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A tragedy struck our NASA family today.
by Arthur Rowe 21 Apr '07

21 Apr '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Statement from Johnson Space Center Director Mike Coats* A tragedy struck our NASA family today. While we don’t yet understand all that’s happened, our hearts and prayers go out to the families and coworkers who lost their loved ones today and to the survivor who endured a tragic ordeal. Violence of this kind is always difficult to understand. In the days to come, you may find yourself experiencing a variety of physical or emotional reactions. If you’d like to talk with someone, there are resources to help you. Please call the Employee Assistance Program at ext. 36130. As we learn more about this event and its causes, we’ll share that information as we can. In the meantime, please take this time to care for yourself and the people around you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Details of Shooting Incident at Johnson Space Center* Friday evening, JSC Director Mike Coats and Houston Police held a joint press conference, where the names of the victim and the alleged gunman were announced . The male victim was determined to be David Beverly, a NASA civil servant. Co-worker Fran Crenshaw, an employee of MRI, was the female hostage. The alleged gunman was Bill Phillips, a Jacobs Sverdrup contractor employee with NASA for 12-13 years. Initially, police responded to a report of a person with a weapon at JSC's Building 44 at about 2:40 p.m. EDT. At an earlier briefing, a police spokesman said they were never able to establish communication with the gunman. Counselors available for all Johnson employees who need assistance. NASA Administrator Michael Griffin is on the way to the center. + NASA Family Assistance Fund <http://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/AN_FAF.html>

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Statement by NASA Administrator Michael Griffin on Shootings at Johnson Space Center
by Arthur Rowe 21 Apr '07

21 Apr '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > April 20, 2007 > > Bob Jacobs > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-1760 > > RELEASE: 07-90 > > STATEMENT BY NASA ADMINISTRATOR MICHAEL GRIFFIN ON SHOOTINGS AT JOHNSON SPACE CENTER > > All of us at NASA are profoundly saddened by today's tragedy at the > Johnson Space Center in Houston. Our hearts go out to the families of > the victims and all those touched by today's events. > > > -end- > > > > >

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ISS Status Report: SS07-21
by Arthur Rowe 20 Apr '07

20 Apr '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > April 20, 2007 > > John Yembrick > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-0602 > > John Ira Petty > Johnson Space Center, Houston > 281-483-5111 > > STATUS REPORT: SS07-21 > > INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS07-21 > > Image above: The crew members onboard the > International Space Station pose for a group portrait during the > Changing-of-Command ceremony from Expedition 14 to Expedition 15 in the > Destiny laboratory on April 17. Image credit: NASA > TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html > HOUSTON - The crew members aboard the International Space Station > spent this week finalizing handover operations, conducting > experiments and preparing for the departure of the Expedition 14 > crew. > > Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer > Mikhail Tyurin, accompanied by Spaceflight Participant Charles > Simonyi, are targeted to touch down in central Kazakhstan in their > Soyuz spacecraft at 7:30 a.m. CDT Saturday, April 21, one day later > than originally planned. > > The primary landing site is too wet for landing operations due to the > spring thaw. The one-day delay in departure from the station will > allow for touchdown in a landing zone further to the south. > > The landing will conclude a 215-day flight for Lopez-Alegria and > Tyurin and mark the longest single flight by an American astronaut. > Live coverage of the landing operations will begin on NASA TV on > Saturday at 12:30 a.m. for hatch closing, will return at 3:45 a.m. > for undocking, and will resume at 6:15 a.m. for the deorbit burn and > landing. > > Crew members held a ceremony Tuesday afternoon marking the change of > command of the station from Lopez-Alegria to Expedition 15 Commander > Fyodor Yurchikhin. Yurchikhin and flight engineers Oleg Kotov and > Suni Williams are now officially established on board the station. > Williams, who served as an Expedition 14 crew member since December, > will provide Expedition 15 with an experienced flight engineer for > the early part of its mission. > > On Monday, Williams became the first person to run a marathon in > space. Williams, an accomplished marathoner, was an official entrant > in the Boston Marathon and ran the 26.2 mile race on a station > treadmill in the Zvezda module, circling Earth at least twice in the > process. Williams' run coincided with the tens of thousands of people > running on the ground. She completed her marathon with an official > time of 4:23:10. > > Russian specialists are preparing plans to repair the Condensate Feed > Unit in the Russian system that processes condensate recovered in the > U.S. segment of the station into potable water. Since the unit failed > over the weekend, the supply of drinking water has been decreasing > faster than the replenishment rate. Even if they are unable to repair > the unit, enough water already is onboard to last until the ISS > Progress 25 cargo vehicle docks in mid-May, providing a new supply of > water. > > Also this week, Lopez-Alegria completed his final session with the > Anomalous Long-Term Effects in Astronauts' Center Nervous System > (ALTEA) experiment, which investigates the phenomenon of crew members > seeing flashes of light while in orbit. Using an instrumented helmet, > the experiment measures the cosmic radiation that passes through a > crew member's head, brain activity and visual perception. ALTEA > should help researchers better understand what levels of cosmic > radiation crew members are exposed to and develop countermeasures for > future long-duration spaceflights. > > Lopez-Alegria and Williams also worked on an Education Payload > Operations activity linked to the International Polar Year. The crew > members videotaped their Earth photography activities and their > observations of sea ice and auroras. These images will be used later > in NASA education videos sent to classrooms around the world. > Education Payload Operations include curriculum-based activities that > demonstrate basic principles of science, mathematics, technology, > engineering and geography. They are designed to support the NASA > mission of inspiring the next generation of explorers. > > The next station status report will be issued Saturday after > Expedition 14's landing, or earlier if events warrant. > > For more about the crew's activities and station sighting > opportunities, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/station > > > -end- > > > > > >

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-04-20 16:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 20 Apr '07

20 Apr '07

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2007-04-20 16:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Scuola Europea Varese, Varese Italy, telebridge via VK4KHZ Mon 2007-04-23 14:50 UTC 84 deg via VK4KHZ Simulcast on Echolink, IRLP and Web (Discovery Reflector and Verizon)(***) Kingston Elementary School, Virginia Beach via direct via KN4KL Mon 2007-04-23 18:43 UTC 55 deg Christian Life Elementary School, Rockford, Illinois, direct via N9SH Wed 2007-04-25 19:21 UTC 58 deg Samuel-von-Pufendorf Gymnasium, D-09557 Floeha, Germany, direct via DL0GYM Sat 2007-04-28 14:19 UTC 74 deg Liceo Scientifico Statale “Lorenzo Respighi”, Piacenza Italy, direct via IK4MED (**) Sat 2007-05-05 10:24 UTC 37 deg (***) Erweiterte Realschule, Weiskirchen D-66709, Germany, direct via DN1ERW (***) Sat 2007-05-05 13:34 UTC 78 deg (***) Total number of ARISS school contacts is 286. 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 2007-04-17 22:00 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 2007-04-17 22:00 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 Expedition 15 on orbit: Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Dr. Oleg Kotov Expedition 15 future: Clayton Anderson KD5PLA Daniel Tani KD5DXE Soyuz 14S/13S on orbit: Charles Simonyi KE7KDP/HA5SIK ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

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ARISS event - Kingston Elementary School, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA - Monday (April 23) 18:43 UTC
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] 20 Apr '07

20 Apr '07

An International Space Station Expedition 15 ARISS school contact has been planned with students at Kingston Elementary School, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA on 23 April. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:43 UTC. The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and KN4KL. The contact should be audible in eastern 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. Kingston Elementary School is a kindergarten through fifth grade school in the Little Neck/ King's Grant area of Virginia Beach, Virginia. With approximately 600 students , the school is fully accredited according to state and national standards. The entire student body has been involved with preparing for its contact with Sunita Williams aboard the space station. Students will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How long does it take to get ready for a spacewalk? 2. How do you exercise in space? 3. What kind of food do you eat and is it good? 4. How do you keep food from floating away when eating? 5. What experiments are you doing in space, and how does gravity affect them? 6. How much water and basic supplies do you take up? 7. How do you communicate with NASA, your family and friends? 8. What do Earth, Moon and the planets look like from space? 9. Can you tell day and night when looking out in space? 10. Have you ever seen an eclipse while in the Space Station? 11. What landforms and sights can you see from the Space Station? 12. How many times have you been outside the Space Station, and what did you do there? 13. How fast does the space shuttle travel? 14. How long can you stay on a spacewalk? 15. Do you ever get lonely? 16. What were your goals as a child, and who was your role model? 17. What books do you like to read? 18. Have you ever seen a meteorite or comet while in space? 19. What do you do when it is time to sleep? 20 Have you had any problems on the Space Station? 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): Christian Life Elementary School, Rockford, Illinois, USA , Wed 2007-04-25 19:21 UTC via N9SH Samuel-von-Pufendorf Gymnasium, Floeha, Germany, Sat 2007-04-28 14:19 UTC via DL0GYM 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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ARISS event - Scuola Europea Varese, Varese Italy, Monday, (23 Apr) 14:50 UTC
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] 20 Apr '07

20 Apr '07

An International Space Station Expedition 15 ARISS school contact has been planned with students at Scuola Europea Varese, Varese Italy on 23 April. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 14:50 UTC. The contact will be a telebridge between stations NA1SS and VK4KHZ. The contact should be audible in portions of eastern and central Australia. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English. Additional listening options are listed below. _________________________________ IRLP - Connect to the IRLP reflector 9010. You may also connect via the IRLP Discovery website at http://www.discoveryreflector.ca/listen.htm. EchoLink - The audio from this contact will be available on the EchoLink *AMSAT* (node 101 377) and the *JK1ZRW* (node 277 208) conference rooms. Please connect to the *JK1ZRW* server to keep the load light on the *AMSAT* server. This will ensure good audio quality for all listeners. AUDIO STREAMING AND AUDIO REPLAY PARTICIPANT INFORMATION: To join the event: URL: https://e-meetings.mci.com CONFERENCE NUMBER: 6963425 PASSCODE: SPACE STATIO To access the Audio Replay of this call, all parties can: 1. Go to the URL listed above. 2. Choose Audio Streaming under Join Events. 3. Enter the conference number and passcode. (Note that if this is a recurring event, multiple dates may be listed.) Replays are available for 30 days after the live event. _________________________________ Varese is located about 50 km northwest of Milan, close to the Lake Maggiore and the Swiss border. The Scuola Europea Varese is an international co-educational day school for students from pre-school at age 4 to graduation at age 18. The school has more than 1300 students from all over Europe. The aims of the European School Varese are to give pupils confidence in their own cultural identity and the bedrock for their development as European citizens, to develop skills in foreign languages such as Italian, French, English, German and Dutch, and to encourage a European and global perspective overall and particularly in the study of the human sciences. Students of different ages have been involved at different level and in different ways in the programming of the ARISS event. Drawings, plays, researches and multimedia products have been produced and collected and will be on show the day the contact will be realized; the main topics are the Earth, the Solar System, the Universe, the natural forces such as gravity, etc. Students will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What is your location at this moment in time with respect to the Earth? 2. At what speed does the ISS travel? 3. Is the air you breathe aboard the ISS the same as that which we breathe on the Earth? 4. What are the minimum and maximum temperatures inside and outside the ISS? 5. Is the energy produced by the solar panels sufficient to maintain the energy requirement on the ISS? 6. What is your spacesuit made of? Is it light and comfortable? 7. How much water is stored on the ISS? How long will it last? 8. Do you have showers on board? 9. Are your meals tasty? Are there any raw vegetables in your diet? 10. Could you cultivate vegetables in a specially designed area on board the ISS? 11. Do you experiment on board with algae and bacteria? 12. Is there a place where the organic waste is stored? 13. Are astronauts also medical doctors? Have you been trained to deal with medical emergencies? 14. Does microgravity affects your blood vessel system? 15. Are all the members of the team required to go on space walks or are some of them required to stay on board at all times? 16. At the speed the ISS travel, is it possible to detect objects such as meteors crossing its orbit? Is there a radar station on board? 17. What are the security features that could be activated in case of a meteor impact? 18. If a landing with the emergency shuttle was required, how long would it take to reach the Earth? 19. Do you think it will be possible to inhabit the Moon? If yes, when? 20. Is there any danger for the human life? 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): Kingston Elementary School, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA , Mon 2007-04-23 18:43 UTC via KN4KL Christian Life Elementary School, Rockford, Illinois, USA , Wed 2007-04-25 19:21 UTC via N9SH Samuel-von-Pufendorf Gymnasium, Floeha, Germany, Sat 2007-04-28 14:19 UTC via DL0GYM 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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Expedition 14 Preps for Trip Home
by Arthur Rowe 20 Apr '07

20 Apr '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Expedition 14 Preps for Trip Home* Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin and Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi are making preparations for their trip home. Members of both Expedition 14 and Expedition 15 are continuing crew rotation and handover activities, as well as prepacking hardware for return and disposal in the Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft. The returning crew is scheduled to leave the station early Saturday and will land northeast of Arkalyk, which is southeast of the usual landing site in Kazakhstan. The landing was delayed a day and moved farther south because wet ground at the initial site precluded helicopter operations there. Flight Engineer Sunita Williams is now a member of Expedition 15 and is scheduled to return with the STS-118 shuttle crew. + Read more about Expedition 15 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.ht…> + Read more about Expedition 14 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/index.ht…> + View Crew's Daily Timelines <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html>

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Re: iss heard working mobiles
by Bruce Weaver 19 Apr '07

19 Apr '07

Tim, Typing error on my part. My rig was set to 144.490. I was wondering if the packet uplink of 145.99 was being used. That happened to me once before. They weren't listening on the usual voice uplink. Thanks for the correction on my post.. Bruce, K3LTM > [Original Message] > From: Bosma Tim <tbosma(a)santarosa.edu> > To: <k3ltm(a)penn.com> > Date: 4/19/2007 6:40:08 PM > Subject: RE: [sarex] iss heard working mobiles > > Bruce, > The public voice uplink is 144.490 not .990 > > The public packet uplink is 145.990 > > > 73 > Tim w6mu > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: sarex-bounces(a)AMSAT.Org [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Bruce Weaver > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 3:35 PM > To: sarex(a)AMSAT.Org > Subject: [sarex] iss heard working mobiles > > > > Here in PA, just heard NA1SS, Charles, working many stations . What was > the uplink frequency? I tried many times with 144.990 up, but no > contact. > Bruce, K3LTM > > > ---- > Sent via sarex(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex

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iss heard working mobiles
by Bruce Weaver 19 Apr '07

19 Apr '07

Here in PA, just heard NA1SS, Charles, working many stations . What was the uplink frequency? I tried many times with 144.990 up, but no contact. Bruce, K3LTM

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NASA Updates Shuttle Launch Dates
by Arthur Rowe 19 Apr '07

19 Apr '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *NASA Updates Shuttle Launch Dates * Image above: In the Vehicle Assembly Building, United Space Alliance technician Brenda Morris examines the surface on Space Shuttle Atlantis' external tank where hail damage has been repaired. Photo credit: NASA/KSC + View Hi-res Image <http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/170421main_07pd0850.jpg> TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html *04.16.07 - 6:45 p.m. EDT* During a meeting Monday at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, agency officials revised the target launch dates for space shuttle flights during the next 12 months. The space shuttle and International Space Station programs agreed to the changes during a meeting to evaluate options following the STS-117 mission's delay, which was caused by hail damage to the external fuel tank. Back at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Fla., in high bay No. 1 of the Vehicle Assembly Building, technicians and engineers continue the repair work to the hail-damaged STS-117 external fuel tank. *STS-117 Mission* + The Crew <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts117/index.html> + The Mission <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts117/mission_ov…> + The Integrated Truss Structure <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/its.html>

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