Archive - Aug 2, 2008
Next Space Tourist, Station Crew Eager to Fly
America's next space tourist and a new space station crew are gearing up for an October launch to the International Space Station (ISS).
Computer game developer Richard Garriott, along with U.S. astronaut Michael Fincke and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Lonchakov are slated to launch Oct. 12 aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome spaceport.
Garriott, the son of former NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, who flew aboard the U.S. Skylab station and a U.S. shuttle, is set to become the first second-generation U.S. spaceflyer. He is flying under a $30 million deal brokered with Russia's Federal Space Agency by the Virginia-based firm Space Adventures to visit the ISS for about a week.
PY4MAB – Sat, 2008 – 08 – 02 17:54
ISS Radio Report
Date/Time:
10 years 21 weeks ago
Mode:
PACKET
Status:
NOT ACTIVE
Uplink:
VHF
Downlink:
VHF (other) Description:
Nothing packet not active
sq3fyk – Sat, 2008 – 08 – 02 14:58
ISS Radio Report
Date/Time:
10 years 21 weeks ago
Mode:
PACKET
Status:
NOT ACTIVE
Uplink:
VHF
Downlink:
VHF (other) Description:
i7pqd – Sat, 2008 – 08 – 02 13:23
ISS Radio Report
Date/Time:
10 years 21 weeks ago
Mode:
PACKET
Status:
NOT ACTIVE
Uplink:
VHF
Downlink:
VHF (other) Description:
Very bright visual contact -- nothing heard 145.825 mhz
W8WQU – Sat, 2008 – 08 – 02 03:17