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ARISS Event - Flanders Science Festival , Transinne, Belgium, , Fri (Oct 27) at 10:36 UTC
by Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] 27 Oct '06

27 Oct '06

An International Space Station Expedition 14 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at the Flanders Science Festival in Transinne, Belgium on Friday, 27 Oct 2006. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 10:36 UTC. The contact will be a telebridge between stations NA1SS and WH6PN. The contact should be audible to anyone in Hawaii. 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 <https://mail01.ndc.nasa.gov/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://e-meetings.mc…> CONFERENCE NUMBER: 2128780 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._________________________________ Students will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Do you miss your family up there? 2. Is it difficult to walk on an E.V.A? 3. How does it feel like to sleep in space? 4. What is the view outside looking like (dark, shiny)? 5. Can you see the opening in the ozone layer on earth, from there up? 6. What kind of tests or work you have to do? 7. What was the feeling the first time you where in space? 8. What do you miss the most in space? 9. Can you see meteorological events on earth up there? 10. How does your family react when you are so far away? 11. What are you going to miss most when you are back from space? 12. Do you ever feel scared? 13. What was the most beautiful thing you saw in space? 14. Can you use your own senses to feel ? 15. Why did NASA prefer to send people instead of robots? 16. Has this spacetrip made your dream come through? 17. Would you like to live up there for a longer time? 18. Why did the agencies choose this crew for this mission? 19. What do you do in your spare time in space? 20. Are you feeling sick sometimes when you are moving around all the time? 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): 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 (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada). Thank you & 73, Kenneth - N5VHO

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-10-26 03:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 26 Oct '06

26 Oct '06

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-10-26 03:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Flanders Science Festival, Ghent, Belgium, via telebridge WH6PN (***) Fri 2006-10-27 10:36 UTC 20 deg via WH6PN Contact will be simulcast on IRLP, Echolink, and the web. (***) 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 255. 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 2006-10-26 03:00 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 2006-09-27 02:00 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 13/14 on orbit: Thomas Reiter DF4TR Expedition 14 on orbit: Michael Lopez-Alegria KE5GTK Mikhail Tyurin, RZ3FT Expedition 14 future: Sunita Williams, KD5PLB ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Alaska Native to Discuss Role as Pilot of NASA's Next Shuttle
by Arthur Rowe 25 Oct '06

25 Oct '06

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > Oct. 24, 2006 > > Katherine Trinidad > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-3749 > > James Hartsfield > Johnson Space Center, Houston > 281-483-5111 > > > ALASKA NATIVE TO DISCUSS ROLE AS PILOT OF NASA'S NEXT SHUTTLE > > Alaska native and former float plane pilot Bill Oefelein, who will > serve as pilot of the Space Shuttle Discovery in December, will be > available for interviews by satellite from 5:30 to 7 p.m. EDT Friday, > Oct. 27. > > > Oefelein, a U.S. Navy commander, considers Anchorage, Alaska, his > hometown. He credits his youth in Alaska with helping foster his > interest in flying. While there, he obtained a private pilot's > license with a float plane rating. He went on to become a Navy > fighter and test pilot. Oefelein has logged more than 3,000 hours in > 50 different types of aircraft. > > Oefelein received a bachelor's from Oregon State University, > Corvallis, Ore., and a master's from the University of Tennessee > Space Institute, Knoxville, Tenn. > > He will be making his first spaceflight on Discovery on STS-116, an > 11-day mission to the International Space Station. The mission will > rearrange the complex's power and cooling systems to bring online > electricity generated by new solar arrays delivered to the station in > September. > > Along with Oefelein, Discovery's crew includes STS-116 Commander Mark > Polansky and mission specialists Bob Curbeam, Joan Higginbotham, Nick > Patrick, Suni Williams and Christer Fuglesang, a European Space > Agency astronaut. Williams will remain aboard the station for six > months. European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Reiter, currently > aboard the station, will return to Earth on Discovery. > > For Oefelein's biographical information, visit: > > http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/oefelein.html > > The interviews and b-roll of Oefelein's training will be broadcast on > the NASA-TV Media Channel (No. 103). In the continental U.S., NASA TV > is carried on an MPEG-2 digital signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, > at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical > polarization. In Alaska and Hawaii, NASA TV is carried on an MPEG-2 > digital signal accessed via satellite AMC-7, at 137 degrees west > longitude, transponder 18C, 4060 MHz, vertical polarization. > > The video footage of training will air at 5 p.m. EDT on Oct. 27. For > NASA TV downlink, schedules and streaming video information, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/ntv > > For more information about STS-116 and its crew, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle > > > >

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International Space Station Status Report: SS06-046
by Arthur Rowe 23 Oct '06

23 Oct '06

> SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 >> Oct. 23, 2006 >> >> Katherine Trinidad Headquarters, Washington 202-358-3749 >> >> Rob Navias Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 >> STATUS REPORT: SS06-046 >> >> INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS06-046 >> >> A shipment of supplies began its journey to the International Space >> Station Monday as the ISS Progress 23 cargo ship was launched from >> the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. >> The new resupply ship lifted off at 9:41 a.m. EDT (7:41 p.m. Baikonur >> time). It will be the 23rd Progress to visit the station. Less than >> 10 minutes later, the cargo ship reached orbit, and its solar arrays >> and navigational antennas were deployed for the three-day trip to the >> orbital outpost. >> >> Two pre-programmed firings of the Progress' main engine are scheduled >> Friday to fine-tune the ship's path to the space station. Additional >> rendezvous maneuvers are planned over the next three days. >> >> Expedition 14 Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and flight engineers >> Mikhail Tyurin and Thomas Reiter were flying 220 miles over southern >> Russia, north of the Mongolian border, when the Progress was >> launched. Carrying almost 2.5 tons of food, water, fuel, oxygen, air, >> spare parts and other supplies, the Progress is scheduled to >> automatically dock to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module at >> 10:28 a.m. EDT Thursday. NASA TV coverage of the docking will begin >> Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT. >> The ISS Progress 22 craft that arrived in June remains docked to the >> Pirs Docking Compartment. That Progress will be used to stow trash >> and supply oxygen to replenish the station's atmosphere when >> required. The spacecraft won't be discarded until mid-January. >> For more about the crew's activities and station sighting >> opportunities, visit: >> >> http://www.nasa.gov/station >> The next station status report will be issued on Thursday, Oct. 26, >> after the ISS Progress 23 docking, or earlier if events warrant. >> >> >> -end- >> >> >> >

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-10-21 05:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 21 Oct '06

21 Oct '06

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-10-21 05:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Flanders Science Festival, Euro Space Center, Transinne, via telebridge WH6PN (***) Fri 2006-10-27 10:36 UTC 20 deg via WH6PN (***) 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 255. 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 2006-10-21 05:30 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 2006-09-27 02:00 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 13/14 on orbit: Thomas Reiter DF4TR Expedition 14 on orbit: Michael Lopez-Alegria KE5GTK Mikhail Tyurin, RZ3FT Expedition 14 future: Sunita Williams, KD5PLB ***************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ISS STATUS REPORT #06-45
by Arthur Rowe 20 Oct '06

20 Oct '06

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 *International Space Station Status Report #06-45* *3 p.m. CDT, Friday, Oct. 20. 2006* *Expedition 13 Crew* The three residents of the International Space Station spent a busy week with varied science and technical tasks as they began their second month in orbit. Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin practiced using the manual docking system for the Russian Progress cargo ship. They rehearsed rendezvous, flyaround maneuvers and approach and docking with an on-board simulator. During the training, technicians at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan completed preparations for the launch of a Progress cargo craft on Monday at 8:40 a.m. CDT. It is scheduled to dock to the complex Thursday at 9:28 a.m. Live coverage on NASA Television will begin at 9 a.m. The Progress, which will make its way to the launch pad Saturday, is filled with more than two tons of food, fuel and supplies for the station and its crew. Also aboard are new spare parts for the Russian Elektron oxygen-generation system, which has been shut down since last month. Earlier Friday, Lopez-Alegria replaced equipment in the Carbon Dioxide Removal System, used to remove impurities from the station's atmosphere. Only one of its two systems designed to purge carbon dioxide from the air has been operating due to particulate matter clogging an air valve. Lopez-Alegria installed a new air flow regulator valve and a filter to recover the use of the second of two adsorbent beds in the device. He also joined Tyurin to inspect and photograph the Zvezda Service Module windows and conducted a video tour of the station for training of future Expedition crews. Lopez-Alegria, who also serves as the NASA science officer, collected his second set of blood and urine samples for the Nutrition Experiment. This is NASA's most comprehensive in-flight study of human physiological changes during long-duration spaceflight. The experiment measures bone metabolism, oxidative damage, nutritional assessments and hormonal changes. It also will help to define nutritional requirements and develop food systems for future missions to the moon and Mars. Lopez-Alegria and Tyurin also completed a medical officer proficiency training session. European Space Agency Flight Engineer Thomas Reiter began the first of three runs of the Analysis of a Novel Sensory Mechanism in Root Phototropism, or TROPI experiment, in the European Modular Cultivation System. Seeds will sprout next week in the EMCS facility where plants and other small organisms can grow in variable gravity conditions using a centrifuge. By sprouting seeds under different levels of partial gravity and different frequencies of light, this study will increase the understanding of the different systems plants use to determine what direction their roots and shoots should grow and which genes are responsible for successful plant growth. NASA’s payload operations team at the Marshall Space Flight Center coordinates U.S. science activities on space station. Other science work this week included sessions of the Profilaktika and Urolux Russian experiments. The station remains under the control of three gyroscopes after one was shut down more than a week ago. On Monday, flight controllers conducted a test of Control Moment Gyro 3, which was turned off due to excessive vibrations. Monday’s test, looking at the health of the accelerometer, spun the CMG up to 500 rpm and then let it coast down to zero while acceleration data were taken with the MAMS (Microgravity Acceleration Measurement System) to correlate and compare with data from the internal CMG accelerometer. An initial review indicated no unusual vibrations, but engineers continue to analyze the results. On Monday, flight controllers will begin a five-day checkout of the Thermal Radiator Rotary Joints (TRRJ) on the S1 and P1 trusses that will rotate once the station’s upgraded external thermal loops are activated on the STS-116 mission. The TRRJ test will enable the radiators to “autotrack" or revolve when required to dissipate heat from the trusses’ avionics equipment. The next status report will be issued on Monday, Oct. 23, following the launch of ISS Progress 23, or earlier if events warrant. For more about the crew's activities and station sighting opportunities, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station

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Baltimore Native to Discuss Role on NASA's Next Shuttle Flight
by Arthur Rowe 20 Oct '06

20 Oct '06

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > Oct. 20, 2006 > > Katherine Trinidad > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-3749 > > James Hartsfield > Johnson Space Center, Houston > > > BALTIMORE NATIVE TO DISCUSS ROLE ON NASA'S NEXT SHUTTLE FLIGHT > > Bob Curbeam, a NASA astronaut who will fly aboard the Space Shuttle > Discovery in December, will be available for interviews by satellite > from 7 to 8:45 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Oct. 24. > > > Curbeam will be making his third spaceflight after performing duties > as a mission specialist on two previous missions, STS-85 in 1997 and > STS-98 in 2001. He will be conducting three spacewalks during the > 11-day mission to the International Space Station to rearrange the > complex's power and cooling systems. The changes will bring online > electricity generated by a second giant set of solar panels added to > the station during September's shuttle mission. The changes will > almost double the electrical power available to the station's > systems. > > Curbeam was born and raised in Baltimore. He received a bachelor's > degree in aerospace engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy in > Annapolis, Md., in 1984 and a master's degree in aeronautical > engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif., in > 1990. He also received a degree in aeronautical and astronautical > engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1991. Before his > selection as an astronaut in 1994, Curbeam was an instructor in the > Weapons and Systems Engineering Department at the Naval Academy. > > Curbeam will be joined aboard Discovery by STS-116 Commander Mark > Polansky, Pilot Bill Oefelein and mission specialists Joan > Higginbotham, Nick Patrick, Suni Williams and Christer Fuglesang, a > European Space Agency astronaut. Williams will remain aboard the > station for six months. European Space Agency astronaut Thomas > Reiter, currently aboard the station, will return to Earth on > Discovery. > > For Curbeam's biographical information, visit: > > http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/curbeam.html > > Curbeam's interviews will be carried live on the NASA TV analog > satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude; transponder 5C, 3800 > MHz, vertical polarization, with audio at 6.8 MHz. B-roll video of > Curbeam's training for the mission will air at 6:30 a.m. EDT. For > NASA TV downlink, schedules and streaming video information, visit: > http://www.nasa.gov/ntv > > For more information about STS-116 and its crew, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/shuttle > > > >

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NASA TV Airs Arrival of Next Space Station Cargo Ship
by Arthur Rowe 20 Oct '06

20 Oct '06

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 > Oct. 20, 2006 > > Allard Beutel > Headquarters, Washington > 202-358-4769 > > James Hartsfield > Johnson Space Center, Houston > 281-483-5111 > > > > NASA TV AIRS ARRIVAL OF NEXT SPACE STATION CARGO SHIP > > The residents of the International Space Station will receive a new > shipment of food, fuel and supplies Thursday, Oct. 26, and NASA TV > will broadcast its arrival live. > > After launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on Monday, > Oct. 23, the ISS Progress 23 spacecraft will dock to the station at > 10:28 a.m. EDT Oct. 26. NASA TV will not cover the launch of the > cargo ship, but live coverage of the docking begins at 10 a.m. EDT. > > The Progress will bring more than two tons of supplies to the crew. > Aboard the station are Expedition 14 Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and > Flight Engineers Mikhail Tyurin and Thomas Reiter. Lopez-Alegria and > Tyurin are in the second month of a one half-year stay in space. > Reiter has been aboard the station since July. He is scheduled to > return to Earth aboard Space Shuttle Discovery in December. > > For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit: > > > http://www.nasa.gov/ntv > > For more about the space station crew's activities and sighting > opportunities, visit: > > http://www.nasa.gov/station > > > -end- > > > > > >

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2 Line ISS Keps 10-19
by Dave Larsen PhD 19 Oct '06

19 Oct '06

ISS 1 25544U 98067A 06291.94347929 .00016873 00000-0 10505-3 0 8869 2 25544 051.6335 269.8593 0013010 112.4559 342.8466 15.76990497452684

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Expedition 14 Crew Tests the HDTV Space Video Gateway
by Arthur Rowe 18 Oct '06

18 Oct '06

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468 18 OCTOBER 2006 Expedition 14 Crew Tests the HDTV Space Video Gateway --- International Space Station Image above:*** the International Space Station against the blackness of space and Earth's horizon. Photo credit: NASA ***http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html On Wednesday the crew conducted a test of the Space Video Gateway to be used in November for the first HDTV interactive downlinks with the Discovery Channel and NHK (Nippon Hoso Kyokai). The hardware was provided by NASA and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency for temporary installation on the space station. Launch of the ISS Progress 23 cargo craft is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 23, at 9:41 a.m. EDT and docking on Thursday, Oct. 26, at 10:28 a.m. EDT. The cargo consists of propellants, oxygen, food, crew provisions and maintenance gear. Water will not be delivered this time. High-priority items include Elektron parts, research payloads and EVA equipment. One of the station's four Control Moment Gyroscopes (CMGs) used to maintain the station's orientation in space was shut down last week after exceeding the allowed vibration limit. Engineers tested the problematic CMG Monday to gather performance data and conduct diagnostic checks. An initial review of the available data indicated no vibration events. Engineers continue analyzing the data to determine troubleshooting plans.

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