an ISS contact to school has been planned with participants at Taipei Municipal Ximen Elementary School, Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C on 21 Dec..

The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:49 UTC.

The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and BN0SM. The contact should be audible over Taiwan and adjacent areas.

Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.800 MHz

The contact is expected to be conducted in English.

73 de IW2BSF - Rudy

SOYUZ ARRIVED! Docking occurred at 08:39 UTC on Tuesday, December 19th.

With the return of Paul with the Soyuz MS-05 and now with the arrival of the Soyuz MS-07 we have on board

Anton Nikolaevič Škaplerov, (a military and third Russian commander of Soyuz) Norishige Kanai (40 years old doctor and Japanese) and Scott Tingle (former pilot of the American navy) belonging to the new Crew # 54.

Soyuz MS-07, is the 136th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft!