On Saturday, Arianespace and the European Space Agency delayed for one day the maiden launch of the Jules Verne cargo craft from Kourou, French Guiana. The 24 hour delay is due to a technical concern about the Automated Transfer Vehicle and the Ariane 5 launcher separation system. Launch of the Jules Verne is now scheduled for Saturday at 11:03 p.m. EST.

The Expedition 16 crew was busy with maintenance duties aboard the International Space Station Monday.

Expedition Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Leopold Eyharts performed a bi-annual maintenance check of the TVIS (Treadmill with Vibration Isolation System). Crew members exercise using the TVIS to counteract the effects of long-term exposure to weightlessness in space.

Hello ISS Fans:

I wrote a presentation / tutorial on ISS APRS digipeating which might be of general interest. You can find my 40+ page PDF presentation at:

http://fars.k6ya.org/docs/aprs_via_iss.pdf

Any and all comments are most welcome. Thanks.

73, Peter AF6DS