In ham radio space related news, word that special event station R45VT is on the air. This, to commemorate the 45th Anniversary of Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova becoming the first woman in space.

Tereshkova flew to orbit on June 16th 1963 as pilot onboard Vostok 6. Her call sign during the flight was Chaika. She spent 71 hours in space orbiting the Earth 48 times.

Since that time women have made a significant contribution to space exploration and many of them have been licenced Radio Amateurs. A few of the many notable women space explorers since Valentina Tereshkova include American Sally Ride and the United Kingdom's Helen Sharman to mention only a few.

Topics in this report: 1. Upcoming School Contacts 2. Successful Russian Contact 3. Robinson Elementary School Contact Successful 4. Astronaut Training Status 5. Under the Hood Posts SuitSat Article and Video 6. ARISS International Team Meeting Held 7. ARISS Delegate Recognized at Ham Fair 8. Amateur Radio Video Posted 1. Upcoming School Contacts Two simulated Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contacts are scheduled for Thursday, July 3. These training sessions are terrestrial-based amateur radio contacts using ARISS-equivalent equipment. There will be IRLP coverage of both contacts.

At 13:07 UTC this site advises that the next pass over my location is 1 Hour 20 minutes. Nova is showing about thirteen minuets to the pass at 13:15 UTC. Checked the town location and seems to be correct. Even if change this site tracking time to one hour less for DST the pass time is still off?

Hi

Heavens above site is down (?)

I've just saw ISS passing (Porto, Portugal)
and I want to confirm it was it. How can I do that?
Only the future passes are show here...

29/06/08 - New article says SuitSat pushes engineers' limits!

Find the latest news here:
http://www.techonline.com/showArticle.jhtml?pgno=1&articleID=208801324

Thanks,
Derek - VE1WRG