Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contact
2. Flabob Airport Students Speak with ISS Astronaut Don Pettit
3. New Proposal Cycle for ARISS-US Contacts
4. ARISS-International Meeting Held
5. AMSAT News Service on ARISS

1. Upcoming School Contact

Owen Garriott, W5LFL and mission STS-9

An old video of astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL and mission STS-9 made by the ARRL, has been released on the MrQRZDx channel on youtube, telling the story of Owen Garriott, W5LFL when he was on board the space shuttle mission STS-9 in 1983.

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contact
2. Astronaut Don Pettit Radios Ecuadorian School
3. Iruma Contact Successful
4. Amateur Radio Newsline Covers ARISS
5. AMSAT News Service on ARISS

1. Upcoming School Contact

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants Troop 2nd & 3rd Iruma Group, Saitama Scout Council Scout Association Of Japan, Iruma, Japan on 14 April.

On April 6, Amateur Radio Newsline report #1808 included a story about the sessions that will be held at Dayton Hamvention to recruit ARISS mentors. The article, “Ham Radio in Space: ARISS Mentor Introduction at Dayton 2012” may be found at: http://www.arnewsline.org/storage/scripts/nsln1808.txt

On Tuesday, April 3, St. Anthony's Parish Primary School in Canberra, Australia established an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with Dan Burbank, KC5ZSX on the ISS via Australian telebridge station VK5ZAI. The contact was integrated into the school space curriculum. In addition to the contact, students participated in hands-on activities such as creating space-related posters and designing their own space stations.

Two US rocket companies are readying the first private space missions to the International Space Station (ISS).

SpaceX and Orbital both have multi-billion dollar Nasa contracts to supply cargo to the station, filling the void left by the retirement last year of the space shuttle.

WASHINGTON -- NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) with space shuttle Discovery mounted atop will fly approximately 1,500 feet above various parts of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area on Tuesday, April 17.

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contacts
2. Australian Students Radio ISS
3. Astronaut Training Status
4. Amateur Radio Newsline Covers ARISS

1. Upcoming School Contacts

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contact
2. California Students Contact ISS Astronaut
3. Amateur Radio Newsline Covers ARISS
4. AMSAT News Service on ARISS

1. Upcoming School Contact