STS-107 Countdown Begins

The STS-107 launch countdown began Sunday night at Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Space Shuttle Columbia is scheduled to begin the 16-day scientific mission with a liftoff between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. CST (1500 and 1900 GMT) Thursday. Also, the seven-member STS-107 flight crew arrived at KSC Sunday night

Expedition Six Crewmembers to Take Stroll Wednesday

The Expedition Six crew will continue the outfitting of the International Space Station's newest component, the P1 (P-One) Truss during a spacewalk on Wednesday. Commander Ken Bowersox and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit are slated to begin the 6.5-hour extravehicular activity about 6:30 a.m. CST (1230 GMT) Wednesday. NASA TV will provide live coverage of the spacewalk, beginning at 5 a.m. CST (1100 GMT).

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NASA Science News for January 10, 2003

Science@NASA presents a review of the IMAX movie Space Station 3D. It's the next best thing to genuine space flight.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/10jan_imax.htm?list98377

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Students at the Immaculate Conception Elementary School in Brest, France, spoke January 8 via Amateur Radio with US astronaut Don Pettit, KD5MDT. A member of the Expedition 6 crew, Pettit is the chief science officer on board the International Space Station. The contact was arranged by the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program.

Preparations continue in orbit for the 50th spacewalk dedicated to
assembly and maintenance of the International Space Station. Commander
Ken Bowersox and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit are scheduled to
step outside Wednesday about 6:30 a.m. CST.

New Version UISS v3.2 released on December 6th 2002

This program has been designed for easy packet communication with ISS (International Space Station), PCSat or 'compatible' satellites...

UISS software By ON1DHT

http://users.skynet.be/on1dht/uiss.htm

Launch

Feb. 2 Soyuz - Progress 10P

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the tenth Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station.

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Hello Fans, we have upgraded the page about the Members and Countries.

Now ISS FanClub counts 860 Registered Members from 55 Countries.

USA are counting the highest number of Fans with 433, follows Italy with 59, Canada 34 and England 26.

You can find this graph at Statistics Jan. 10, 2003

IK1SLD for the ISS FanClub Staff

Mattie (KD7SDF, IFC#897) has just passed her general licence exam!

This very remarkable achievement probably makes her the youngest general class licence holder ever (just 6 years old).

Ecole Immaculle Conception, Brest, France, Direct

2003-01-08 07:37 UTC

Contact was successful. (***)

Congratulations Don and Ecole Immaculle Conception!

Sacajawea Middle School, Montana Direct

2003-01-08 15:19 UTC

No MSNBC.com coverage is expected.