Archive - 2002
October 7th
STS-112 Atlantis en route to the ISS
Space Shuttle Atlantis mission STS-12 is en
route to the International Space Station.
Launch's happened today October 7, 2002 at 19:46 UTC.
How would you call RS0ISS packet radio system performance?
October 6th
Atlantis STS-112 Info and Images
Hello, I have prepared as always a page with information and images about the incoming Shuttle mission STS-112. Countdown and other can be found here at SpaceOnLine Satellite News
October 5th
ISS Status Report #46 - Oct. 4, 2002
With Houston's Mission Control Center (MCC) back in operation, the
deliberate power up of the International Space Station is proceeding as
planned.
Susan Helms leaves NASA(CQoct.2002)
ISS astronaut Susan Helms,kc7nhz,who was very active on ham radio from the International Space Station, has left NASA and returned to her primary job as an Air Force Colonel.
AMSAT-DL: Lets Go to Mars!
The German amateur satellite organization, AMSAT-DL, has proposed sending an amateur radio satellite to Mars!
As envisioned, the satellite would be a "mother ship" for launching smaller probes that would transmit back information about the Martian atmosphere and surface,as well as a repeater that would beam that information back to earth.
For more information, see the AMSAT-DL website at http://www.amsat-dl.org/p5a/p5a-to-mars.pdf