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Read about the Progress 25 launch
by Arthur Rowe 09 May '07

09 May '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Cargo Craft Launches to Station on Friday* iss012e13575 -- A Progress cargo craft prepares to dock to the station Image above: A Progress resupply spacecraft approaches the International Space Station preparing to dock on Dec. 23, 2005. Image credit: NASA TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html A Russian cargo craft, the ISS Progress 25, will launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 11:25 p.m. EDT Friday. The unpiloted cargo carrier is delivering propellant, air, water and equipment to the International Space Station. Progress 25 is scheduled to dock at the station Tuesday about 1:10 a.m. + Read about the Progress 25 launch <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/exp15_pr…> Wednesday, May 9, is “Victory Day” – a Russian holiday. In celebration of Russia's victory over Germany in World War II, the Expedition 15 crew members had an off-duty day. + 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> + View Expedition 14 landing images <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/exp14_landing_images.h…>

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-05-09 14:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 09 May '07

09 May '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-05-09 14:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Sunset Mesa Schools, Albuquerque, New Mexico, direct via W5SCA Wed 2007-05-09 14:44 UTC 49 deg (***) Escola Secundaria de Estarreja, Estarreja, Portugal, direct via CT6ESE Wed 2007-05-09 15:06 UTC 58 deg (***) Barrhaven Public School, Ottawa, ON, Canada, direct via VA3MGY Tue 2007-05-15 15:27 UTC 47 deg Simulcast on Echolink is planned. Streaming video is planned. Kenneth J. Carberry Intermediate School, Emmett, Idaho, direct via TBD Wed 2007-05-16 18:52 UTC 57 deg Total number of ARISS school contacts is 294. 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 2007-05-07 17:30 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 2007-05-07 17:30 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 14/15 on orbit: Sunita Williams, KD5PLB Expedition 15 on orbit: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Dr. Oleg Kotov Expedition 15 future: Clayton Anderson KD5PLA Daniel Tani KD5DXE ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

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ISS equipment for VHF and UHF
by Thomas McGrane 08 May '07

08 May '07

Greetings to the group First, a million thanks to all who make ISS amateur radio possible. I am grateful Pardon the idea, but how about sending up a less complicated dual band VHF/UHF rig to replace the D700 instead of going to all the trouble of sending up bandaids and software. The D700 has had a long useful life and replacement may not be a bad idea. The old ericsson equipment and original TNC could be used for packet digipeating. I use a yaesu FT-8800 dual band VHF/UHF rig that doesnt require a computer to program, just the front panel buttons. It is also capable of cross-band operation and has selectable wide or narrow FM. The wide FM transmission might be easier to recieve on the ground. I chose this rig carefully before buying for satellite operation. Food for thought, 73, pat

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ISS SECOND WEEK CONTINUES
by Arthur Rowe 08 May '07

08 May '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Science and Maintenance Continue During Second Week of Expedition 15* - MAY 8TH, 2007 Marking the second week working together, the Expedition 15 crew wrapped up a week of various maintenance tasks, science experiments and preparations for the May 15 arrival of the Progress 25 supply ship. The week included work on a wide array of science experiments. Flight engineer Suni Williams completed the fifth run of the Elastic Memory Composite Hinge experiment which studies the performance of a new hinge composite in space. Williams also did a test run of a handheld device for rapid detection of biological and chemical substances on board the station. This study is meant to provide an early warning system to protect the health and safety of station crew members. Williams also completed annual re-certification of the Microgravity Science Glovebox and performed a checkout of the cardiac defibrillator. + Status report <http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007/may/HQ_SS0724_station_status.html> + Status reports archive <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/news/station_status_search_agent_…> + Weekly research overview <http://exploration.nasa.gov/programs/station/index.html> + Expedition 15 overview <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.ht…>

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Queen Elizabeth II Visits NASA, Meets Station Crew
by Arthur Rowe 08 May '07

08 May '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Queen Elizabeth II Visits NASA, Meets Station Crew* Image above: Queen Elizabeth II, right, talks to the International Space Station crew along with NASA Astronaut Michael Foale, center, and NASA Administrator Michael Griffin from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center‘s Operational Control Room, Tuesday, May 8, 2007, in Greenbelt, Md. NASA Goddard was one of the last stops on the Queen's six-day visit to the United States. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html Queen Elizabeth II visited NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., Tuesday morning. NASA astronaut Michael Foale and NASA Administrator Mike Griffin hosted the queen and introduced her to the Expedition 15 crew members as they orbited the Earth. Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and flight engineers Oleg Kotov and Suni Williams greeted Queen Elizabeth from the International Space Station. The crew members each spoke briefly to the queen describing life on the space station and the importance of human space flight.

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-05-08 23:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 08 May '07

08 May '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-05-08 23:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Sunset Mesa Schools, Albuquerque, New Mexico, direct via W5SCA Wed 2007-05-09 14:39 UTC 49 deg Escola Secundaria de Estarreja, Estarreja, Portugal, direct via CT6ESE Wed 2007-05-09 14:58 UTC 58 deg Barrhaven Public School, Ottawa, ON, Canada, direct via VA3MGY Tue 2007-05-15 15:27 UTC 47 deg Simulcast on Echolink is planned. (***) Streaming video is planned. (***) Kenneth J. Carberry Intermediate School, Emmett, Idaho, direct via TBD Wed 2007-05-16 18:52 UTC 57 deg Total number of ARISS school contacts is 294. 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 2007-05-07 17:30 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 2007-05-07 17:30 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 14/15 on orbit: Sunita Williams, KD5PLB Expedition 15 on orbit: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Dr. Oleg Kotov Expedition 15 future: Clayton Anderson KD5PLA Daniel Tani KD5DXE ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

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Space Day 2007
by Robert McGwier 08 May '07

08 May '07

http://n4hy.smugmug.com/gallery/2819832#150794625 The crowd was large, enthusiastic, and makes you wonder what in the HECK is the matter with politicians not understanding that this interest in space is NOT limited to people who are old enough to remember who Neil Armstrong is. They are not lily white. They are not exclusively American. They are "every man" or "every person" is you insist. The young man in this photo had a great time talking to Sunny Williams (as did the others in the photos) and the T Shirt you see him wearing while standing with his beaming family was his winning design in the T shirt contest. The parents were jumping up and down clapping, crying their eyes out, and in general, just beside themselves with emotion watching their kids talk to Sunny. I understand why Rick can't even begin telling the story without breaking up. http://n4hy.smugmug.com/gallery/2819832#150818569 Thank you Frank and Sarex team for letting me hang out with you while you did this. Bob N4HY -- AMSAT Director and VP Engineering. Member: ARRL, AMSAT-DL, TAPR, Packrats, NJQRP, QRP ARCI, QCWA, FRC. ARRL SDR WG Chair "If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you're going to be locked up." Hunter S. Thompson

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Crew Focuses on Maintenance
by Arthur Rowe 07 May '07

07 May '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Crew Focuses on Maintenance, Experiments and Fitness May5, 2007* ISS015-E-05640 --- Sunita Williams works with the Lab-on-a-Chip Application Development-Portable Test System experimentImage above: Sunita Williams, Expedition 15 flight engineer, works with the Lab-on-a-Chip Application Development-Portable Test System (LOCAD-PTS) experiment. LOCAD-PTS is a handheld device for rapid detection of biological and chemical substances onboard the station. Image credit: NASA TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html Expedition 15 is busy at work inside the International Space Station. Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov have been measuring their calf volume and body mass. They have also been counteracting the effects of microgravity with preventive health maintenance fitness tests on a stationary cycle ergometer. They will continue these tests on a treadmill Tuesday. The cosmonauts also worked inside the Progress cargo craft dismantling gear for return to Earth on the space shuttle. Flight Engineer Suni Williams activated and conducted operations on an Air Force Research Laboratory Experiment that is studying elastic memory technology. She also gathered air samples for bacterial and fungal analysis. In the Zvezda service module Williams performed routine maintenance of the Russian environmental control and life support system. + 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> + View Expedition 14 landing images <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/exp14_landing_images.h…>

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ARISS event - Escola Secundaria de Estarreja, Estarreja, Portugal, Wednesday (May 09) 15:06 UTC
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] 07 May '07

07 May '07

An International Space Station Expedition 15 ARISS school contact has been planned with students at Escola Secundaria de Estarreja, Estarreja, Portugal on 09 May. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:06 UTC. The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and CT6ESE. The contact should be audible in western portions of Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English. The Estarreja Secondary School is one of the largest in Central Portugal with 1200 students and 57 classes that range from the scientific areas of IT, Mechanics, Electronics and Robotics Engineering, to Chemistry and Biology. The school also has a tradition in the teaching of foreign languages with departments of English, German, French and Spanish. There are classes from the 7th to the 12th grade (pre-university) and the school issues European Union Level 4 professional qualifications in the Engineering classes. The school also hosts an Aveiro University branch with a class of 20 students from Electronics and Automation Engineering. Students will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What do you have to do to become an astronaut? 2. What do you feel during the lift-off and the trip to the ISS? 3. What is the sensation of being in orbit? 4. What kind of experiments are you doing right now? 5. How is it like to experience a zero-gravity environment? 6. What limitations do you have while you are in Space? 7. Have you done any EVA during this mission? If yes, for what purpose? 8. How do you spend your spare time? 9. How many astronauts are on-board right now? 10. What radio and antenna equipment are you using to communicate with us right now? 11. Have you faced any problem that could endanger your mission? 12. How is it like to have visitors on-board with you and how do they react to life on-board the ISS? 13. How do you get protected from solar flares and radiation? What is the temperature inside the ISS? 14. When you come back to Earth, do you feel like you have to relearn how to live here? 15. Is there something that you really miss from Earth? 16. What would you say to a little kid who wants to become an astronaut? 17. What is the sensation when you are looking down to Earth? 18. What are the dangers while you are in Space? 19. If traveling throughout the Universe were possible, would you offer yourself to go there? 20. In your opinion, where do humans and the life on Earth come from? Do you believe in life somewhere in the infinity of the Universe? 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): Barrhaven Public School, Ottawa, ON, Canada, direct via VA3MGY Tue 2007-05-15 15:27 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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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-05-07 17:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 07 May '07

07 May '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-05-07 17:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: SRJC Day Under the Oaks, Santa Rosa, California USA direct via W6SRJ SuccessfulSun 2007-05-06 16:48 UTC 68 deg (***) Sunset Mesa Schools, Albuquerque, New Mexico, direct via W5SCA Wed 2007-05-09 14:39 UTC 49 deg Escola Secundaria de Estarreja, Estarreja, Portugal, direct via CT6ESE Wed 2007-05-09 14:58 UTC 58 deg Barrhaven Public School, Ottawa, ON, Canada, direct via VA3MGY Tue 2007-05-15 15:27 UTC 47 deg Kenneth J. Carberry Intermediate School, Emmett, Idaho, direct via TBD Wed 2007-05-16 18:52 UTC 57 deg Total number of ARISS school contacts is 294. (***) 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 2007-05-07 17:30 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 2007-05-07 17:30 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 14/15 on orbit: Sunita Williams, KD5PLB Expedition 15 on orbit: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Dr. Oleg Kotov Expedition 15 future: Clayton Anderson KD5PLA Daniel Tani KD5DXE ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

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