September 2007 - Sarex (INACTIVE)

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-09-24 15:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 24 Sep '07

24 Sep '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-09-24 15:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Heidelberg University for Applied Sciences, Heidelberg, D-69123, Germany, telebridge via WH6PN Successful Mon 2007-09-24 08:00 UTC 46 deg (***) Goforth Elementary School, Clear Creek, Texas, via WH6PN Wed 2007-09-26 16:52 UTC 81 deg via WH6PN Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC., telebridge via WH6PN Contact is a go for: Sat 2007-09-29 16:28 UTC 16 deg Town of Anamizu ARISS School Contact Executive Committee, Anamizu-town, Housu-gun Ishikawa, Japan, direct via 8J9ISS Sat 2007-10-06 09:24 UTC 41 deg Prairielands Council, Boy Scouts of America, Space Jamboree Camp Robert Drake (Oakwood, IL), Champaign, Illinois, telebridge via VK4KHZ Sat 2007-10-06 19:12 UTC 32 deg Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 319. (***) 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 complete schedule page has been updated as of 2007-09-24 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 2007-09-24 15:00 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 ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-09-23 21:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 23 Sep '07

23 Sep '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-09-23 21:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Pueblo Magnet High School, Tucson, Arizona, direct via KD7RPP Successful Fri 2007-09-21 15:04 UTC 90 deg (***) Heidelberg University for Applied Sciences, Heidelberg, D-69123, Germany, telebridge via WH6PN Mon 2007-09-24 08:00 UTC 46 deg Goforth Elementary School, Clear Creek, Texas, via WH6PN Wed 2007-09-26 16:52 UTC 81 deg via WH6PN Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC., telebridge via WH6PN Contact is a go for: Sat 2007-09-29 16:28 UTC 16 deg Town of Anamizu ARISS School Contact Executive Committee, Anamizu-town, Housu-gun Ishikawa, Japan, direct via 8J9ISS Sat 2007-10-06 09:24 UTC 41 deg Prairielands Council, Boy Scouts of America, Space Jamboree Camp Robert Drake (Oakwood, IL), Champaign, Illinois, telebridge via VK4KHZ Sat 2007-10- 06 19:12 UTC 32 deg Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 318. (***) 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 complete schedule page has been updated as of 2007-09-23 21:00 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 2007-09-23 21:00 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_a nd_Doppler_correction.rtf 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 ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

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2 Line ISS Keps 9-22
by Dave Larsen PhD 22 Sep '07

22 Sep '07

ISS 1 25544U 98067A 07265.32081757 .00008970 00000-0 57998-4 0 237 2 25544 051.6355 322.6935 0010077 035.9083 055.6656 15.76955387506101

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Busy Month Sees Hurricanes and Visitor Preps
by Arthur Rowe 22 Sep '07

22 Sep '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Busy Month Sees Hurricanes and Visitor Preps* 21 SEPTEMBER 2007 Hurricane IvoImage above: This view from the International Space Station shows Hurricane Ivo in the Pacific Ocean nearing Baja California. Credit: NASA TV TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html Video cameras on the International Space Station captured Hurricane Ivo in the Pacific Ocean as it was heading towards Baja California. Earlier this month, the station crew also viewed Hurricanes Felix and Humberto as they were churning in the Gulf of Mexico. A station reboost is planned for Sept. 24. The orbital firing will put the ISS in the correct attitude for the upcoming Soyuz TMA-11 and Space Shuttle Discovery dockings in October. With the Progress 25 undocking on Sept. 18, the aft port of the Zvezda service module is open and ready for the relocation of the Soyuz TMA-10 on Sept. 27. The relocation opens up the Zarya nadir, or earth-facing, port for the arrival of Expedition 16 in its Soyuz TMA-11 on Oct. 12. Discovery arrives Oct. 25 on the STS-120 mission bringing with it the Harmony Node 2. Harmony enables the station to add two new European and Japanese space laboratories on upcoming missions. Aboard the station, Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and flight engineers Oleg Kotov and Clay Anderson continue packing items for return to Earth aboard Discovery. The crew members also measured their body mass. The measurements are taken to study the effects of microgravity on astronauts’ bodies. + View crew daily timelines <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html> + Read more about Expedition 15 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.ht…> + Read more about Expedition 16 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition16/index.ht…>

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ARISS event - One Stop Richmond Hill Community Center, Richmond Hill, New York, Tuesday (Aug 7) 13:25 UTC
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] 21 Sep '07

21 Sep '07

An International Space Station Expedition 15 ARISS school contact has been planned with children at the One Stop Richmond Hill Community Center, Richmond Hill, New York, USA on 07 Aug. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 13:25 UTC. The contact will be a telebridge between stations NA1SS and WH6PN. The contact should be audible in Hawaii. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. In addition, the audio should be available via IRLP and EchoLink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English. Richmond Hill Community Center began as a block association 37 years ago. It expanded to become the One Stop Richmond Hill Community Center and serves the neighborhood with many programs including children's summer camp, citizenship and English as a Second Language courses, after school tutoring for neighborhood children, Mommy and Me preschool programs, Videoconference and Computer Technology after school and summer program for elementary school children, local civilian patrol and a Community Emergency Response Team program (CERT). The community center also holds meetings regularly to get neighborhood feedback and concerns to solve local area problems. All of these programs are funded and supported by state elected officials (bipartisan) and therefore are offered at no cost to the community. The One Stop Richmond Hill Community Center in NYC (Queens, NYC) is headed by Community Center President Simcha Waisman and Director Joan Bachert. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What was the biggest challenge the crew faced during any of the spacewalks while you were working on the ISS? 2. What is your favorite foods in space and does chocolate taste strange in space? 3. How often are you able to email your family from space? 4. What activity is the most fun as you float around the space station? 5. What is your favorite module of the space station and why? 6. What did you bring with you to remind you of family and home? 7. What are you doing with robots on the space station? We notice it is on your list of activities. 8. It is exciting up there. What do you do if you have trouble going to sleep? 9. Do you ever share meals and what kind of food is your favorite? 10. What do you eat for breakfast -- and can you change your mind about what you want to eat? 11. We know you have private family conference time. How long do you talk to your family and can you see them? 12. What surprises have there been? What did not go as expected? 13. How did you first become interested in space science? 14. Do your children want to travel in space like you and why? 15. Has any of you gotten sick in space and what did you do about it? 16. Do you have Internet on the ISS and what video games are your favorite (if you have any)? 17. How do you get news up in space? Can you watch any of it and does mission control send any news to you? 18. When you return home, what is the first thing you want to do? 19. What food do you miss most up in space? 20. What sports can you play up there in microgravity? 21. Fire safety is important here. What has to be done when you inspect the ISS smoke detectors? 22. How is trash prepared for return to Earth? Is there a compactor? 23. Is the ISS going to become a national laboratory and what kind of experiments will be most important? 24. What fun things will you be leaving behind for the next crew to use? Information about the next scheduled ARISS contact can be found at http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact <http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact> . Next planned event(s): TBD 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 <http://www.rac.ca/ariss> (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada). Thank you & 73, Kenneth - N5VHO

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NASA Sets Briefings for Space Station Crew Change and Soyuz Move
by Arthur Rowe 21 Sep '07

21 Sep '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > Sept. 18, 2007 > > John Yembrick > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-0602 > john.yembrick-1(a)nasa.gov > > James Hartsfield > Johnson Space Center, Houston > 202-483-5111 > james.a.hartsfield(a)nasa.gov > > > > NASA SETS BRIEFINGS FOR SPACE STATION CREW CHANGE AND SOYUZ MOVE > > HOUSTON - NASA will hold a pair of media briefings on Tuesday, Sept. > 25, to preview the upcoming exchange of crews aboard the > International Space Station. > > At 1 p.m. CDT, NASA will review the work completed during the current > Expedition 15 mission. A second briefing, set to begin at 2 p.m., > will preview the work planned aboard the station for the Expedition > 16 mission. The briefings will originate from NASA's Johnson Space > Center, Houston, and will be broadcast live on NASA Television. > Questions will be taken from media at participating NASA sites. > Reporters should call their preferred field center to confirm its > availability. > > Participants in the briefings are: > > Expedition 15 Recap Briefing, 1 p.m. > - Bob Dempsey, Expedition 15 lead flight director > - Julie Robinson, International Space Station program scientist > > Expedition 16 Preflight Briefing, 2 p.m. > - Pete Hasbrook, Expedition 16 increment manager > - Holly Ridings, Expedition 16 lead flight director > > On Sept. 27, the station's current residents will take a short ride in > the Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft now docked at the complex. Expedition 15 > Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and flight engineers Oleg Kotov and Clay > Anderson will move the Soyuz from a docking port on the Zarya module > to another port on the Zvezda module. The half-hour flight will be > broadcast live on NASA TV beginning at 2 p.m. > > The Soyuz move frees the Zarya docking port for the arrival of the > next crew, set to launch Oct. 10 in another Soyuz from the Baikonur > Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Expedition 16 Commander Peggy Whitson, Soyuz > Commander and Flight Engineer Yuri Malenchenko, and Malaysian > spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszhaphar Shukor will dock to the > station Oct. 12. Yurchikhin, Kotov and Shukor will return to Earth > Oct. 21 in a Soyuz. > > Anderson, who has been aboard the station since June, will remain with > Whitson and Malenchenko as a member of the Expedition 16 mission. > > For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and schedule information, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/ntv > > For more information on the station, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/station > > > > >

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-09-21 00:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 21 Sep '07

21 Sep '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-09-21 00:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Pueblo Magnet High School, Tucson, Arizona, direct via KD7RPP Fri 2007-09-21 15:04 UTC 90 deg Heidelberg University for Applied Sciences, Heidelberg, D-69123, Germany, telebridge via WH6PN Mon 2007-09-24 08:00 UTC 46 deg Goforth Elementary School, Clear Creek, Texas, via WH6PN Wed 2007-09-26 16:52 UTC 81 deg via WH6PN Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC., telebridge via WH6PN Contact is a go for: Sat 2007-09-29 16:28 UTC 16 deg Town of Anamizu ARISS School Contact Executive Committee, Anamizu-town, Housu-gun Ishikawa, Japan, direct via 8J9ISS (***) Sat 2007-10-06 09:24 UTC 41 deg (***) Prairielands Council, Boy Scouts of America, Space Jamboree Camp Robert Drake (Oakwood, IL), Champaign, Illinois, telebridge via VK4KHZ (***) Sat 2007-10- 06 19:12 UTC 32 deg (***) Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 317. 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 complete schedule page has been updated as of 2007-09-21 00:30 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 2007-09-17 21:30 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_cor rection.rtf 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 ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

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Science, Maintenance Continue;
by Arthur Rowe 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Science, Maintenance Continue; Final Preps for Expedition 16* 20 SEPTEMBER 2007 Image above: European Space Agency astronaut and Expedition 14 flight engineer Thomas Reiter works with the SWAB experiment. Credit: NASA Flight Engineer Clay Anderson this week has been evaluating samples of microorganisms on the International Space Station. The samples are part of a year-long experiment called Surface, Water and Air Bio-characterization, or SWAB. The SWAB experiment, which ends this month, seeks to describe the types of microorganisms that live on the station and determine which are beneficial, neutral or harmful. + Read more about the SWAB experiment <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/swab.html> In other station activities, Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov are performing routine maintenance on their Russian, or Orlan, spacesuits. Anderson is also sampling fluids from the newly installed Internal Thermal Control System. Expedition 16 crew members will be flying to Baikonur, Kazakhstan next week to begin final preparations for their mission to the International Space Station. On Oct. 10 they will launch aboard a Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft and dock to the station two days later. + View crew daily timelines <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html> + Read more about Expedition 15 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.ht…> + Read more about Expedition 16 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition16/index.ht…>

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Way on Discovery's Repairs Discovery's starboard landing gear.
by Arthur Rowe 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Tests Under Way on Discovery's Repairs* Discovery's starboard landing gear. Image above: With repairs of the hydraulic leak completed, tests on Discovery's right landing gear have begun inside the Orbiter Processing Facility. Image credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller + View larger image <http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/170419main_strutfix-lg.JPG> With space shuttle Discovery's right landing gear reassembled following the replacement of its four hydraulic seals, technicians now are carrying out a series of tests on the system. Once these tests are concluded on Saturday and the repairs have been determined successful, the way would be cleared for Discovery's move on Sunday from its processing hangar at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to the Vehicle Assembly Building. Depending on how processing operations go, rollout to the launch pad could take place one week later. One of Discovery’s struts, which act as shock absorbers during the shuttle's landing, began leaking hydraulic fluid last week. Once Discovery is in the Vehicle Assembly Building, it will be attached to its external fuel tank and two solid rocket boosters for its upcoming mission, STS-120, to the International Space Station. While NASA managers will continue to assess the progress, the ongoing preparations would still support Discovery’s Oct. 23 target launch date. *Mission Information* + STS-120 Mission Overview <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts120/index.html> + Harmony Node 2 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/harmony.html> + Space Shuttle Discovery <http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/orbiters/discovery-in…>

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Progress 25 Undocks;
by Arthur Rowe 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 * Progress 25 Undocks; Stage Set for Relocation, New Crew* 19 SEPTEMBER 2007 Image above: This illustration depicts the International Space Station's configuration after the undocking of Progress 25. Credit: NASA to view image go to:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html The Progress 25 (P25) cargo craft undocked from the Zvezda service module’s aft port Tuesday night at 8:37 EDT. Russian scientists will test the Progress’ thrusters and propellant usage before it deorbits and burns up in the Earth’s atmosphere on Tuesday, Sept. 25. On Thursday Sept. 27, the Expedition 15 crew members will enter their Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft, undock from Zarya’s nadir, or earth-facing, port and relocate to Zvezda’s aft port. On Oct. 12 Expedition 16 will arrive at the International Space Station in the Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft for a crew swap. Meanwhile, Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and flight engineers Oleg Kotov and Clay Anderson continue maintenance on the Internal Thermal Control System loops and will install a new valve in the Destiny lab's humidity control system. + View crew daily timelines <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html> + Read more about Expedition 15 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.ht…> + Read more about Expedition 16 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition16/index.ht…>

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