Submitted by Arthur - N1ORC

Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station today, leaving behind the Expedition 6 crew -- Commander Ken Bowersox, NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit and Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin -- to begin its four-month stay.....

I tried during latest pass over Europe this night (only 6 degrees) and I had success.Finally I have downloaded the very latest message sent from the Expedition Crew #5 before undock the ISS onboard STS-113 Endeavour.
Text is very interesting for all Amateur Radio Operators all around the World.Time is UTC.

IK1SLD for the ISS FanClub Staff

Hello ISS Fans,

Valery sent a message to ALL as a Bulletin this morning. I tried to read it this evening but for a few seconds I was able to receive only the header. During this week 143.625 MHz frequency is used onboard ISS and over Europe we have many problems to operate on the PMS.

I hope to read this message during next pass or maybe there is anyone reading it in the world.

Please send the message as a post and we will publish this Valery's message on the homepage.

Thanks in advance.

The ISS FanClub Staff

Here is a very interesting link found in a comment wrote by an ISS FanClub Member, Russ KA2PGJ.
This is a versatile 3 element 2 meter beam, lightweight, easy to carry and has flexible elements that will bend and then come right back into position.
You can find complete dimensions and a description of how to build this antenna.

2 Meter Beam with Flexible Elements

A robot arm made in China is trying to earn a placement on the International Space Station (ISS) and participate in the construction of the large multinational orbiting outpost.....

Submitted by Arthur - N1ORC

The STS-113 and Expedition Five crews began their journey home today when Space Shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station. Undocking occurred at 2:05 p.m. CST (2005 GMT) as the two spacecraft flew over northwestern Australia.

Due to a problem, images 800x600 and 1024x768 about Crew 5 greetings were ready to download only on BMP format and not on JPG as prepared.

Now you can get a good version of these files.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

The ISS FanClub Staff

Submitted by Arthur - N1ORC

Today, the crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station will bid each other a final farewell and shortly after will close hatches between the two spacecraft in preparation for Endeavour's departure this afternoon.

STS-113 Space Shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to undock the International Space Station today Dec. 2, 2002 at 20:05 UTC.

Submitted by Arthur - N1ORC
The crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station today got ready to say goodbye to one another, checking out tools that will be used during undocking of the two spacecraft on Monday. They also configured and stowed spacesuits used in the mission's three spacewalks.