Archive - Sep 21, 2006
Astronaut Training Status
Educator Astronaut Barbara Morgan attended a training session with Kenneth Ransom at JSC on Wednesday, September 13. Topics covered included procedures related to school contacts and radio operations. Morgan is expected to fly on STS-118 in mid 2007. Joe Acaba, who is supporting her mission, also sat in on the training session.
http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm
Triple header set for Sept 22
Friday, September 22, will be a sort of "triple witching day" for the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program. For the first time since the inaugural ARISS school contact in December 2000, students at three schools will have the opportunity in the same day to speak with three of the six space travelers now aboard the ISS. All three QSOs will be direct on VHF.
Complete story at http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/09/21/100/?nc=1
NASA Welcomes Space Shuttle Crew Back to Earth
The Space Shuttle Atlantis and its crew are home after a 12-day journey of more than 4.9 million miles in space. The mission, STS-115, succeeded in restarting assembly of the International Space Station. The crew delivered and installed the massive P3/P4 truss, an integral part of the station's backbone, and two sets of solar arrays that will eventually provide one quarter of the station's power.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/sarex/48hour/msg08335.html
ISS Radio Report
ISS Radio Report
Does Ansari have a licence?
I saw she made as school contact using RS0ISS.
Did she get a licence before she left? I have missed that part...