Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contacts
2. ARISS Contact Held Between De Winne and Sint-Michielscollege
3. ARISS Contact Part of Malaysia's National Space Challenge
4. ARISS Contact with Belmont Elementary School
5. ARRL Article on Columbus Antennas
6. ARRL Articles on Astronaut Frank Caldeiro
7. AMSAT Symposium Held
8. ARISS-Ops Meeting Held

1. Upcoming School Contacts
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for Boundary Beach Elementary School in Delta, British Columbia, Canada on Tuesday, October 13 at 17:10 UTC. Students have been involved in many space related activities including a trip to the McMillan Planetarium and participation in Dr. Thirsk's "Get Fit for Space" program.

The first clown in space landed safely on Earth early Sunday, capping off a mission to spread awareness about water conservation.

Guy Laliberte, a Canadian billionaire and founder of the circus troupe Cirque du Soleil, touched down on the steppes of Kazakhstan at 12:32 a.m. EDT (1632 GMT) after an 11-day space jaunt. He rode in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with two professional spaceflyers returning from six-month stays aboard the International Space Station.

The trio closed the hatches between their Soyuz TMA-14 and the orbiting laboratory at 6:06 p.m. EDT (2206 GMT) and undocked at 9:07 p.m. EDT (0107 GMT Sunday), after saying farewell to their crewmates still onboard the station.

International Space Station Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Michael Barratt landed their Soyuz TMA-14 spacecraft on the steppes of Kazakhstan Sunday, wrapping up a six-month stay. Joining them was spaceflight participant Guy Laliberte, who spent 11 days in space.

Padalka, the Soyuz commander, guided the spacecraft to a parachute-assisted landing at 12:32 a.m. EDT at a site northeast of the town of Arkalyk.

Russian recovery teams were on hand within minutes of landing to help the crew exit from the Soyuz vehicle and reacclimate to gravity. The crew members will return to the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, outside of Moscow, for reunions with their families.