All,
I received the following e-mail today from Owen Garriott, W5LFL and wanted to share this with the Amateur Community. Please post this and pass it to others in the amateur radio community, as appropriate.
73, Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO
AMSAT-NA V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs
ARSIS International Chairman
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Richard, W5KWQ, landed in Kazakhstan on Friday, 24 October 2008 at about 0936 local time and was met there by his father Owen, W5LFL. They became the first American "second generation" father/son combination to have both flown in space and the first cosmonaut/astronaut-trained pair in the world. They returned to Star City near Moscow that afternoon for medical evaluation and this is the first interview provided by Richard the very next day. It is transcribed and delivered by Owen to the ham community.

Topics in this report: 1. Upcoming School Contacts 2. Training Session Contact Scheduled 3. Oregon Students Question Garriott on Space 4. National Planetarium, Malaysia - Contact Successful 5. Armada Area School Students Speak with Space Traveler 6. Update on Austin High School - ARISS Contact 7. Article on CLC Contact 8. Garriott SSTV, Voice Contacts 9. ARISS International Team Meeting Held 10. Outcomes from Garriott's ARISS Participation 11. NASA HQ Cites Story on Garriott 1. Upcoming School Contacts An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled with Scuola Media Statale Donato Forlani in Conversano, Italy on Tuesday, October 28 at 09:37 UTC. Students have been introduced to amateur radio and have covered the importance of space missions. Media coverage is expected to include newspapers, radio and television and will be broadcast live by streaming video on: http://www.telenorba.it/home/streaming_d.php

In Region 2 (North America), is it necessary to transmit with an offset of -1.31 to contact the space station?
Thanks.
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