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ARISS event -SRJC Day Under the Oaks, Santa Rosa, California USA, Sunday (May 06) 16:48 UTC
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] 26 Aug '07

26 Aug '07

An International Space Station Expedition 15 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at the SRJC Day Under the Oaks in Santa Rosa, California USA on 06 May. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:48 UTC. The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and W6SRJ. The contact should be audible in western portions of 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. Santa Rosa Junior College is home to 40,000 students in the California wine country of Sonoma County. We're located approximately 38 miles north of San Francisco. We are fortunate and proud to be the home of W6SRJ - one of the telebridge stations for ISS school contacts. Day Under the Oaks is our annual open house for prospective students, teachers, and the community. The event attracts over 10,000 visitors and is held on the beautiful 110 acre main campus which has hundreds of majestic oak trees with classic ivy covered brick buildings. Some of the oaks and other tree specimens were planted by renowned botanist Luther Burbank. Day Under the Oaks (DUO) includes demonstrations for students of all ages, including a robot competition, building computer models, shows in our planetarium and tours of the W6SRJ telebridge station. DUO attendees explore SRJC's outstanding instructional program exhibits and demonstrations and a festive array of other colorful activities, plus sample the delicious array of food prepared by student clubs! At Day Under the Oaks you can visit the stunning world class Pomo basket collection in the Jesse Peter Museum and watch the colorful Native American dancers or the dramatic Chinese Dragon Dance Troup. Other activities include a children's theatre, sports clinics and fencing and karate competitions, and dazzling magic shows in the Chemistry Lab. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What kind of research will be done on the space station (ISS) once it is completed in 2010? 2. What challenges do you face while you're in space without any gravity? 3. You participated in the Anomalous Long Term Effects on Astronauts Experiment - Have you seen the results of this experiment yet and what could be the cause of the light flashes? 4. What has been the most exciting part of the Expedition 15? What has been the least exciting? 5. Describe what you like best about being in space? 6. How long did it take you to adjust to microgravity? How long will it take you to re-adjust to earth's gravity when you return? 7. We visited NASA in Houston last month and saw the astronaut training area. What are some differences between training here and doing the real thing up in space? 8. I'm entering a robotics contest today. Do you think my interest in robotics will help me become an astronaut? 9. What do you enjoy most about your current mission? 10. What type of projects or experiments are they working on right now? 11. Since you hold records for number of spacewalks and total time spent on spacewalks by a woman, can you tell us about what kind of jobs you perform while on your spacewalks? 12. How long does it take to reach your destination in space from the time you leave earth? 13. I understand that the ISS is noisy inside - how high is the noise level and why is it so noisy? 14. Was it more or less effort to run the Boston Marathon from Space? 15. What type of exercises do you do in space so that you don't lose muscle tone? 16. What did you like best about your training? What did you like the least? 17. Have you ever seen satellites or "space junk" from the space shuttle or the space station? If so, what have you seen? 18. How many years of schooling did it take you to become an astronaut? 19. What was one of your most interesting moments in space? 20. For fun, do you ever run up the walls and do stunts like in the Matrix movie? 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): Sunset Mesa Schools, Albuquerque, New Mexico, direct via W5SCA, Wed 2007-05-09 14:39 UTC Escola Secundaria de Estarreja, Estarreja, Portugal, direct via CT6ESE, Wed 2007-05-09 14:58 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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ISS Progress 24 to Depart, ISS Progress 26 to Launch
by Arthur Rowe 31 Jul '07

31 Jul '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *ISS Progress 24 to Depart, ISS Progress 26 to Launch * ISS015-E-17052 --- The Great Salt Lake in Utah Image above: The Great Salt Lake in Utah is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 15 crew member on the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html The Expedition 15 crew spent Monday preparing for the departure of the ISS Progress 24 (P24) cargo craft and the arrival of the ISS Progress 26. Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin removed a Local Temperature Sensor Switching Unit and computer memory from P24. Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov repressurized the station's atmosphere with oxygen from tanks in the P24. The cargo craft will undock from the Pirs docking compartment on Aug. 1, burning up in the Earth’s atmosphere as it deorbits. P26 is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1:34 p.m. EDT Thursday, Aug. 2. It is scheduled to dock with the station Sunday, Aug. 5, at about 2:38 p.m. The crew trained on the manual TORU docking system controls Monday in preparation for the docking of P26. The manual system would be used in the unlikely event the automated Kurs system should experience difficulty. Flight Engineer Clay Anderson packed items to be returned to Earth aboard Endeavour when it completes the STS-118 mission. Endeavour is set to launch on Aug. 7 and dock with the station on Aug. 9. + Read more about the ISS Progress 26 Launch <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/exp15_pr…> + Read more about Expedition 15 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.ht…> + View crew daily timelines <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html>

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NASA Starts Space Shuttle Endeavour Countdown Aug.
by Arthur Rowe 30 Jul '07

30 Jul '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 j George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 07.30.07 NASA Starts Space Shuttle Endeavour Countdown Aug. 4 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA will start the launch countdown for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-118 mission at 9 p.m. EDT Saturday, Aug. 4, at the T-43 hour point. The countdown includes 27 hours, 3 minutes of built-in hold time leading to a preferred launch time at approximately 7:02 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 7. The launch window extends an additional five minutes. During the 11-day mission to the International Space Station, Endeavour's crew will add another truss segment to the expanding station, install a new gyroscope and add a spare parts platform. The flight will have at least three spacewalks. It also will debut a new system that enables docked shuttles to draw electrical power from the station to extend visits to the outpost. A detailed list of launch countdown milestones and times is available at: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/news/index.html This mission is the 119th space shuttle flight, the 20th flight for Endeavour and the 22nd U.S. flight to the International Space Station. The mission will be Endeavour's first flight in more than four years. The shuttle has undergone extensive modifications, including the addition of safety upgrades already added to shuttles Discovery and Atlantis. For more information about the STS-118 crew and mission to the space station, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html>

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Endeavour Marches Toward Launch
by Arthur Rowe 27 Jul '07

27 Jul '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Endeavour Marches Toward Launch* *Launch Date:* Aug. 7 *Launch Time:* 7:02 p.m. EDT STS-118 crew members get a close look at the payloads installed in Space Shuttle Endeavour. Image above: STS-118 crew members get a close look at the payloads installed in Space Shuttle Endeavour. Seen in the foreground are Mission Specialists Dave Williams (center), who represents the Canadian Space Agency, and Tracy Caldwell (right). Photo credit: NASA/George Shelton + View Full Size Image <http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/170419main_07pd2030.jpg> *07.27.07 - 4:20 p.m. EDT* Space Shuttle Endeavour is ready to fly, NASA managers concluded July 26 after wrapping up the two-day flight readiness review at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Launch of Endeavour on the STS-118 mission is officially set for Aug. 7. "On behalf of all the people that work on Endeavour, both here and really across the country, it's a great, great feeling to have Endeavour back on the pad," said Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach. "We're looking forward to a great launch." Launch preparations continue at Launch Pad 39A. Hypergolic propellant has been loaded into the solid rocket booster hydraulic power units, as well as Endeavour's orbital maneuvering system, forward reaction control system and auxiliary power units. The suits to be worn on the mission's spacewalks have been stowed, and flight crew equipment and supplies are being loaded into the crew cabin. Payload closeouts include camera tests on the shuttle's robotic arm and orbiter boom sensor system. The 22nd flight to the International Space Station, STS-118 will be the first flight for Endeavour since 2002, and the first mission for Mission Specialist Barbara Morgan, the teacher-turned-astronaut whose association with NASA began more than 20 years ago. *Mission Information* + STS-118 Mission Overview <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts118/index.html> + STS-118 Fact Sheet (900 Kb PDF) <http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/182903main_STS118%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf> + STS-118 Briefing Animations <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts118/multimedia…> + STS-117 Mission Archive <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts117/main/index…>

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Spacewalk, Preparations for Endeavour's Arrival Keep Crew Busy
by Arthur Rowe 27 Jul '07

27 Jul '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Spacewalk, Preparations for Endeavour's Arrival Keep Crew Busy* Image above: Flight Engineer Clay Anderson works with stowage bags. Image credit: NASA TV TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html The Expedition 15 crew aboard the International Space Station spent Friday working with scientific experiments and preparing for the arrival of a Progress cargo craft and space shuttle Endeavour in August. Flight Engineer Clay Anderson packed items to be returned to Earth aboard Endeavour when it completes the STS-118 mission. He also gathered tools that will be used during that mission's three spacewalks. Endeavour is set to launch on Aug. 7 and dock with the station on Aug. 9. Anderson also transferred and stowed the equipment for the Anomalous Long Term Effects in Astronauts' Central Nervous System payload, an experiment which measures the effect of the exposure of crew members to cosmic radiation. Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov performed maintenance on the station's exercise treadmill, repairing its roller bearings, and conducted a repressurizaton of oxygen using the tanks in the docked ISS Progress 24 cargo craft. Progress 24 will undock from the Pirs docking compartment on Aug. 1, burning up in the Earth’s atmosphere as it deorbits. Progress 26 is scheduled for launch on Aug. 2 and will reach the station on Aug. 5. On Monday, Anderson and Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin conducted a 7-hour, 41 minute spacewalk. Anderson jettisoned a 1,400 pound, refrigerator-size ammonia reservoir known as the Early Ammonia Servicer by pushing it opposite of the station's direction of travel. Anderson and Yurchikhin also installed a television camera support or stanchion, reconfigured a power supply for an antenna assembly, and performed several get-ahead tasks. + Read more about the spacewalk <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/e15_eva_…> + Read more about Expedition 15 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.ht…> + View crew daily timelines <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html>

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corrected link
by Luc Leblanc 27 Jul '07

27 Jul '07

Here is the corrected link look just at the top of the page http://www.aviationweek.com/ and this one too: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19981415/ "-" Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

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Panel Finds Astronauts Flew While Intoxicated
by Luc Leblanc 27 Jul '07

27 Jul '07

When and who? Jul 26, 2007 By Frank Morring, Jr./Aviation Week & Space Technology A panel reviewing astronaut health issues in the wake of the Lisa Nowak arrest has found that on at least two occasions astronauts were allowed to fly after flight surgeons and other astronauts warned they were so intoxicated that they posed a flight-safety risk. The panel, also reported "heavy use of alcohol" by astronauts before launch, within the standard 12-hour "bottle to throttle" rule applied to NASA flight crew members. A NASA spokesman declined comment on the findings, which were obtained by Aviation Week & Space Technology. The spokesman said a press conference has tentatively been scheduled for Friday afternoon on the issue. At the direction of Administrator Michael Griffin, NASA Chief Medical Officer Dr. Richard S. Williams set up the panel to review astronaut medical and psychological screening after Nowak was arrested in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 5 on charges of attempted murder and attempted kidnapping for allegedly stalking and threatening a woman who was dating another astronaut. The attempted murder charge was subsequently dropped. The panel is composed of military and civilian government physicians, psychologists, lawyers, safety experts and astronauts under the chairmanship of U.S. Air Force Col. Richard Bachmann, dean of the Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine. Panel members visited Johnson Space Center in April to gather information from flight surgeons and the astronaut office on astronaut health screening. A panel member said Wednesday the report was still in draft form, and probably would be released in August. Separately, Griffin ordered JSC Director Mike Coats to review intake and on-going psychological screening for astronaut candidates and astronauts, and to recommend changes if necessary. Griffin also directed Coats, himself a former astronaut, to "determine whether there were any areas of concern - any leading indicators we might have picked up on, based on Lisa Nowak's dealings with other astronauts or NASA employees," in the words of Deputy Administrator Shana Dale. The Bachmann panel report apparently does not deal directly with Nowak or mention any other astronaut by name. Coats' findings also will be part of the press conference on Friday, according to the agency spokesman. The link. http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/drunk072607.xml&he… e=Panel%20Finds%20Astronauts%20Flew%20While%20Intoxicated&channel=space "-" Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

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ISS Crew Moves Station Robotic Arm
by Arthur Rowe 27 Jul '07

27 Jul '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Crew Moves Station Robotic Arm* Space station robotic arm Image above: Canadarm2, the space station's robotic arm, is maneuvered into place by Flight Engineer Clay Anderson. Image credit: NASA TV TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html The Expedition 15 crew aboard the International Space Station continued preparations Thursday for the arrival of a Progress cargo vehicle and space shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-118 in August. Flight Engineer Clay Anderson conducted a "walk off" of the station's robotic arm, moving it into position in advance of Endeavour's arrival. During STS-118, the crew will use the robotic arm to install the newly delivered S5 truss to the S4 solar array truss. Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov conducted a test of the TORU manual docking system. TORU serves as a backup for the Kurs automated docking system, which is the primary docking system for Progress cargo crafts. The Progress 24 cargo craft will undock from the Pirs docking compartment on Aug. 1, burning up in the Earth’s atmosphere as it deorbits. Progress 26 is scheduled for launch on Aug. 2 and will reach the station on Aug. 5. Two days later on Aug. 7, space shuttle Endeavour is targeted for launch with a station rendezvous and docking planned for Aug. 9. On Monday, Anderson and Yurchikhin conducted a 7-hour, 41 minute spacewalk. Anderson jettisoned a 1,400 pound, refrigerator-size ammonia reservoir known as the Early Ammonia Servicer by pushing it opposite of the station's direction of travel. Anderson and Yurchikhin also installed a television camera support or stanchion, reconfigured a power supply for an antenna assembly, and performed several get-ahead tasks. + Read more about the spacewalk <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/e15_eva_…> + Read more about Expedition 15 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.ht…> + View crew daily timelines <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html>

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STS-118 TO LAUNCH ON AUGUST 7TH,2007
by Arthur Rowe 27 Jul '07

27 Jul '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 July 26, 2007 John Yembrick Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0602 George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 NASA GIVES 'GO' FOR SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR LAUNCH ON AUG. 7 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - On Thursday, NASA managers set Aug. 7 as the official launch date for space shuttle Endeavour's STS-118 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., is scheduled for 7:02 p.m. EDT. Endeavour's launch date was announced following the traditional Flight Readiness Review at Kennedy. During the two-day meeting, top NASA and contractor managers assessed any risks associated with the mission and determined that the shuttle's equipment, support systems and procedures are ready for flight. Commander Scott Kelly and his six crewmates are scheduled to arrive at Kennedy at 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3, for final launch preparations. The countdown is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4. During the 11-day mission, Endeavour's crew will add another truss segment to the expanding station, install a new gyroscope on the complex and add an external spare parts platform. The flight will include at least three spacewalks. The crew will debut a new system that enables docked shuttles to draw electrical power from the station to extend visits to the outpost. If this system functions as expected, three additional days will be added to the STS-118 mission. Joining Kelly on the flight will be Pilot Charlie Hobaugh and mission specialists Tracy Caldwell, Rick Mastracchio, Barbara R. Morgan, Alvin Drew and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Dave Williams. The mission will be Endeavour's first flight in more than four and a half years. The spacecraft has undergone extensive modifications, including the addition of safety upgrades already added to shuttles Discovery and Atlantis. For more information about the STS-118 mission, including images and interviews with the crew, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle -end-

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-07-25 15:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 26 Jul '07

26 Jul '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-07-25 15:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Challenger Learning Center of Lucas County, Oregon, Ohio, direct via KB9UPS Successful Wed 2007-07-25 11:48 UTC 62 deg (***) 21st. World Scout Jamboree, Chelmsford, England, direct via GB100J Sat 2007-08-04 21:10 UTC 38 deg Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 306. (***) Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 1. 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 2007-07-25 15:30 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 2007-07-25 15:30 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 have been rumors in the past indicating 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 15 on orbit: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Dr. Oleg Kotov Clayton Anderson KD5PLA Expedition 15 future: Daniel Tani KD5DXE ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour

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