From the press office of Roscosmos:

Alexander Samokutiaev, flight engineer of the International Space Station’s expedition 28, informed about the planning for the upcoming Russian EVA in his blog in Roscosmos web.

According to Russian cosmonaut, the EVA is slated for August, pending the launch of the shuttle scheduled for July 8.

Alexander will work outside the ISS with his colleague Sergey Volkov. The cosmonauts are to perform several ISS RS refurbishing tasks, as well as to launch small satellite Kedr.

The International Space Station’s orbit was raised Friday after the docked ISS Progress 43 cargo craft fired its engines for 30 minutes. The reboost was the second of two this week and places the station at the correct altitude for space shuttle Atlantis’ scheduled docking on July 10. The shuttle program’s final mission, STS-135, is officially set for launch on July 8 at 11:26 a.m. EDT.

Topics in this report
1. Upcoming School Contact
2. Japanese Contact Successful
3. ARISS International Team Teleconference Held
4. News of U.S. ARISS Proposal Process Distributed
5. Astronaut Training Status
6. ARISS Items in ARRL Letter
7. AMSAT Covers ARISS Proposal

1. Upcoming School Contact

LU 5DFO saw the iss again over la plata city,before sunrise, tue 2011-07-05, from 10,34 to 10,40 ours utc, altitude 394 km, minimum distance 814 km, mag. -1.9, with clear sky.