Expedition 20 Commander Gennady Padalka and Flight Engineer Michael Barratt completed the first of two Russian spacewalks planned for June at 8:46 a.m. EDT Friday. The second spacewalk is set for Wednesday at 2:45 a.m.

Friday's spacewalk started late after data showed slightly elevated levels of carbon dioxide in the Russian Orlan spacesuits. The spacewalkers reported they felt fine and went on to work outside the International Space Station for 4 hours, 54 minutes.

Padalka and Barratt installed docking antennas, a docking target and electrical connectors on the Zvezda service module in preparation for the arrival of a new module in November. The Russian Mini-Research Module-2 will dock automatically to the zenith port of Zvezda and will serve as an additional docking port for Russian vehicles.

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Tongfu Road No.1 Primary School, Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China on 11 June. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:24 UTC.
The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 41 seconds.

The contact will be direct between NA1SS and BY7KTO. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English.

Tongfu Road No.1 Primary School of Guangzhou has been operating for more than 70 years and is famous in the region. It is qualified as one of the 1st grade schools and green schools in Guangdong, as well as the advanced education unit in Guangzhou. Currently, more than one thousand pupils are studying at the school. The amateur radio club of Tongfu Road No.1 Primary School was established in 2007, and serves as part of the school's daily activities. A team from this school won the national youngster's amateur radio contest in 2007.

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contacts
2. ARISS Contact with Mahopac Public Library
3. ARISS Contact with Koichi Wakata
4. 2008 Moscow ARISS International Meeting Minutes Posted
5. ARISS News on Amateur Radio Newsline

1. Upcoming School Contacts
Tongfu Road No. 1 Primary School in Guangzhou, Guangdong, P.R. China has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Thursday, June 11 at 08:24 UTC. The school is over 70 years old with an enrollment of over 1000 students. An amateur radio club was established at the school in 2007 and won the national youngster's amateur radio contest that same year. Elective courses on amateur radio, space technology and ARISS are offered to the students. Media coverage is planned with newspapers, television and the internet.