Archive - 2002 - Story
December 30th
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule - 2002-12-30
World Scout Jamboree 2003, Sattahip, Thailand, Direct via E20AJ
Contact Tuesday 2002-12-31 07:27 UTC
Don Pettit is the scheduled astronaut.
Good luck Scouts and Don!
December 29th
How to submit news to the IFC website
Hello Fans!
The main goal of our community is to report news to each other so we encourage you to post as much news as you can.
Reporting a news is very simple and does not require any particular skill.
Fourth Chinese space mission takes off
After three successful missions, the fourth Shenzhou took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest Gansu province.
This launch is considered the last before manned operations.
Will they be active on Amateur Radio? I dont think so... I am afraid there will never be any Shenzhou Fan Club.
Here you can find good coverage of the event.
December 27th
ISS Status Report - Dec. 27, 2002
International Space Station Expedition 6 crewmembers, Commander Ken
Bowersox, Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin, and NASA ISS Science Officer
Don Pettit, began their second month aboard the orbiting laboratory on
Christmas Day.
December 26th
IAA List and Processing Status
Thanks to Alain IZ6BYY we have available a module showing the ISS Achievement Award Listing and Processing.
Now you can see if we have received your IAA request and the processing status too.
Have you sent your IAA request ?Run here to see !!
The ISS FanClub Staff
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule - 2002-12-26
The ARISS (a joint effort of AMSAT, the ARRL, NASA, the ARISS international partners including Canada, Russia, the European Partners, and Japan) operations team wishes to announce the following very tentative schedule for ARISS school contacts. This schedule is very fluid and may change at the last minute.
December 25th
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule - 2002-12-24
The ARISS (a joint effort of AMSAT, the ARRL, NASA, the ARISS international partners including Canada, Russia, the European Partners, and Japan) operations team wishes to announce the following very tentative schedule for ARISS school contacts. This schedule is very fluid and may change at the last minute.
astronomical telescope mounted on ISS
The ISS-AT is an astronomical telescope mounted on the International Space Station,
and operated by amateur astronomers for the education and benefit of the world's citizens.
December 24th
ISS crewmember illness not too serious
Nasa sources relveals that the onboard Illness that caused EVA delay is not too serious and that the EVA will be eventually rescheduled in January.
Spaceref has an article about this story.
Why does NORAD Track Santa ?
From www.noradsanta.org
This year's Santa tracking program is the 45th conducted by NORAD. NORAD's predecessor, Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD), also situated in Colorado Springs, started the tradition after a Colorado Springs store's advertisement for children.....
Click here to see Santa position in real time