The Expedition 14 crew members aboard the International Space Station are back at work this week after enjoying a quiet holiday weekend. They celebrated New Year's on orbit with a traditional dinner of rehydrated American food and Russian delicacies.

Station Commander Mike Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Suni Williams will primarily focus this week on the first phase of installing the new Oxygen Generation System. The complex procedure being performed by the crew this week will test the equipment to insure that it can support a full crew when the permanent complement aboard the station ultimately expands to six people.

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Students from Sherman Elementary School, Henrietta, NewYork, USA ( www.rhnet.org ) will have the opportunity to speak with Expedition 14 Flight Engineer Sunita "Suni" Williams, KD5PLB, during a scheduled ARISS contact on Monday, January 8, 2007 beginning at 14:33 UTC.

This will be a direct contact via W2SKY who will be operating from the school location. With the assistance of the ARISS Audio Distribution Project live audio will be available to both the IRLP and EchoLink through the efforts of W2COP.

IRLP users can connect to the main channel of "Discovery" Reflector 9010. The audio feed is expected to begin shortly before the scheduled contact time. Streaming Audio will also be available at www.discoveryreflector.ca:8000/listen.pls. (expect a 2 to 3 minute delay on this stream).

Scouts participating in the 2007 Australian Scout Jamboree will have the opportunity to speak with Expedition 14 Flight Engineer Sunita "Suni" Williams, KD5PLB, during a scheduled ARISS contact on Sunday, January 7, 2007 at 10:18 UTC. This special event ARISS contact is planned as part of activities celebrating the Centenary of Scouting in Australia. Ground station operations during this telebridge supported event will be through VK4KHZ located in Glenden, Queensland, Australia.

Live audio will be available on IRLP and EchoLink as part of the ARISS Audio Distribution Project.

IRLP users can connect to the main channel of "Discovery" Reflector 9010. The audio feed will begin approximately 10 minutes before the scheduled contact time. Streaming audio will also be available through www.discoveryreflector.ca:8000/listen.pls (expect a 2 - 3 minute delay on this stream).