In Vol. 22, No. 08, February 21, 2003
The ARRL Letter and The American Radio Relay League report that pupils at an elementary school in Japan have been the first youngsters to speak to the astronauts aboard the International Space Station since the
shuttle Columbia tragedy. The contact took place February 18 between
8N3HES at the Hirano Elementary School and astronaut Don Pettit, KD5MDT,
at the controls of NA1SS. The direct 2-meter contact was arranged by the
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program, which
has been on hold since the shuttle catastrophe.

Submitted by Arthur - N1ORC

NASA scientists are continuing to assess the status of the data received by the experiments onboard Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) during its final mission. Columbia carried more than 80 experiments, science, commercial and student, on a 16-day mission devoted to research, entrepreneurship and education.

Yep, major command station got snowed in with 28 inches of snow over the long weekend with all the roads closed. Result is we didnt get to send the CLEAR-72-HOUR-TIMER command and so 72 hours after the last time it was accessed by a comand station, it reset both TNC's. Thus, we lost the BBS.

In about an hour, I will have a pass and can restore the BBS.

PSCAT is in full sun and has plenty of power. She is open to experimentation.

de WB4APR, Bob

Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL, reports PCSAT now to be opened only for SYSOP:

*** CONNECTED to MAIL-1

[KPC9612P-8.4-HM$]

69440 BYTES AVAILABLE

THERE ARE NO MESSAGES

SYSOP use only. Tnx.

ENTER COMMAND: B,J,K,L,R,S, or Help >

NASA today released the top level requirements for the Orbital Space Plane (OSP), a next generation system of space vehicles designed to provide a crew rescue and crew transport capability to and from the International Space Station.

Hirano Elementary School, Kobe, Japan direct via 8N3HES

Tue 2003-02-18 07:59 UTC

Contact was successful. Congrats to Hirano Elementary and Don Pettit KD5MDT

Oregon State University

Option #1 Fri 2003-02-21 20:36 UTC telebridge via NN1SS

Krueger School of Applied Technology, San Antonio, Texas

Fri 2003-02-28 19:40 UTC

The ARRL Letter from the The American Radio Relay League reports that ARISS chair begs patience regarding RS0ISS packet system.....

The ARRL Letter from The American Radio Relay League reports that the members of the all-ham crew onboard the International Space Station said this week that while they grieve the loss of the shuttle Columbia crew, human space exploration must continue and they're ready to spend up to a year in space if necessary. The ISS crew made its first public comments since the February 1 shuttle disaster in two news conferences this week.

PCsat has enough sun to make it through eclipse and is fully operational. This should last about 3 weeks.

Submitted by Arthur - N1ORC

Science operations continue on the International Space Station. Basic and applied research is being conducted in biology, physics, chemistry, ecology, medicine, materials science, manufacturing and the long-term effects of space flight on humans.