The crew completed the resizing of U.S. spacesuits on Monday, conducted routine tests of the cabin atmosphere and prepared the Russian laptops for testing the Automated Transfer Vehicle satellite navigation system. They also prepared for the activation of the Oxygen Generation System later this year. Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin continued his periodic status checks on the Plants-2 micro-gravity growth experiment, including the newly planted barley and pea seeds in the Lada-10 greenhouse.

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I need help or consultantship with the following problem: The last year 2 QSO carries out in vhf with the ISS; 05-03-06 16:15 UTC 145800 NA1SS 5-9 and the other one the one
25-03-06 20:15 UTC 145800 NA1SS 5-9. The 2 QSL sent them to the address that he/she appears associated to the NA!SS in QRZ.COM with 1 coupon IRC each an and so far I have not received the confirmation of the 2 QSO.
I thank to any colleague or fans of the ISS any consultantship in this respect as for what I should make so that the 2 QSO confirms me. my data appear in QRZ:COM.
SI LA AYUDA LA PUEDE ENVIAR EN ESPAÑOL SE LO AGRADECERE MUCHO. GRACIAS!!

Technical problems failed to dampen the enthusiasm of youngsters at Virginia Run Elementary School in Centreville, Virginia, who spoke March 2 via ham radio with International Space Station flight engineer Suni Williams, KD5PLB. The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program arranged the direct VHF contact. For reasons still being looked into, the space station's NA1SS and Earth station K4HTA failed to establish solid communication until more than three minutes into the approximately ten-minute pass. Nonetheless, not only did Williams answer all the students' questions but had time to let the youngsters know how much she enjoyed the opportunity.

HS2WAQ QSO NA1SS Expedition 12 Commander Mr. "Bill" McArthur" KC5ACR Question Space walk 3/2/2006 2023 UTC

The next civilian space traveler is Amateur Radio ready. Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) reports that software pioneer and aviator Charles Simonyi, KE7KDP, plans to talk with students at three schools during his stay in space. He also may make casual contacts. [img=140x120]http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2007/03/06/100/CharlesFloating.jpg[/img] Simonyi, 58, is set to head into space April 7 on a Soyuz "taxi mission" to the ISS. He'll accompany Expedition 15 Russian cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin, RN3FI, and Oleg Kotov. They'll join US astronaut Sunita Williams, KD5PLB. As a client of Vienna, Virginia-based Space Adventures Ltd, Simonyi will pay $25 million for the privilege. He's been undergoing pre-flight training at Star City, Russia. During his eight-day stay aboard the ISS, he will conduct experiments on behalf of several international space agencies.

An International Space Station Expedition 14 ARISS school contact has been planned with students at Mission Viejo High School, Mission Viejo, California on 08 March. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:38 UTC.

The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and K6UCI. The contact should be audible in the Western and central North America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.

Mission Viejo High School is a comprehensive high school servicing students grades 9-12. MVHS, one of five high schools in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District, was the first high school in the district and admitted its first classes in 1966. The school is located in South Orange County and draws basically from middle-class and upper middle-class families. Approximately 88% of the school's population will enroll in a college/university after graduation.

Training sessions under the crew training program for Expedition 16 of the International Space Station (ISS-16) took place at S.P. Korolev RSC Energia, under the lead of the Corporation specialists.
The training sessions were attended by NASA astronauts Garrett Reisman and Sandra Magnus, as well as ESA astronaut Leopold Eyharts.
Astronauts familiarized themselves with onboard photographic and video equipment, ham radio communication equipment, which they are going to operate onboard the station Russian Segment, as well as a set of tools to perform the equipment maintenance and repairs the need for which may arise during performance of the flight.