Valery, sending me a message this afternoon, confirmed about a problem with the PMS during last week. The Commander re-powered the TNC and all seems ok.
Several messages are stored since this morning on the PMS.

Just 5 minutes ago (Oct. 22, 2002 at 07:35 UTC) I worked ISS Packet System succesfully. Frequency is 145.825 MHz Simplex. Pass was only 5 degrees for my station but a good signal permitted me to send a message to Valery confirming that all is OK. This is a list of message received during this contact. Latest message was on October 15, 2002.

We have received a message from Scott, WA6LIE saying: '...ISS is back on packet! Is using 145.825 simplex. No more West Coast passes for the day.

73, Scott '

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During next hours we will have passes over Europe and we hope to receive packet too.

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As posted earlier, im working on a 100% automatic monitoring and web page posting system...Its fun and as with any Ham Radio project it should also be rewarding...

Cosmonaut Nikolai Rukavishnikov, who encountered hair-raising problems on two of his three space missions for the Soviet Union, died Saturday of a heart attack, Russian media reported. He was 70.

When Chief Umpire Jerry Crawford calls for the traditional ceremonial first pitch in the first game of the World Series Saturday, the ball will "virtually" travel more than 240 miles, all the way from the International Space Station (ISS) to Anaheim, Calif.

I have received a message from ISS Commander Valery Korzun about the Hamradio Station Status during last week. The Packet Radio silence is continuing to being unknown. In the Valery's message there isn't a reference to the packet system.

After Space Shuttle STS-112 landing we have prepared some images about this event. Here is an example.
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Space Shuttle Atlantis glided to a noontime landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida completing a 4.5 million mile journey to outfit the International Space Station with a new section of truss and supplies for the Expedition crew onboard.

Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-112 touched down at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, ending an International Space Station assembly mission. Landing occurred at 10:44 a.m. CDT (1544 GMT), ending the mission at the 11-day, 19-hour, 58-minute mark.