NASA Managers decided just now to delay again the STS-113 launch, I think, due to bad weather over Spain emergency landing site. Launch is scheduled for tomorrow Nov. 24 maybe at 00:49 UTC. We will have better informations in a few hours.

LAUNCH: Nov. 23, 2002 - 01:15 UTC
DOCKING: Nov. 24, 2002 - 22:19 UTC
UNDOCKING: Dec. 1, 2002 - 20:10 UTC
LANDING: Dec. 3, 2002 - 20:07 UTC

Mission managers announced Wednesday night that Space Shuttle Endeavour's
robot arm can complete its objectives at the International Space Station
during STS-113. The arm was bruised....

Leonid Meteor Shower:
Shuttle Dates:
New ISS crew:
Peggy Whitson KC5ZTD on voice:

By Miles Mann WF1F,
MAREX-NA (Manned Amateur Radio Experiment, North American Division)

We have received an audio file about a contact between Valery and our member Jimmy Herrera, XE2MZS on November 13 at 06:03 UTC.
The conversation regarding the incoming Leonid meteor storm was prepared in MP3 and Realaudio files and you can find them here: Audio Files from Space

ANDE stands for Atmospheric Neutral Drag Experiment and is a 19" sphere with optical corner reflectors for precise orbit determination. The Naval Academy is building the Telemetry and command/communications payload for ANDE similar to what it is flying on the PCsat mission as both a means to transmit spacecraft Telemetry to the ground and to augment the interest of students worldwide by letting them capture telemetry and communicate via the satellite.
It has no solar power, so when the 7000 Watt Hours of batteries (112 Lithiums) die then it too will die (+- 700 days)

NASA Science News for November 18, 2002

With millions of people watching, the International Space Station will glide over North America during the 2002 Leonid meteor storm.

During last night I have seen two times a problem into the PMS System. I sent an e- mail message to Miles about it and I am trying several command to solve the situation when it will occur.
This night the PMS was unblocked succesfully two times after a series of command. Only a case ?
This is the MAREX-NA ISS Amateur Radio Status with an explanation about the "Message 33 bug".

Claudio IK1SLD

Space Shuttle Endeavour to Launch No Earlier Than Nov. 22
The 16th shuttle flight to the International Space Station, STS-113, is
now slated to launch no earlier than Nov. 22 between 6 and 10 p.m. CST
(0000 and 0400 GMT Nov. 23). Friday's decision was made due to launch
conflicts in the Eastern Range.

The Expedition 5 crewmembers - Commander Valery Korzun, NASA ISS Science Officer Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Sergei Treschev - spent their 23rd week in space continuing preparations for the arrival of their replacements, the Expedition 6 crew.