Shortly before 7:30 a.m. EDT, the International Space Station Expedition 13 crew reported an odor in the Zvezda Service Module and manually activated an alarm to begin emergency procedures. The source of the odor was quickly determined to be an apparent leak of potassium hydroxide in the station's Elektron oxygen generation system. Potassium hydroxide, or caustic potash, can be an irritant to crew members, but is not a classified as a life-threatening toxin.

Hi,

In theory, as ISS is quite low on orbit, and if the TDRS linked satellite is over my country (data easy to get using a software like Thesky or any other tracking software à la Orbitron), using a small parabolic antenna or even a dipole, should it be possible to get their video signal ?

According some users, due to the TDRS I ccould get it, even if it was not encrypted.

In fact i don't udnerstand why I could at least receive it as I can receive military and other "private" messages using a scanner or another V/UFH rig for example.

By the way do you know the frequencies on which i they transmit their video signal ?

The Soyuz rocket that will launch the Expedition 14 crew into orbit is now at the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch is scheduled for 12:09 a.m. EDT Monday.

Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin are scheduled to arrive at the station at 1:24 a.m. Wednesday. Flying to the station with Lopez-Alegria and Tyurin will be American Anousheh Ansari, the first female spaceflight participant to visit the orbiting laboratory. She is flying under contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/sarex/

Space Shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station at 8:50 a.m. EDT Sunday, ending STS-115's successful stay and setting the stage for future assembly missions. Now, the STS-115 crew members will turn their attention to returning to Earth.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/sarex/48hour/msg08296.html

EXPEDITION 14 / ANSARI LAUNCH

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Videos EXPEDITION 14

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i know they dont do radio contacts for schools etc..... for about the 1st 2 weeks after a new expedition crew arrives, but does that mean the packet radio will also be off. Also i realize that they were having some problems with the radio while testing SSTV. ANy information on if they ever fixed whatever the problem is/ was?

just curious and some food for thought

thanks everyone

Marcus ( kb0zuu )