The position of the ISS as shown on the globe is correct, but the calculations showing the passtime are incorrect.

Expedition 15 Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Clay Anderson this week finished preparing their spacesuits for a planned July 23 spacewalk. Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov also continued evaluating the computers on the Russian segment of the International Space Station.

During the U.S. spacewalk, Yurchikhin and Anderson will jettison a support post for an exterior video camera and a 1,400-pound, refrigerator-sized tank that is no longer needed. The tank, known as the Early Ammonia Servicer, was designed to replenish ammonia to the temporary cooling system on the station in the event of a coolant leak.

Space Shuttle Endeavour mating and launch processing operations are under way in preparation for a rollout to Launch Pad 39A, which is currently targeted for no earlier than July 10.

Weather permitting, the mission payload will be transferred to the launch pad early Saturday.

NASA is quickly gearing up for the shuttle's next visit to the International Station, targeted for an Aug. 7 launch. The mission will deliver the S5 truss to the station and will mark the first flight of Mission Specialist Barbara Morgan, the teacher-turned-astronaut whose association with NASA began more than 20 years ago.

An International Space Station Expedition 15 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at the Challenger Learning Center in Kenai, Alaska, USA on 07 July. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 19:47 UTC.

The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and KL7XJ. The contact should be audible in southern portions of Alaska and northwestern 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.

The Challenger Learning Center of Alaska is a vital and valuable educational resource for our state and is recognized as a strong component of our state educational system. Our center provides a highly successful on-site and distance learning environment unlike any other in Alaska. We inspire students to study science, math and technology through a medium of space and earth sciences education. Students are encouraged to pursue higher educational goals and opportunities that will better prepare them for success. This highly developed and technologically advanced facility provides educational opportunities tailor-made to the geographical diversity of our state, while meeting the statewide academic standards.

Following another daylight capture last week I have now put all the daytime videos onto one webpage at.... http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/satcom_transits/daylight.html

The latest runs at real speed , giving a good idea of just how quickly the complex passes through the field of view

John

I'm trying to get all set up for an ISS contact on my own (random contact).
I have the freq's and need to get them programmed right. I have a Yaesu VX-170 and was told that there may or may not be a negative offset of 300Khz.

I also need help getting the radio programmed correctly with the up and down links. The person I talked to said it may take a few memory channels, but that it would work out.

Thanks for anyone's help here!

Dan - KC9KOW

A day after launching into orbit, the privately-built Genesis 2 expandable module successfully relayed high-resolution images taken on June 29 during on-orbit checkout procedures.

The two pictures confirmed the operation of the inflatable module's camera system followed by download to the Mission Operations center for the Las Vegas, Nevada-based spaceflight firm Bigelow Aerospace. The testing will continue as the ground team perfects the acquisition of the Genesis 2 signal.

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/070701_genesis2_firstimage.html