Archive - Apr 29, 2003 - Story
New Two-Ham ISS Crew Makes Human Spaceflight History
There are five Amateur Radio operators aboard the International Space Station this week. The Expedition 6 crew of Commander Ken Bowersox, KD5JBP, NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit, KD5MDT, and Nikolai Budarin, RV3FB, today welcomed Expedition 7 crew members Commander Yuri Malenchenko, RK3DUP, and Ed Lu, KC5WKJ.
IK1SLD – Tue, 2003 – 04 – 29 12:12
ISS STATUS REPORT #03-19
Submitted by Arthur – N1ORC
Malenchenko, Budarin and Bowersox will have a Soyuz descent and landing training session Wednesday to fine tune techniques Budarin will use on Saturday as he commands the return craft for its trip back to Earth. Bowersox, Budarin and Pettit will undock from the complex at 5:40 p.m. CDT May 3 en route to a landing in Kazakhstan at 9:03 p.m. that day.
N1ORC – Tue, 2003 – 04 – 29 08:46