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ISS STATUS REPORT #07-17
by Arthur Rowe 06 Apr '07

06 Apr '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *International Space Station Status Report #07-17* *3 p.m. CDT, Friday, April 6, 2007* *Expedition 14 Crew* 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 about 12:30 p.m. CDT Saturday. Their Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the station about 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. Flight Engineer 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' Central 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 after the launch of Soyuz TMA-10 on Saturday or earlier if events warrant. ###

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Re: Marex news, ISS radio status
by George Henry 06 Apr '07

06 Apr '07

Just saw a message over on the AMSAT BB that indicates that Dr. Charles Simonyi will be performing maintenance on both rigs during his upcoming stay on the ISS..... YAY!!! George, KA3HSW -----Original Message----- >From: Dave Taylor <w8aas(a)comcast.net> >Sent: Apr 6, 2007 7:05 AM >To: Sarex <SAREX(a)AMSAT.Org> >Subject: [sarex] Re: Marex news, ISS radio status > >Miles overstates the D700 problems. The memory channels didn't >become corrupted; they are fine. Physically, the radio is fine. >What happened was that the programmed operating modes (PMs, in D700 >terminology) were overwritten by unplanned (and unknown) changes, >probably during the SSTV try-outs. Without reliable PMs, changing >modes requires a lengthy and error-prone procedure to switch between >packet operations and school contacts. Therefore, the radio was >manually put in the school contact configuration and left there. >That is its primary mission. > >Fixing the PMs does not require an OS load (whatever that means). >The custom EPROM firmware, which modified some of the D700's >functions for space use, doesn't need to be changed. The PMs are >just operator configurations that can be reloaded from a computer via >a serial port on the front of the radio, without disassembling >anything. All that is needed is the computer, crew training, and >scheduled crew time to do it (all of which are hard to arrange on ISS). > >-- Dave, W8AAS >

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-04-05 21:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 05 Apr '07

05 Apr '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-04-05 21:30 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 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. Fairborn High School, Fairborn, Ohio, Telebridge via VK4KHZ (***) Contact is a go for: Thu 2007-04-12 19:00 UTC 42 deg via VK4KHZ (***) Watch for simulcast on Echolink, IRLP, and web. 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. Cedar Point Elementary, Bristow, Virginia, telebridge via VK5ZAI (***) Contct is a go for: Option# 3: Tue 2007-04-17 19:05 UTC 82 deg via VK5ZAI (***) Watch for simulcast on Echolink, IRLP, and web. 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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Expedition 15 Crew to Launch from Baikonur
by Arthur Rowe 05 Apr '07

05 Apr '07

> >> SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 >> >> Expedition 15 Crew to Launch from Baikonur >> >> 04.02.07 >> >> Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and cosmonaut Oleg Kotov of the 15th >> International Space Station crew are scheduled to launch from the >> Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at about 1:30 p.m. EDT on April 7 >> to begin a six-month stay in space. >> >> JSC2007-E-15352 -- Spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi and >> cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Fyodor Yurchikhin Image to right: Attired >> in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, spaceflight participant >> Charles Simonyi (left) and cosmonauts Oleg Kotov (center) and Fyodor >> Yurchikhin (right) join hands as they pose for a portrait in Star >> City, Russia. Photo credit: Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center >> >> TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO: >> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15 >> >> With them will be Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi. He is an >> American flying under contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency. >> >> He will return to Earth with Expedition 14 crew members, Commander >> Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin, on April >> 20. Expedition 14 launched to the station last Sept. 18. >> >> After its April 7 launch, Expedition 15's Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft is >> scheduled to dock at the station a little after 3 p.m. on April 9. >> >> There they will be greeted by their third Expedition 15 crew member, >> astronaut Sunita Williams. She launched to the station aboard the >> STS-116 mission of Discovery on Dec. 9 and arrived at the station >> Dec. 11. She joined Expedition 14 in progress and will provide >> Expedition 15 with an experienced flight engineer for the early part >> of its increment. >> >> Williams, 41, is a Naval Academy graduate and a Navy commander. She >> flew helicopters and was a helicopter test pilot before being >> selected as an astronaut in 1998. >> >> Yurchikhin, 48, will be making his second flight into space. He was a >> member of the STS-112 crew which launched to the station on Oct. 7, >> 2002, with the Starboard 1 Truss. He holds a Ph.D. in economics and >> was named a cosmonaut-candidate in 1997. >> >> Kotov, 41, is making his first spaceflight. He graduated from the >> Moscow Medical Academy in 1988, and was named a cosmonaut-candidate >> in 1996. >> >> Astronaut Clayton Anderson is scheduled to replace Williams as a >> flight engineer during Expedition 15. Anderson, 48, holds a master's >> degree in aerospace engineering from Iowa State University. He was >> selected as an astronaut in 1998 and will be making his first >> spaceflight. >> >> Two Expedition 16 crew members are expected to arrive next fall to >> replace Yurchikhin and Kotov >> >> >> >

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-04-05 16:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 05 Apr '07

05 Apr '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-04-05 16:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Glenden State School, Glenden, Queensland, Australia, direct via VK4KHZ Successful Wed 2007-04-04 22:39 UTC 65 deg (***) 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 (***) 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 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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NASA TV Coverage for Space Station Crew Exchange
by Arthur Rowe 04 Apr '07

04 Apr '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > April 4, 2007 > > John Yembrick > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-0602 > > James Hartsfield > Johnson Space Center, Houston > 281-483-5111 > > > > NASA TELEVISION COVERAGE FOR SPACE STATION CREW EXCHANGE > > WASHINGTON - The launch of Expedition 15, the next crew to the > International Space Station, and the landing of Expedition 14 are > among the events scheduled for broadcast live on NASA Television > April 7-20. > > 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 Saturday at 1:31 > p.m. EDT for a two-day trip aboard the Russian Soyuz TMA-10 craft to > the station. Their spacecraft is scheduled to dock Monday at > approximately 3:12 p.m. > > Flight Engineer Suni Williams, who has served as an Expedition 14 > crewmember since December, will remain on the station joining the > Expedition 15 crew. She is scheduled to return home aboard space > shuttle Endeavour this summer. > > NASA Expedition 14 Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer > Mikhail Tyurin, who have been orbiting on the station since September > 2006, and Simonyi will land in north central Kazakhstan on April 20 > at approximately 9:37 a.m. aboard the Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft that is > currently docked at the station. > > The events and planned broadcasts include (all times approximate, > EDT): > > Saturday, April 7: > 12:30 p.m. - Expedition 15 launch coverage (launch 1:31 p.m.) > 3 p.m. - Video File B-roll replay of Expedition 15 launch activities > and launch > > Monday, April 9: > 2:45 p.m. - Expedition 15 docking and hatch opening coverage (docking > 3:12 p.m., post-docking news conference 3:30 p.m., hatch opening 4:55 > p.m.) > 7 p.m. - Video File B-roll replay of Expedition 15 docking and hatch > opening > > Tuesday, April 10: > 5:30 p.m. - News conference with all six crewmembers on aboard the > station with multi-center question and answer capability for media > participating at NASA centers > > Friday, April 20: > 2:30 a.m. - Expedition 14 farewell and hatch closure coverage (hatch > closure 3:05 a.m.) > 5:45 a.m. - Expedition 14 undocking coverage (undocking at 6:21 a.m.) > 8:15 a.m. - Expedition 14 deorbit burn and landing coverage (deorbit > burn 8:47 a.m., landing 9:36 a.m.) > > Video of crew recovery activities at the landing site in north central > Kazakhstan is expected to be broadcast on NASA TV as a special Video > File on April 20 at 6 p.m., with a final Video File feed of the > crew's return to Star City, Russia at 9:30 p.m. > > NASA TV is carried on an MPEG-2 digital signal accessed via satellite > AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, > vertical polarization. In Alaska and Hawaii, NASA Television will be > seen on AMC-7, at 137 degrees west longitude, transponder 18C, at > 4060 MHz, horizontal polarization. In both instances, a Digital Video > Broadcast (DVB)-compliant Integrated Receiver Decoder (IRD) (with > modulation of QPSK/DBV, data rate of 36.86 and FEC 3/4) will be > needed for reception. > > For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, > visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/ntv > > NASA TV's digital conversion will require members of the broadcast > media to upgrade with an "addressable" Integrated Receiver Decoder, > or IRD, to participate in live news events and interviews, press > briefings and receive NASA's Video File news feeds on a dedicated > media services channel. NASA mission coverage will air on a digital > NASA public services (free to air) channel, which only needs a basic > IRD. > > > -end- > > > > > >

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Medical Testing in Store for the Expedition 14 Crew
by Arthur Rowe 04 Apr '07

04 Apr '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Medical Testing in Store for the Expedition 14 Crew * ISS014-E-16210 --- Sunita Williams works with the Test of Reaction and Adaptation Capabilities (TRAC) experiment.Image above: Sunita Williams works with the Test of Reaction and Adaptation Capabilities (TRAC) experiment in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station on March 8, 2007. Image credit: NASA TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin Monday performed another run of the Test of Reaction and Adaptation Capabilities (TRAC) hand-eye coordination experiment. Crew members conduct this test prior to the mission, while on orbit and when they return to Earth. Also on Monday, Lopez-Alegria conducted a ham radio session with students at St. Michael’s Primary School, Daceyville, NSW, Australia. Flight Engineer Sunita Williams and Lopez-Alegria are scheduled to perform a monthly check of blood pressure and electrocardiogram readings during exercise on the cycle ergometer. Readings will be taken with the blood pressure and electrocardiograph equipment and the heart rate monitor watch. The tests provide automated, noninvasive, blood pressure measurements while also monitoring and displaying accurate heart rates on a continual basis at rest and during exercise. On Wednesday Lopez-Alegria and Williams will participate in an interview with the Boston Globe and the New England Sports Network to discuss her upcoming Boston Marathon run. The interview is scheduled to take place at 2:20 p.m. EDT on NASA TV. + Watch NASA TV <http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html>

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-04-03 14:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-04-03 14:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: 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 278. 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 2007-04-03 14:30 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 2007-03-27 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 2007-04-03 04:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-04-03 04:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: St Michael’s Primary School, Daceyville, NSW, Australia, direct via VK2KVE Successful Mon 2007-04-02 23:35 UTC 34 deg (***) 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 278. (***) 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 2007-04-03 04:00 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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St.Michaels ARISS contact a success !
by Tony, VK5ZAI 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

Hello All, Just a brief report that the ARISS contact between St Michael's Primary School in Daceyville NSW Australia, and the ISS was a success this morning with approx 16 questions being answered by Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria. A more detailed report expected to follow shortly -- Regards Tony. VK5ZAI J.A.(Tony)Hutchison P.O.Box 470 Kingston SE South Australia 5275 Australian ARISS Co-ordinator and Satellite ground Station. Web Site :- http://www.electric-web.org

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