NASA's Kennedy Space Center apparently avoided major damage as of Wednesday night, and the agency's next shuttle launch likely will remain on schedule.

The storm shut down the nation's shuttle homeport two consecutive days and regular operations won't resume until Friday.

But the targeted Oct. 8 launch of shuttle Atlantis and seven astronauts on a fifth and final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission is expected to take place as planned.

"Right now, as far as we are able to tell, there will be no impact to the Oct. 8 launch date," KSC spokesman George Diller said

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Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contacts
2. New Jersey Experienced Successful Contact
3. Training Session Contact Successful
4. ESC Radio Session Update
5. Reisman Debrief Held
6. Ham Radio Module Available on NASA DLN
7. ARISS on NASA ISS Science Site
8. ARRL Posts Article on ARISS
9. ARRL QST Posts ARISS News
10. ARISS Member Gives Presentation on Ham Radio and Kids

1. Upcoming School Contacts
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been slated for Tuesday, August 19 at 15:39 UTC with Los Padres Council Troop 105 in Santa Barbara, California. Boy Scouts, ages 12-17 have worked on their Astronomy, Space Exploration and Radio Merit Badges. Materials were made available to Cub Scout units to work on the Astronomy and Science belt loops and Astronomy and Science academic pins. The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Physics Department has made available its astronomy observation deck for the contact and provided faculty members to instruct the Scouts. The Scouts were presented with information on the ISS and its crew to prepare them for this activity and the media was notified. The Los Padres Scout ARISS contact team put together a Web site at www.n6kth.com/iss . Streaming video of the event is planned.