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VIDEO recorded inside ISS, Brasil astronaut making QSO's with hams!
by Cor 24 Nov '07

24 Nov '07

Hello All, This is the first time that I saw a VIDEO from an astronaut making random QSO's with hams (the video was recorded inside ISS!). Fabiano (PY5RX) made a QSO with first Brasil astronaut - Marcos Pontes (PYØAEB) at 03-April-2006 (14:34utc). At 21 April 2006 Marcos Pontes was already back on earth and had a speech (about his ISS mission) in Bauru city (Brasil). Fabiano was invited to come on stage to meet Marcos Pontes personaly in front of a big audiance. Fabiano gave Pontes a DVD with video & audio recordings which was made by Fabiano and Brasil TV station PARANA. At 13 November 2007 Fabiano have received a video from - Marcos Pontes which was recorded by US astronaut Bill McArthur in ISS. The video is published on my website: http://iss.ontwikkel.nl 73's Cor PD0RKC Ham Radio In Space http://pd0rkc.ontwikkel.nl

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Hey we(Hams) did it first!!! Right? : NASA Science News for November 19, 2007
by ALAN STUMPF 20 Nov '07

20 Nov '07

Read this article please. Haven't hams been doing this sort of thing since OSCAR 1? Hmmmmm 73 Alan KB3DHC NASA Science News for November 19, 2007 NASA scientists have developed a fast and easy to build satellite named FASTSAT that could accelerate the pace of space exploration. FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/19nov_fastsat.htm?list20838 Check out our RSS feed at http://science.nasa.gov/rss.xml!

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2 Line ISS Keps 11-18
by Dave Larsen PhD 18 Nov '07

18 Nov '07

ISS 1 25544U 98067A 07322.39853913 .00021536 00000-0 13729-3 0 3698 2 25544 051.6409 028.8063 0001860 173.1576 291.0603 15.76347226515105In Memory of Art

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Expedition 15-16 Crews Work Together
by Arthur Rowe 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Expedition Crews Work Together* Astronauts Clay Anderson and Peggy WhitsonImage above: Flight Engineer Clay Anderson and Commander Peggy Whitson take a break from handover activities to talk to the press Monday. Credit: NASA TV TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html The newly arrived Expedition 16 crew members are familiarizing themselves with life aboard the International Space Station as Expedition 15 nears the end of its mission. The Expedition 16 crew, Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineers Yuri Malenchenko and Clay Anderson, joined with Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov for several hours of dedicated handover activity on Monday. Whitson and Anderson reviewed the Crew Medical Restraint System and the exercise equipment aboard the station. Malenchenko began his first shuttle photography training session. The station crew will use digital cameras to take high-resolution images of space shuttle Discovery's thermal protection system when it approaches the station for docking later this month. Whitson, Malenchenko and spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor docked with the station aboard their Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft at 10:50 a.m. Friday. Expedition 15 welcomed the new crew aboard the station when the hatches were opened at 12:22 p.m. Friday. Afterwards, Anderson, who joined Expedition 15 in June, became an Expedition 16 crew member when his seatliner was moved from the Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft to Soyuz TMA-11. + Read more about the docking <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition16/exp16_ad…> + View launch day images <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/exp16_TMA11_launch.html> Both crews will work together until Oct. 21, when Yurchikhin, Kotov and Shukor depart aboard Soyuz TMA-10. Anderson will remain with Expedition 16 and return to Earth with the Discovery crew on the STS-120 mission. + 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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ISS Keps 11-7
by Dave Larsen PhD 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

ISS 1 25544U 98067A 07311.41791212 .00026249 00000-0 16940-3 0 3090 2 25544 051.6369 085.3634 0002242 152.6061 245.2706 15.75932684513377

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Discovery Crew Prepares for Landing Wednesday
by Arthur Rowe 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Discovery Crew Prepares for Landing Wednesday* Image Above: The STS-120 crew members are interviewed by reporters live from Discovery. Image credit: NASA TV TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html The crew will spend today preparing for landing. Discovery’s first landing opportunity is at 1:02 p.m. EST Wednesday at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Weather forecasters predict favorable landing conditions once a cold front passes through late Tuesday night. The backup landing sites at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and White Sands Space Harbor, N.M., will not be considered Wednesday. + View landing ground tracks <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts120/news/landi…> Space shuttle Discovery’s crew left the International Space Station Monday morning after almost 11 days of joint operations with the Expedition 16 crew. The shuttle undocked from the station at 5:32 a.m. as they flew over the South Pacific. STS-120 Pilot George Zamka backed the orbiter about 400 feet from the station and performed a fly-around to allow crew members to collect video and imagery of the station in its new configuration. He completed the final separation engine burn at 7:15 a.m. The shuttle crew members used the shuttle robot arm and the 50-foot long Orbiter Boom Sensor System to conduct a late inspection of the thermal protection system. During its stay at the station, which began Oct. 25, the STS-120 crew continued the on-orbit construction of the station with the installation of the Harmony Node 2 module and the relocation of the P6 truss. The crew installed Harmony Oct. 26 and did four spacewalks at the station. During the third spacewalk, the crew installed the P6 truss and solar array pair in its permanent location outboard of the port truss. The fourth spacewalk was changed during the mission so that the crew could repair a torn solar array on the P6 truss. Following the successful repair work, the crew was able to fully deploy the solar array. Discovery also delivered a new station crew member, Flight Engineer Daniel Tani. He replaced astronaut Clayton Anderson. Anderson arrived at the station in June with STS-117.

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NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery Set To Land Wednesday
by Arthur Rowe 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 : > Nov. 5, 2007 > > Katherine Trinidad > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-3749 > katherine.trinidad(a)nasa.gov > > George Diller > Kennedy Space Center, Fla. > 321-867-2468 > george.h.diller(a)nasa.gov > > > > NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY SET TO LAND WEDNESDAY > > CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The space shuttle Discovery crew is scheduled > to complete a 15-day mission to the International Space Station with > a landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Wednesday, Nov. 7. > > > The STS-120 mission began Oct. 23 and delivered the Harmony module to > the station, relocated the P6 truss and featured four spacewalks. > During the fourth spacewalk, the crew repaired a torn solar array on > the P6 truss, enabling them to fully deploy the array. > > NASA managers will evaluate weather conditions at Kennedy before > permitting Discovery to return to Earth. Wednesday landing > opportunities are at 1:01 p.m. and 2:36 p.m. EST. The backup landing > sites at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and White Sands Space > Harbor, N.M., will not be activated on Wednesday. > > Two hours after landing, NASA officials will hold a briefing to > discuss the mission. The tentative participants will be: > > - NASA Administrator Michael Griffin > - NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations Bill Gerstenmaier > - NASA Space Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach > > After touchdown, the astronauts will undergo physical examinations and > meet with their families. Some crew members are scheduled to hold a > news conference six hours after returning to Earth. > > The Kennedy press site will open for landing activities at 8 a.m. > Wednesday and close one hour after the crew news conference. The > STS-120 accreditation badges are in effect through landing. The press > accreditation building on State Road 3 will be open on Wednesday from > 8 to 11 a.m. The last bus will depart from the press site for the > Shuttle Landing Facility one hour before landing. For updated > information about the landing, call 321-867-2525. > > If weather prevents a Kennedy landing Wednesday, NASA will activate > backup landing sites for attempts on Thursday. Dryden has limited > facilities available to previously accredited journalists. For > further information, journalists should call the Dryden Public > Affairs Office at 661-276-3449. > > If White Sands Space Harbor is called up for strong consideration as a > shuttle landing site, media desiring credentials there should contact > the White Sands Missile Range Public Affairs Office at 505-678-1134. > Journalists with STS-120 mission badges from NASA will be issued > credentials. > > For the latest information about the STS-120 mission, 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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Discovery Undocks From Space Station, Set to Land Wednesday
by Arthur Rowe 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Discovery Undocks From Space Station, Set to Land Wednesday* 6 November 2007 The crew will spend today preparing for landing. Discovery’s first landing opportunity is at 1:02 p.m. EST Wednesday at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Weather forecasters predict favorable landing conditions once a cold front passes through late Tuesday night. The backup landing sites at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and White Sands Space Harbor, N.M., will not be considered Wednesday. + View landing ground tracks <http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts120/news/landi…> Space shuttle Discovery’s crew left the International Space Station Monday morning after almost 11 days of joint operations with the Expedition 16 crew. The shuttle undocked from the station at 5:32 a.m. as they flew over the South Pacific. STS-120 Pilot George Zamka backed the orbiter about 400 feet from the station and performed a fly-around to allow crew members to collect video and imagery of the station in its new configuration. He completed the final separation engine burn at 7:15 a.m. The shuttle crew members used the shuttle robot arm and the 50-foot long Orbiter Boom Sensor System to conduct a late inspection of the thermal protection system. During its stay at the station, which began Oct. 25, the STS-120 crew continued the on-orbit construction of the station with the installation of the Harmony Node 2 module and the relocation of the P6 truss. The crew installed Harmony Oct. 26 and did four spacewalks at the station. During the third spacewalk, the crew installed the P6 truss and solar array pair in its permanent location outboard of the port truss. The fourth spacewalk was changed during the mission so that the crew could repair a torn solar array on the P6 truss. Following the successful repair work, the crew was able to fully deploy the solar array. Discovery also delivered a new station crew member, Flight Engineer Daniel Tani. He replaced astronaut Clayton Anderson. Anderson arrived at the station in June with STS-117. *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/behindscenes/harmony_payload.html> + Space Shuttle Discovery <http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/orbiters/discovery-in…>

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A Fantastic Monday Morning Sky Show
by Arthur Rowe 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > NASA Science News for November 2, 2007 > > On Monday morning, Nov. 5th, space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to > undock from the ISS while the pair are gliding over many US towns and > cities. The two spaceships will cut across a glittering expanse of > morning stars dotted by bright planets and a Venus-Moon conjunction. > And don't forget the exploding comet! It all adds up to "A Fantastic > Monday Morning Sky Show." > > FULL STORY at > > http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/02nov_nov5.htm?list833780 > > >

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Discovery Leaves Newly Configured Station
by Arthur Rowe 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *Discovery Leaves Newly Configured Station* Image Above: The International Space Station as seen from space shuttle Discovery after undocking. Image credit: NASA TV TO VIEW IMAGE GO TO:http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html Discovery undocked from the International Space Station at 5:32 a.m. today. The shuttle and station crews ended joint operations when the hatches closed at 3:03 p.m. EST Sunday. STS-120’s stay at the station began Oct. 25 and featured four spacewalks to continue the on-orbit construction of the station. Discovery also carried the Harmony Node 2 module and a new crew member, Daniel Tani, to the station. The crews installed Harmony Oct. 26 and conducted four spacewalks during STS-120. During the third spacewalk, the crews installed the P6 truss and solar array pair in its permanent location outboard of the port truss. The fourth spacewalk was changed during the mission so that the crews could repair a torn solar array on the P6 truss. Following the successful repair work, the crews were able to fully deploy the solar array.

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