Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contacts
2. Nippon Boy Scouts Experience ARISS Contact
3. ARISS Contact Held During NASM Space Day Event
4. Russian Contacts Successful
5. MAI-75 Experiments Planned
6. Astronaut Training Status
7. ARISS Delegate Talk Includes ARISS
8. ARRL Article on IARU Exhibition

1. Upcoming School Contacts
Komoro Higashi Junior High School in Komoro, Nagano, Japan has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Friday, May 14 at 11:16 UTC. The students have become especially interested in space due to Koichi Wakata, the first long term Japanese astronaut on the ISS. Many children chose to take a space themed course under their general education requirement. As part of their studies, they visited Nobeyama Radio Observatory and worked on radio kits. A JAXA representative visited the school and gave a presentation on space and the ISS. Through these activities, students enhanced their knowledge of space, the ISS and communication using ham radio.

The ISS Progress 36 cargo ship undocked from the aft end of the Zvezda service module at 7:16 a.m. EDT Monday and fired its thrusters to move to a safe distance away from the International Space Station. Russian engineers will conduct systems tests with the craft until it is deorbited around July 1.

The six-member Expedition 23 crew observed the Russian Victory Day holiday with an off-duty day Friday. The three Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station are Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineers Alexander Skvortsov and Mikhail Kornienko.

The Soyuz TMA-17 will undock from the Zarya module's Earth-facing port on Wednesday. With Kotov at the controls, alongside fellow crew members Flight Engineers T.J. Creamer and Soichi Noguchi, the TMA-17 will redock to Zvezda's free aft end port. Zarya's port will then be available for the new Rassvet.