An International Space Station Expedition 15 ARISS school contact has been planned with students at Barrhaven Public School, Ottawa, ON, Canada on 15 May. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:22 UTC.

The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and VA3MGY. The contact should be audible in northern portions of 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.

Barrhaven Public School is a school of approximately four hundred and twenty five students. This year, half our students are enrolled in the French Immersion Program and half of our students are enrolled in the regular English program. It is well known for its open and welcoming atmosphere. Our school motto is "Barrhaven Public School Learning Together/ Apprenons Ensemble" which the teachers, staff and students follow each and every day.

An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) review session has been scheduled for astronaut Greg Chamitoff, KD5PKZ, on Tuesday, May 15. Chamitoff is scheduled to be a flight engineer on Expedition 18, flying to the ISS on STS-127 in 2008.

http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm

A new cargo freighter launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at 10:25 p.m. CDT Friday with more than 2.5 tons of fuel, air, water and other supplies and equipment aboard.

The ISS Progress 25 unpiloted cargo carrier is scheduled to dock with the station Tuesday at 12:10 a.m., bringing more than 1,050 pounds of propellant, almost 100 pounds of air, more than 925 pounds of water and 3,042 pounds of dry cargo -- a total of 5,125 pounds. NASA TV coverage of the docking will begin at 11:30 p.m. Monday

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