If she keeps up her current pace, ISS Expedition 14 Flight Engineer Suni Williams, KD5PLB, could set a new record in the number of Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) school contacts. Since arriving on the space station in late December aboard the shuttle Discovery, Williams has logged five ARISS ham radio contacts with schools, starting the first week in January. Recently she told youngsters at Dilworth Elementary School in San Jose, California, that viewing the entire planet Earth from space is the most impressive thing she's seen to date. She also confirmed that the lack of gravity aboard the ISS does affect the human body.

An ARISS member sent a message congratulating Sunita Williams on the fine job she has been doing with her ARISS contacts.
She responded with a note indicating that she really enjoys the contacts as they have been informative and interesting, and she looks forward to participating in many more.
Thank you Sunita!

Students at two LaSalle County schools made history today. They had the privledge of connecting with the International Space Station this morning.

It's getting closer to contact time. These 6th, 7th and 8th graders from St. Anthonys School and Northlawn Junior High School are getting ready for their conversation with the International Space Station.

For a month and a half now the students have worked on the science project. Teachers from each of the schools selected the 19 students to talk to astronaut Sonny Williams aboard the International Space Station.

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