This week I thought I'd write about a subject near and dear to my heart -- food. You are what you eat after all. First off, let me say I actually like the food here. It isn't quite like Mom's cooking, but it isn't bad! In fact it isn't really cooking at all, more like re-heating or re-hydrating.....

After traveling thousands of miles, two major components of the International Space Station completed the first leg of a journey that will eventually end 240 miles above the Earth. NASA's Node 2, built for the agency by the European Space Agency (ESA) in Italy, and the Pressurized Module of the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) arrived in Florida and are being transported to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) this week.

Expedition 7 Enjoys Light Duty Day
The Expedition 7 crewmembers had a day of light duty aboard the
International Space Station so they could celebrate Russian Independence
Day.....

All,

This is a heads up that there will be a school contact Thursday June 12 at 19:22 UTC. The contact will be with the Lively District Secondary School, Lively, Ontario Canada. As usual, the downlink will be on 145.80.

Enjoy!

73, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO

NASA Monday delayed, for the second time, the launch of a robot mission to search for life on Mars due to bad weather.
The launch, which had already been called off Sunday, was delayed to 1:58 pm (1758 GMT) Tuesday with a second window at 2:36 pm (1836 GMT) after a Monday afternoon launch was scrubbed

Full story at: Spacedaily.com

Submitted by Arthur - N1ORC

Subject: The Strange Physics of Foam

NASA Science News for June 9, 2003

What's made mostly of gas, a dash of liquid, and acts like a springy solid? Foams. Foams are so common we seldom appreciate how strange they are. Scientists are designing an experiment for the International Space Station to investigate the puzzling physics of these everyday substances.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/09jun_foam.htm?list950329

Great ISS site!

For a fleeting second , yesterday ISS transitted the Moon in daylight. The event was visible through a narrow corridor stretching across the UK

Following hours of careful planning I managed to catch the transit on video.

If you have ever wondered what ISS looks like in daylight....then check out my website
www.satcom.freeserve.co.uk

Simply follow the ISS Lunar transit link.
There are other pictures and animations on the main page showing ISS close up.

Regards,

John.

S.T.E. is a software born 'playing' (but seriously :) with the programming in TurboPascal (Borland, version 7.01).
Besides, due to the interest about the 'sat-tracking'.
This software can track, real-time, every satellites in orbit, included the ISS (International Space Station), obviously :)

Click HERE to download the program