Archive - Mar 2003 - Story
March 29th
EXP 6 ISS STATUS REPORT #03-13
Submitted by Arthur - N1ORC
Expedition 6 crewmembers are finishing their 18th week on the International Space Station, preparing for a second spacewalk and for their return to Earth in a Russian spacecraft in May.
March 27th
Packet Radio aboard ISS: think about the future
Since MIR times I have always been obsessed by the fact that more than 90% of the bandwidth available is lost.
Is a 1200bps AX25 system what we really need?
March 26th
NA1SS on Voice over America
Hello just received several e-mails about Don Pettit activity over America:
This morning, at 0842 UTC with only 2 g elevation I contact whith Donald Pettit in voice (26-March-2003). My contact in: http://www.qsl.net/xe2arf
xe2arf Fernando in DL82uv (Aguascalientes Mexico) IFC # 175 MFC # 222
March 24th
issfanclub.com under attack
Dear Fans,
today somebody managed to hack our website using some security bug published everywhere.
We use to update and mantain this website as a hobby during spare time. Who hacks into this site have probably more spare time than us.
Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience
The IFC staff
March 17th
AURORA WARNING
AURORA WARNING: Geomagnetic activity has increased to G2-levels today. Sky watchers in places like New Zealand, southern Australia, Alaska, Canada and northern US states.....
March 16th
Exp 6 Activities #03-11
ISS Crew Works With Radiation Experiment
Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox, Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit began their 15th week Monday aboard the International Space Station.
March 15th
73 from Dirk De Winne ON1DWN
Would'nt it be strange to met an astronaut
somewhere on the street ?? And to say hello and to shake hands just that simple ? i did it .........
The International Space Station Exp. Seven crew
The International Space Station Expedition Seven crew will be launched in a Soyuz capsule from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, no earlier than April 26, 2003. The crew will dock with the Space Station two days later.
March 11th
2 ISS Contacts in one day
It was an Amateur Radio two-for-one special March 7 when International Space Station Science Officer Don Pettit, KD5MDT, spoke with students at technology-oriented schools in Italy and in Texas.
For some Pictures Associated with the story go to following address.
March 10th
New Version UISS 3.3
New Version UISS v3.3 released on February 28th 2003
What's New in UISS Version 3.3