -end- > > > > > >

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Crew Continues Station Science, Ready for Expedition 15
by Arthur Rowe 06 Apr '07

06 Apr '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Crew Continues Station Science, Ready for Expedition 15* Image above: Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria inserts a test sample into a freezer as part of the NUTRITION experiment. Image credit: NASA TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html The Expedition 14 crew members continue science, maintenance and exercise activities as they prepare to greet their replacement crew – Expedition 15. Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Suni Williams are pursuing final investigations with the NUTRITION experiment. They will take blood and urine samples, process them in a centrifuge and store them in a freezer. Williams is also exercising heavily for the upcoming Boston Marathon which she will run in space. Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin continues his maintenance duties in the Russian segment of the International Space Station. Expedition 15 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Saturday at 1:31 p.m. EDT. They will dock at the station Monday about 3:12 p.m. in their Soyuz spacecraft.

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