August 2007 - Sarex (INACTIVE)

Hatches Close; Endeavour to Undock Sunday
by Arthur Rowe 18 Aug '07

18 Aug '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Hatches Close; Endeavour to Undock Sunday* Mission Control, Houston has given the STS-118 crew a “go” for undocking Space Shuttle Endeavour from the International Space Station at 8 a.m. EDT Sunday. Mission managers made the decision as astronauts Dave Williams and Clay Anderson were wrapping up the fourth spacewalk of the mission. Closing the hatches Saturday at 5:10 p.m. allows Endeavour to undock from the station Sunday in preparation for a possible landing on Tuesday. The earlier landing is being considered in the event Hurricane Dean threatens the Houston area. It would allow an opportunity for the shuttle to land before Mission Control would be shut down to prepare for a storm. Managers will continue to review the forecast for Dean as they assess their options. Williams and Anderson shortened their spacewalk to 5 hours, 2 minutes, to allow the early hatch closing and departure. They installed a stand for the shuttle’s robotic arm extension boom on the station’s truss structure, installed an External Wireless Instrumentation System antenna and retrieved two containers of the Materials ISS Experiment. They also had a chance to look down at the hurricane as it swirled in the Caribbean Sea. The spacewalk began at 9:17 a.m. and concluded at 2:19 p.m., bumping up the total time for STS-118’s four spacewalks to 23 hours and 15 minutes. Saturday's excursion was the 92nd spacewalk devoted to station assembly. *Hurricane Dean Information* On-orbit Hurricane Dean Video: + Real Video <http://mfile.akamai.com/18565/rm/etouchsyst2.download.akamai.com/18355/real…> | + Windows Media <http://mfile.akamai.com/18566/wmv/etouchsyst2.download.akamai.com/18355/wm.…> + NASA Hurricane Resource Page <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/main/index.html> *Mission Information* + View Barbara Morgan Video <javascript:watchNASAOnDemandTV('','http://mfile.akamai.com/18565/rm/etouchsyst2.download.akamai.com/18355/real…','http://mfile.akamai.com/18566/wmv/etouchsyst2.download.akamai.com/18355/wm.…')> + 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/184910main_sts118_factsheet4.pdf> + STS-118 NASA TV Schedule <http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/mission_schedule.html> + 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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Astronauts End Final STS-118 Spacewalk
by Arthur Rowe 18 Aug '07

18 Aug '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Astronauts End Final STS-118 Spacewalk; Hatches to Close Later Today* Hurricane DeanImage above: Hurricane Dean swirls in the Caribbean Sea as Space Shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station pass overhead during STS-118's fourth spacewalk. Image: NASA TV TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html Spacewalkers successfully completed STS-118’s final spacewalk at 2:19 p.m. EDT(1819 UTC). The STS-118 and Expedition 15 crews have turned their full attention to preparing for today's hatch closure. Overnight, mission managers decided to shorten the originally planned 6.5-hour spacewalk so that the crews can close the hatches about 5 p.m2100 UTC). That plan preserves the option to have Endeavour undock from the station on Sunday and prepare for a landing on Tuesday. The earlier landing is being considered in the event Hurricane Dean threatens the Houston area. It could allow an opportunity for the shuttle to land before Mission Control, Houston, would be shut down in preparation for a storm. However, managers will review the forecast for Dean and mission activities this afternoon during their daily meeting and assess their options. Mission Specialist Dave Williams and Flight Engineer Clay Anderson began the spacewalk at 9:17 a.m. They installed a stand for the shuttle’s robotic arm extension boom on the station’s truss structure, installed an External Wireless Instrumentation System antenna and retrieved of two containers of the Materials ISS Experiment. They also had a chance to look down at the hurricane as it swirled in the Caribbean Sea. Mission Specialist Tracy Caldwell coordinated the spacewalk, a role that she had for all four STS-118 spacewalks. *Hurricane Dean Information* On-orbit Hurricane Dean Video: + Real Video <http://mfile.akamai.com/18565/rm/etouchsyst2.download.akamai.com/18355/real…> | + Windows Media <http://mfile.akamai.com/18566/wmv/etouchsyst2.download.akamai.com/18355/wm.…> + NASA Hurricane Resource Page <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/main/index.html>

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Astronauts Continue Spacewalk
by Arthur Rowe 18 Aug '07

18 Aug '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C # 31468 *Astronauts Continue Spacewalk, Hatch Closure Preps* Astronaut Dave Williams begins spacewalkImage above: Mission Specialist Dave Williams emerges from the hatch at the beginning of STS-118's fourth spacewalk. Image: NASA TV TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html Spacewalkers continue working on the exterior of the International Space Station as their crew mates are preparing for hatch closure. Mission Specialist Dave Williams and Flight Engineer Clay Anderson began the spacewalk at 9:17 a.m. EDT(1317 UTC) and are scheduled to wrap up about 1:47 pm. (1747 UTC) Williams and Anderson installed a stand for the shuttle’s robotic arm extension boom on the station’s truss structure. Other scheduled tasks for the shortened spacewalk include the installation an External Wireless Instrumentation System antenna and retrieval of two containers of the Materials ISS Experiment. Mission Specialist Tracy Caldwell is the spacewalk coordinator, a role that she has for all four STS-118 spacewalks. Inside the station, astronauts and cosmonauts are preparing for hatch closure between Space Shuttle Endeavour and the station, scheduled for about 5 p.m. today. Overnight, mission managers decided to shorten the originally planned 6.5-hour spacewalk to 4.5 hours so that the crew can close hatches between the station and shuttle at the end of the day today. That plan preserves the option to have Endeavour undock from the station on Sunday and prepare for a landing on Tuesday. The earlier landing is being considered in the event Hurricane Dean threatens the Houston area. It could allow an opportunity for the shuttle to land before Mission Control, Houston, would be shut down in preparation for a storm. However, managers will review the forecast for Dean and mission activities this afternoon during their daily meeting and assess whether they will continue to pursue a possible early undocking and landing.

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-08-18 15:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 18 Aug '07

18 Aug '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-08-18 15:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Nanjing No. 3 High School, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P.R.China, direct via BY4RRR Sun 2007-08-26 10:49 UTC 53 deg Amagasaki Child Science Hall, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan, direct via 8N3AMA Tue 2007-08-28 08:27 UTC 86 deg (***) Ashland Greenwood High School, Ashland, Nebraska, via K0ASH (***) Wed 2007-08-29 15:59 UTC 50 deg (***) Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 310. 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 2007-08-18 15:00 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 2007-08-16 23:00 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 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 STS-118 docked Scott Kelly, Charles Hobaugh, Dave Williams, Barbara Morgan KD5VNP, Richard Mastracchio KC5ZTE, Tracy Caldwell, Benjamin Drew ***************************************************************************** 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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Double Spaceship Sightings
by Arthur Rowe 18 Aug '07

18 Aug '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C # 31468 > Space Weather News for Aug. 18, 2007 > http://spaceweather.com > > DOUBLE SPACESHIP FLYBYS: Space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station on Monday, August 20th. If that happens as planned, sky watchers across North America may be able to witness something rare and beautiful: a double-spaceship transit across the night sky. US cities favored for flybys on Aug. 20th or 21st include Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Las Vegas, New York and Phoenix. The space station and shuttle will appear as separate, bright points of light moving in tandem. Flyby times depend on where you live. Subscribers to Spaceweather PHONE (http://spaceweatherphone.com) will receive phone and email alerts when the pair are about to appear. Flyby timetables are also available from Heavens Above (http://heavens-above.com). > > BONUS: The International Space Station is under construction, and with each new addition the sprawling complex becomes easier to see from the ground. To the naked eye, the space station now resembles a super-bright star gliding slowly across the sky. Backyard telescopes reveal much more: solar panels, laboratories and living modules, a robotic arm and docked supply vessels. Photos and videos are featured on this weekend's edition of http://spaceweather.com. > > If a friend sent you this alert and you would like to subscribe, click here: http://spaceweather.com/services/ > > To unsubscribe click here: http://www.spaceweather2.com/u?id=833781F&n=T&l=spaceweather > or send a blank email to leave-spaceweather-833781F(a)www.spaceweather2.com > >

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Station, Shuttle Crews Working Together
by Arthur Rowe 17 Aug '07

17 Aug '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Station, Shuttle Crews Working Together 17 AUGUST 2007 * S118-E-07205 : Fyodor Yurchikhin, Charles Hobaugh and Oleg Kotov Image above: Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin (left), Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov (right) and STS-118 Pilot Charlie Hobaugh pose for a photo in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineers Oleg Kotov and Clay Anderson continue joint operations aboard the International Space Station with the STS-118 crew, which arrived at the International Space Station Aug. 10. STS-118’s stay has featured three spacewalks to continue the on-orbit construction of the station. In addition to the seven STS-118 astronauts, Space Shuttle Endeavour carried the Starboard 5 (S5) truss segment to the station and STS-118 spacewalkers installed it Aug. 11. The S5 truss segment is part of the station’s Integrated Truss Structure that will eventually be the length of a football field and contain four sets of solar arrays. The station received a new control moment gyroscope (CMG) on Monday during the second spacewalk. The station has four CMGs that are used to control its attitude in orbit. The new CMG replaced a faulty gyroscope that will return to Earth on a future shuttle mission. On Tuesday, the International Space Station’s first component to go into space, the Zarya control module, passed the 50,000th orbit mark at 11:17 a.m. EDT(1517 UTC). Zarya, which is Russian for “Sunrise,” was funded by the United States and built by Russia. It launched atop a Proton rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Nov. 20, 1998. The third spacewalk occurred Wednesday. It featured preparations for the relocation of the Port 6 truss from atop the station to the end of the Port 5 truss when STS-120 visits later this year. A fourth spacewalk is scheduled for Saturday. In other activities, the two crews have been transferring cargo between Endeavour and the station. The STS-118 astronauts are scheduled to exit the station on Sunday and undock Monday. STS-118 is the 22nd shuttle mission to visit the station. + 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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Crews Holds Joint News Conference
by Arthur Rowe 17 Aug '07

17 Aug '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Crew Holds Joint News Conference* The Expedition 15 and STS-118 crews Image above: The Expedition 15 and STS-118 crews participate in a joint crew news conference. Image: NASA TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html The STS-118 and Expedition 15 crews fielded questions today from reporters in the United States and Canada during the traditional on-orbit news conference. During the event, Kelly said the crew agreed with the Mission Management Team’s (MMT) decision not to have spacewalkers repair damage on Space Shuttle Endeavour’s heat shield. “We are absolutely behind the MMT,” he said. “We think they absolutely did the right decision.” After several days of data collection and analysis, managers decided not to attempt a repair of the damaged tiles on the heat shield of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. In other activities today, the crew has been transferring cargo and preparing for Saturday’s spacewalk and troubleshooting a problem with an internal communications system. The spacewalk preparations include preparing equipment and reviewing procedures. Mission Specialist Dave Williams and space station Flight Engineer Clay Anderson will conduct the excursion, which is slated to kick off at 10:01 a.m. EDT Saturday. The cargo transfers have been ongoing since shortly after Endeavour arrived Aug. 10. STS-118 delivered supplies and equipment to the orbital outpost and will return unneeded station items and science experiments to Earth.

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Spacewalk Preparations, Cargo Transfers on Tap Today
by Arthur Rowe 17 Aug '07

17 Aug '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Spacewalk Preparations, Cargo Transfers on Tap Today* Image above: Mission Specialist Dave Williams floats near torso portions of two extravehicular mobility unit spacesuits in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station. Image: NASA TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.ht Today, the STS-118 and Expedition 15 crews will continue cargo transfers and prepare for Saturday’s spacewalk. The 10 astronauts and cosmonauts will also hold the traditional joint crew news conference. The Mission Management Team decided Thursday that Saturday’s spacewalk will not include repair of Space Shuttle Endeavour’s heat shield. After hours of reviewing data and imagery collected during the inspections by the STS-118 crew , the managers decided the damage did not pose a safety risk to the crew or Endeavour. The spacewalk preparations include preparing equipment and reviewing procedures. Mission Specialist Dave Williams and space station Flight Engineer Clay Anderson will conduct the excursion, which is slated to kick off at 10:01 a.m. EDT(1404 UTC) Saturday. The cargo transfers have been ongoing since shortly after Endeavour arrived Aug. 10. STS-118 delivered supplies and equipment to the orbital outpost and will return unneeded station items and science experiments to Earth. The joint news conference will take place at 1:34 p.m.(1734 UTC) The crew members will field questions from reporters on the ground.

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-08-16 23:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-08-16 23:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: McCall-Donnelly School District, McCall, Idaho, telebridge via VK5ZAI (***) Contact was successful Thu 2007-08-16 16:51 UTC 28 deg (***) Nanjing No. 3 High School, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P.R.China, direct via BY4RRR Sun 2007-08-26 10:49 UTC 53 deg Amagasaki Child Science Hall, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan, direct via 8N3AMA (***) Tue 2007-08-28 08:23 UTC 86 deg (***) Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 310. (***) 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 2007-08-16 23:00 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 2007-08-16 23:00 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 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 STS-118 docked Scott Kelly, Charles Hobaugh, Dave Williams, Barbara Morgan KD5VNP, Richard Mastracchio KC5ZTE, Tracy Caldwell, Benjamin Drew ***************************************************************************** 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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Shuttle Endeavour, Space Station Crew News Conference
by Arthur Rowe 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > Aug. 16, 2007 > > Allard Beutel > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-4769 > allard.beutel(a)nasa.gov > > James Hartsfield > Johnson Space Center, Houston > 281-483-5111 > james.a.hartsfield(a)nasa.gov > > > > SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR, SPACE STATION CREW NEWS CONFERENCE > > HOUSTON - The 10 astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space shuttle > Endeavour and the International Space Station will participate in a > news conference at 12:34 p.m. CDT on Friday, Aug. 17. > > Media representatives at participating NASA locations and at the > Canadian Space Agency in St. Hubert, Quebec, Canada, will be able to > ask questions during the news conference. > NASA Television will provide live coverage of the 40-minute news > conference. For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video > information, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/ntv > > During Endeavour's STS-118 mission, the crew attached a segment to the > right side of the station's backbone, activated the > Station-to-Shuttle Power Transfer System, replaced a faulty attitude > control gyroscope and broadcast educational messages from > teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara R. Morgan. > > For more information about the STS-118 mission and its crew, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle > > > -end- > > > > To subscribe to the list, send a message to: > hqnews-subscribe(a)mediaservices.nasa.gov > To remove your address from the list, send a message to: > hqnews-unsubscribe(a)mediaservices.nasa.gov > >

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