Archive - Apr 2007
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April 28th
ISS contact with a school in Redmond WA USA on 4/16/07
ARISS contact between Dr. Charles Simonyi on the ISS and a school in Redmond WA USA on 16 April 2007.
ISS contact with Cedar Point School in Bristow VA USA on 4/17/07
ARISS contact between the Cedar Point School in Bristow VA with the ISS on 17 April 2007 as a bridge contact.
ISS contact with School in Varese Italy on 4/23/07
ARISS contact with school in Varese Italy and the ISS on 23 April 2007 as a bridge contact.
ISS contact with Christian Life School in Rockford IL USA on 4/25/07
ARISS contact between the ham radio ground station at the Christian Life School in Rockford IL USA and the ISS on 25 April 2007.
ISS contact with school in Floeha Germany on 4/28/07
ARISS contact between the ground station at the school in Floeha Germany and the ISS on 28 April 2007.
April 27th
ISS Status Report: SS07-23
The Expedition 15 crew aboard the International Space Station completed its first week of station orientation as the crew worked with experiments and hardware maintenance.
Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and flight engineers Oleg Kotov and Suni Williams began the week with a couple light duty days after the busy handover operations with the former crew. Expedition 14 Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Russian crewmate Mikhail Tyurin, accompanied by spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi, returned to Earth on Saturday, April 21, and are at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, for several weeks of post-mission debriefing and rehabilitation.
ISS Radio Report
April 26th
ISS Radio Report
NASA to Rotate Station Astronauts on Next Shuttle Mission
HOUSTON - After several months working aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Suni Williams will come back to Earth aboard the space shuttle Atlantis, targeted for launch June 8. That shuttle mission, STS-117, will carry her successor, astronaut Clay Anderson, to the station to begin his duty as an Expedition 15 flight engineer.
The exchange of Anderson and Williams was originally planned for the STS-118 mission, now targeted for launch in August. However, that flight, first set to fly in June, had to be postponed after an unexpected hail storm damaged Atlantis' external fuel tank and delayed STS-117.
April 25th
Uptick in Space Station Construction to Affect Ham Radio Operations from Space
In an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program progress report this week, ARISS International Chair Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, has address some questions regarding ARISS operations and equipment upgrade and repair. Bauer says that with the successful space shuttle return to flight, ISS construction again has shifted into high gear, with the delivery and assembly of two new ISS modules now on the near horizon. But that activity's not without a downside for Amateur Radio activity from the ISS.
Complete story at http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2007/04/25/101/?nc=1