Columbia Launches to Begin 16-Day Research Mission
STS-107 got under way today when Space Shuttle Columbia launched from
Kennedy Space Center, Fla., at 9:39 a.m. CST (1539 GMT). The seven-member
crew is slated to spend to 16 days in space conducting research during.....

Shuttle Managers Announce STS-107 Launch Time
Space Shuttle Program managers announced Wednesday morning that STS-107 is slated to lift off at 9:39 a.m. CST (1539 GMT) Thursday.

Space Shuttle Columbia and its seven-member crew will spend 16 days in space during a mission devoted to research.

This isn't a Shuttle-ISS Mission.

Mission info and images here

Expedition 6 Commander Ken Bowersox and NASA Science Officer Don Pettit
continued the assembly of the International Space Station today and set
the stage for a series of complex shuttle construction flights to the
complex later this year during a 6-hour, 51-minute spacewalk staged out
of the Quest Airlock.

From NASA Website:

Expedition Six's only scheduled spacewalk at the International Space Station came to a close at 1:41 p.m. CST (1941 GMT) Wednesday. During the excursion, which lasted 6 hours and 51 minutes, Commander Ken Bowersox and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit continued outfitting the station's P1 (P-One) Truss.

Mobile Amateur Radio Club announces Partnership with Gulf Coast Exploreum and Science Center

On Saturday, January 11, 2003 the Mobile Amateur Radio Club Board of Officers approved the project to join with the Gulf Coast Exploreum and Science Center to set up an Amateur radio station at the Exploreum in downtown Mobile, Alabama.

The club will begin work immediately to set up the station, to be fully functioning on Monday, January 20, 2003 at 10:00 AM.

Frank is answering to all the questions.

It is very nice have this possibility to talk directly to an ESA Astronauts in chat ;)

The event will finish at 15:00 UTC so GO here: www.esa.int/export/esaHS/ASESSTNW9SC_index_0.html

Internet chat with Frank De Winne

Today Wednesday Jan 15, 2003, from 13:00 to 15:00 UTC, ESA will host an Internet chat with Belgian ESA astronaut Frank De Winne....

Cape Cod National Seashore, Wellfleet, MA, Telebridge

Contact is 2003-01-18 17:02 UTC, telebridge via WH6PN

Field School Park Ridge, Illinois

Contact is 2003-01-23 14:37 UTC, telebridge via ZS6BTD

March 1 Shuttle Atlantis - ISS ULF1

Launch time: ??

Launch site: LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

May 23 Shuttle Endeavour - ISS 12A

Launch window: ???

Launch site: LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

April 26 Soyuz - ISS 6S

Launch time: ???

Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the Soyuz TMA spacecraft to the International Space Station that will serve as a lifeboat for the outpost's three-person resident crew.

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