Archive - 2007
January 17th
ISS Radio Report
ISS Radio Report
Students Talk To Space Station
Students at two LaSalle County schools made history today. They had the privledge of connecting with the International Space Station this morning.
It's getting closer to contact time. These 6th, 7th and 8th graders from St. Anthonys School and Northlawn Junior High School are getting ready for their conversation with the International Space Station.
For a month and a half now the students have worked on the science project. Teachers from each of the schools selected the 19 students to talk to astronaut Sonny Williams aboard the International Space Station.
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January 16th
ISS Radio Report
ISS Radio Report
January 15th
ISS Radio Report
Live NASA TV Coverage for Arrival of Next Space StationCargo Ship
The crew aboard the International Space Station will receive a new shipment of food, fuel and supplies from a Russian Progress spacecraft due to dock with the station on Friday, Jan. 19. NASA Television will broadcast the arrival live.
Comet McNaught now a daylight comet
"Comet McNaught is now visible in broad
daylight. 'It's fantastic,' reports Wayne Winch
of Bishop, California. 'I put the sun behind a
neighbor's house to block the glare and the
comet popped right into view. You can even
see the tail!'
Just hours ago, Mark Vornhusen took this
picture of the comet between clouds over
Gais, Switzerland
This weekend is a special time for Comet
McNaught because it is passing close to the sun.
Solar heat is causing the comet to vaporize
furiously and brighten to daylight visibility. At
magnitude -4 to -5, McNaught is the brightest
ISS Crew Science Report
New gear is helping the astronauts on the International Space Station kick off a new year. Flight Engineer Suni Williams set up hardware for the Test of Reaction and Adaptation Capabilities -- or TRAC -- investigation that is designed to test crew members' hand and eye coordination before, during and after missions. Crew members also completed the final operations of a biological experiment on the impact of varying levels of light and gravity on plant root growth. The final images of samples in the European Modular Cultivation System were taken and downlinked, and the samples were stowed in a freezer for eventual return to Earth.