Submitted by Arthur - N1ORC

Today, the crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station will bid each other a final farewell and shortly after will close hatches between the two spacecraft in preparation for Endeavour's departure this afternoon.

STS-113 Space Shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to undock the International Space Station today Dec. 2, 2002 at 20:05 UTC.

Submitted by Arthur - N1ORC
The crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station today got ready to say goodbye to one another, checking out tools that will be used during undocking of the two spacecraft on Monday. They also configured and stowed spacesuits used in the mission's three spacewalks.

During latest 12 hours we had the real time map server down. Probably due to a problem near our provider. Now all seems solved and the server is operative as always and keplers about ISS orbit are updated after yesterday's reboost. The jet firings (45 minutes) increased the station's total altitude by about 6 ¼ miles.

The ISS FanClub Staff

Submitted by Arthur - N1ORC
With most of their mission objectives successfully completed, the crews
of Endeavour and the International Space Station will enjoy some
scheduled time off during their last full day of joint operations.....

I heard Valery on two passes 12/01/02 UTC Orbits 67,119 and 67,120 in grid FN42. I was able to have a short QSO. Valery as usual completed many QSO's during these passes. He sounded tired and reported they had just finished EVA activity.

Glenn - KB1GUE

I would like to propose that Col. Valery Korzun be appointed as the Official Ambassador for Manned Space Amateur Radio Operations for his continued support in the Space Amateur Radio Program.

From the days of MIR to the current ISS, Valery has been a key to keeping Amateur Radio alive in space.

I salute you Col. Korzun!

DOSVIDANIYA Harry KC5TRB

Submitted by Arthur - N1ORC

Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas
The third and final spacewalk of STS-113 ended at 8:25 p.m. central time today, as Mission Specialists Mike Lopez-Alegria and John Herrington climbed back inside the Quest Airlock.

Commander Korzun was heard making several contacts on voice during the 00:12 UTC pass over North America on December 01. Contacts are believed to have been made between RS0ISS and K7MT, N9MYC, KC0NSZ and possibly WF1F right at Loss Of Signal for Houston, TX.

Congratulations to those and others!

73,

Kenneth - N5VHO

Hello ISS Fans, this message is for announce you with great pleasure that Cdr. Valery Korzun and the Crew of Expedition Five sent us a very special photo with their greetings before to come back to Earth.

Valery greets all Amateur Radio Operators and he thanks for these very nice contacts during the six months in Space.

You can find and download this special image here on ISS FanClub Portal.

We hope soon to listen Valery, Peggy and Sergei from the Planet Earth.

The ISS FanClub Staff