The Ontario County Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services (RACES) planned a few events in honor of local native Pam Melroy's STS-120 mission. Midlakes Intermediate School in Clifton Springs, New York was one of eight schools that participated in a video Web conference with Sandy Magnus, KC5FYE, on October 31 which was viewed by 3447 students and 160 teachers. The conference received television and newspaper coverage.
On November 2, the school held an "Amateur Radio Day" in which nearly 300 students and 25 teachers participated. The day began with an assembly, followed by a number of activities. Local amateur radio operators gave an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) and satellite presentation. They provided an outdoor antenna exercise, demonstrated tracking software and covered wave theory with a signal generator and oscilloscope. There was also an outdoor transmitter hunt, a special event HF station and a "Send you name in Morse Code" exercise. An Internet Radio Linking Project (IRLP) contact was made through node 5400 in Manchester, England. Media outlets reported on the event. Students and teachers requested information on how to get licensed. The radio club will supply Technician License Manuals to the school's library.

The new Harmony node is now in position to receive the European and Japanese modules to be added to the International Space Station.

Station crew members moved Harmony from its temporary location on the left side of the Unity node to its new home on the front of the U.S. laboratory Destiny Wednesday morning. Disengagement of the first set of bolts holding Harmony to Unity began at 3:58 a.m. EST.

Flight Engineer Dan Tani operated the station's robotic arm. Commander Peggy Whitson operated the common berthing mechanisms, first to free Harmony after Tani had grappled it with the arm, and later to drive bolts firmly securing it to the front of Destiny.

Hello All,

This is the first time that I saw a VIDEO from an astronaut making random QSO's with hams (the video was recorded inside ISS!).

Brasil astronaut Marcos Pontes (PYØAEB) made a QSO with Fabiano (PY5RX) at 03-April-2006 (14:34utc). At 21 April 2006 Marcos Pontes was already back on earth and had a speech (about his ISS mission) in Bauru city (Brasil). Fabiano was invited to come on stage to meet Marcos Pontes personaly in front of a big audiance. Fabiano gave Pontes a DVD with video & audio recordings which was madeby Fabiano and Brasil TV station PARANA.
At 13 November 2007 Fabiano have received a video from - Marcos Pontes which was recorded by US astronaut Bill McArthur in ISS.

[img]http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/197838main_11_12_07_PMA2Move.jpg[/img] Image Above: Against the backdrop of a blue Earth, Canadarm2 moves Pressurized Mating Adapter-2. Image credit: NASA TV International Space Station crew members moved Pressurized Mating Adapter-2 from the front of the U.S. laboratory Destiny to the Harmony node early Monday, clearing the way for Harmony's relocation to its permanent home. Harmony, with PMA-2 on its outboard end, is scheduled to be moved from its temporary position on the Unity node to the front of Destiny on Wednesday. Disengagement of the first set of bolts holding PMA-2 in place began about 4:35 a.m. EST, initiated by Peggy Whitson working in Destiny. Dan Tani, the newly arrived flight engineer of Expedition 16, operated the Canadarm2 during the move.