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ARISS Event - Australian Jamboree 2007 contact, Sun (Jan 07) at 10:18 UTC
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

An International Space Station Expedition 14 ARISS school contact has been planned with scouts attending the Australian Jamboree 2007 in Elmore, Victoria, Australia on Sunday 07 Jan. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 10:18 UTC. The contact will be a telebridge between stations NA1SS and VK4KHZ . The contact should be audible to anyone in eastern portions of Australia. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. Additional listening options are listed below. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English. 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: 3256564 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. _________________________________ The Australian Scout Jamboree is a jamboree which is held every three years in Australia. The jamboree is traditionally held in early January and runs for 10 days. The first, in 1934, was held in Frankston, Victoria and was the only Australian Jamboree attended by the Chief Scout, Robert Baden-Powell. AJ2007 is based in Elmore central Victoria Australia, we are in camp from the 1st to the 13th of January, 2007. It will be the 21st Australian Scout Jamboree, the first major Scout event in 2007 and thus the first to celebrate 100 years of Scouting. Between 13,000 and 15,000 adults and youth are expected to attend this Jamboree. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Could you tell us your typical daily routine onboard the ISS? 2. When you first go into space, what would be the first thing that you could spot outside? E.g: the sun....etc 3. Have you ever seen an alien? 4. Can you see the sunrise/sunset from space? 5. Can you get transmissions of TV programmes from Earth, or do you only watch DVD's in space? 6. Has it been proved or is it thought that their was or is life somewhere in our solar system possibly on Venus, Mars, Europa, Titan or somewhere else? 7. Have you ever been a scout or known an astronaut who was one? 8. How do you fill in time in outer-space? 9. What does it feel to be weightless and float in space? 10. What can you see the most clearest of on Earth from space? 11. Are you confident that you will be able to safely travel to and from the ISS. Do you consider it a risk? 12. Do you have a different view of the Earth now that you are on the other side? 13. Can you see the smoke in the atmosphere coming from the bushfires right across Australia? 14. How long does it take to adjust to normal weight on earth, after being in apparent weightlessness for extended periods of time? 15. What sort of contingencies are in place in the event of a catastrophic emergency aboard the Space Station? Can you describe how the crew would escape or make themselves safe? 16. Can you see tornadoes or hurricanes from space? 17. What is your best space experience? 18. How close is NASA to developing ion drives or the solar sail? 19. How do you get your vitamin D intake - we get it from the sun, where do you get it from? 20. Is teleportation using radio signals (rearanging the persons atoms) possible? 21. What do you do for exercise on the ISS? Please note, the amateur equipment on the ISS has not been 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): Sherman Elementary School, Henrietta, New York, direct via W2SKY Mon 2007-01-08 14:33 UTC Dilworth Elementary School, San Jose, CA, USA, direct via AA6W Mon 2007-01-08 17:34 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 LATEST 3 JANUARY 2007
by Arthur Rowe 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 Station Crew Back at Work ISS014-E-07084 : Geneva, Switzerland Image above: Geneva, Switzerland, is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 14 crew member on the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA TO VIEW PICTURE - GO TO: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html The Expedition 14 crew members aboard the International Space Station are back at work this week after enjoying a quiet holiday weekend. They celebrated New Year's on orbit with a traditional dinner of rehydrated American food and Russian delicacies. Station Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Suni Williams will primarily focus this week on the first phase of installing the new Oxygen Generation System. The complex procedure being performed by the crew this week will test the equipment to insure that it can support a full crew when the permanent complement aboard the station ultimately expands to six people. Meanwhile, Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin is spending several days this week modifying the ventilation system in the service module to run more quietly. He will add two new noise-isolation crew cabin fans, sound deadening vibration isolators and air ducts with acoustic shields. + Read more about Expedition 14 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/index.ht…> + Read more about Expedition 15 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.ht…> + View crew's daily timelines <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html>

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-12-31 23:45 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 31 Dec '06

31 Dec '06

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-12-31 23:45 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Australian Jamboree 2007, Elmore, Victoria, Australia, telebridge via VK4KHZ Sun 2007-01-07 10:18 UTC 69 deg Sherman Elementary School, Henrietta, New York, direct via W2SKY Mon 2007-01-08 14:33 UTC Dilworth Elementary School, San Jose, CA, USA, direct via AA6W Mon 2007-01-08 17:34 UTC 41 deg (***) During Expedition 14, ARISS expects to have one ARISS school contact per month rather than approximately one per week. It is also anticipated that there many not be many general contacts. Total number of ARISS school contacts is 260. 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 2006-12-31 23:45 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 2006-12-28 09:00 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 ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Sounds from Space
by Matthias Bopp 31 Dec '06

31 Dec '06

Hello dear ISS and satellite enthusiasts, I wish you and yours a Happy New Year ! If you have some free time during the vacation days I want to invite you to visit my collections of "Sounds from Space" which you can find on my homepage at www.dd1us.de <http://www.dd1us.de/> I appreciate your feedback and in case you have additional recordings of satellites or space-stations I would like to ask you for a copy. Many thanks in advance ! Kind regards 55 & 73 Matthias DD1US www.dd1us.de <http://www.dd1us.de/>

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ISS Status Report: SS06-053
by Arthur Rowe 29 Dec '06

29 Dec '06

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > Dec. 29, 2006 > > Grey Hautaluoma > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-0668 > > James Hartsfield > Johnson Space Center, Houston > 281-483-5111 > STATUS REPORT: SS06-053 > > INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS06-053 > > HOUSTON - The three residents of the International Space Station spent > a busy week unpacking, inventorying and stowing more than two tons of > equipment and supplies left by the Space Shuttle Discovery. > > The week began with Christmas, a day off for the crew except for > required maintenance and exercise. Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and > flight engineers Mikhail Tyurin and Sunita Williams were back on > their regular schedule Tuesday, waking at midnight CST and going to > bed at 3:30 p.m. > > Unpacking items delivered by Discovery took up part of each day during > the week. Crew members entered the new supplies and equipment in the > Inventory Management System, a computerized, bar-coded tool to keep > track of the voluminous material aboard the orbiting laboratory. > > Lopez-Alegria and Tyurin passed a milestone of their stay on the > station on Tuesday -- it was their 100th day in space. Williams came > to the station aboard Discovery earlier this month. She had an hour > budgeted each day to familiarize herself with the station and adapt > to life on board. These unstructured hours are scheduled during new > crew members' first two weeks aboard to get them used to the station > and its activities. > > Scientific activities picked up again on the station since the > departure of the STS-116 crew. During the week, crew members worked > on experiments analyzing heart function during long-duration > spaceflight, measuring cosmic rays, and examining plant growth and > changes in blood of long-duration spacefarers. They also continued a > Nutritional Status Assessment. > > Crew members also performed required station maintenance and did their > daily 2.5 hours of exercise, designed to mitigate some of the > negative effects of lengthy space flights. > > The next station status report will be issued Jan. 5, or earlier if > events warrant. For more information about the crew's activities and > station sighting opportunities, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/station > > > -end- > > > > >

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ISS Status Report: SS06-053
by Arthur Rowe 29 Dec '06

29 Dec '06

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > Dec. 29, 2006 > > Grey Hautaluoma > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-0668 > > James Hartsfield > Johnson Space Center, Houston > 281-483-5111 > STATUS REPORT: SS06-053 > > INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS06-053 > > HOUSTON - The three residents of the International Space Station spent > a busy week unpacking, inventorying and stowing more than two tons of > equipment and supplies left by the Space Shuttle Discovery. > > The week began with Christmas, a day off for the crew except for > required maintenance and exercise. Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and > flight engineers Mikhail Tyurin and Sunita Williams were back on > their regular schedule Tuesday, waking at midnight CST and going to > bed at 3:30 p.m. > > Unpacking items delivered by Discovery took up part of each day during > the week. Crew members entered the new supplies and equipment in the > Inventory Management System, a computerized, bar-coded tool to keep > track of the voluminous material aboard the orbiting laboratory. > > Lopez-Alegria and Tyurin passed a milestone of their stay on the > station on Tuesday -- it was their 100th day in space. Williams came > to the station aboard Discovery earlier this month. She had an hour > budgeted each day to familiarize herself with the station and adapt > to life on board. These unstructured hours are scheduled during new > crew members' first two weeks aboard to get them used to the station > and its activities. > > Scientific activities picked up again on the station since the > departure of the STS-116 crew. During the week, crew members worked > on experiments analyzing heart function during long-duration > spaceflight, measuring cosmic rays, and examining plant growth and > changes in blood of long-duration spacefarers. They also continued a > Nutritional Status Assessment. > > Crew members also performed required station maintenance and did their > daily 2.5 hours of exercise, designed to mitigate some of the > negative effects of lengthy space flights. > > The next station status report will be issued Jan. 5, or earlier if > events warrant. For more information about the crew's activities and > station sighting opportunities, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/station > > > -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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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-12-29 17:030 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 29 Dec '06

29 Dec '06

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-12-29 17:030 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Australian Jamboree 2007, Elmore, Victoria, Australia, telebridge via VK4KHZ Sun 2007-01-07 10:18 UTC 69 deg Sherman Elementary School, Henrietta, New York, direct via W2SKY Mon 2007-01-08 14:33 UTC (***) Dilworth Elementary School, San Jose, CA, USA, direct via AA6W Tue 2007-01-09 16:23 UTC 42 deg During Expedition 14, ARISS expects to have one ARISS school contact per month rather than approximately one per week. It is also anticipated that there many not be many general contacts. Total number of ARISS school contacts is 260. 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 2006-12-29 17:30 UTC. Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt The successful school list has been updated as of 2006-12-28 09:00 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 ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-12-28 20:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-12-28 20:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Australian Jamboree 2007, Elmore, Victoria, Australia, telebridge via VK4KHZ (***) Sun 2007-01-07 10:18 UTC 69 deg (***) Sherman Elementary School, Henrietta, New York, direct via W2SKY Mon 2007-01-08 09:33 UTC (***) Dilworth Elementary School, San Jose, CA, USA, direct via AA6W Tue 2007-01-09 16:23 UTC 42 deg (***) During Expedition 14, ARISS expects to have one ARISS school contact per month rather than approximately one per week. It is also anticipated that there many not be many general contacts. Total number of ARISS school contacts is 260. 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 2006-12-28 20:00 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 2006-12-28 09:00 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 ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ISS LATEST NEWS 29 DEC 2006
by Arthur Rowe 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Crew Prepares Experiments, Talks to Students* ISS014-E-08323 -- The Expedition 14 crew members share a meal Image above: Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria (left) and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin share a meal at the galley in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA - TO VIEW PICTURE GO TO: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html To continue studying the impact of countermeasures to the effects of living in space, Flight Engineer Sunita Williams unstowed and set up the blood and urine collection hardware. Her samples will be used to better understand the impact of countermeasures such as exercise and pharmaceuticals on nutritional status and nutrient requirements. Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and Williams also spent several hours stowing away spacewalk tools used during STS-116 and preparing equipment and tools to be used for spacewalks in February. They also reserved some time for STS-116 cargo unpacking and stowage. Lopez-Alegria conducted a ham radio session with stdents at the Kashiwahara Community Center in Sayama, Japan. Some questions the students asked included what he does for fun in space and if his elementary school studies reflect his work in space. + Read more about Expedition 14 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition14/index.ht…> + Read more about Expedition 15 <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/index.ht…> + View crew's daily timelines <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/timelines/index.html>

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-12-28 09:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 28 Dec '06

28 Dec '06

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-12-28 09:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Kashiwabara Community Center, Sayama, Japan, direct via 8J1K Contact was successful Wed 2006-12-27 12:22 UTC (***) During Expedition 14, ARISS expects to have one ARISS school contact per month rather than approximately one per week. It is also anticipated that there many not be many general contacts. Total number of ARISS school contacts is 260. (***) 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 2006-12-28 09:00 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 2006-12-28 09:00 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 ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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