A physics theory used to create cutting-edge "designer materials" doesn't work as scientists expect. A new experiment on the ISS could reveal why.

...Lately, it seems like every time I look out the window I see Canada. A few weeks ago it seemed that it was always the southern Andes Mountains and Tierra Del Fuego. While I have nothing against Canada or the Andes Mountains, I got to wondering why that is.....

The International Space Station Expedition 7 crew of Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA Science Officer Ed Lu began their third month aboard the Station this week, wrapping up a week that included a personal milestone and continued experiment work.

ISS Flight Director Bryan Lunney, in the Mission Control Center, joins hundreds of NASA employees at field centers across the country in wishing astronaut Edward T. Lu, Expedition 7 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, a happy birthday.

Expedition 7 Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA International Space Station Science Officer Ed Lu today wrapped up a busy week of station and science activities as they approached the end of their eighth week on the ISS.

Aboard the orbiting laboratory Wednesday, NASA ISS Science Officer Ed Lu conducted another session of the Investigating the Structure of Paramagnetic Aggregates from Colloidal Emulsions, or InSPACE, experiment in the International Space Station's Microgravity Science Glovebox.

On July 3 at 11:30 am CDT JSC will conduct the third test of Distant Learning outreach using Amateur Radio and the Internet to have children interview JSC professionals.

Sorry for the late word, but I just had this forwarded to me.

73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS mentors

CubeSat "XI",
was successfully launched by Russian rocket, "Rockot" with seven other satellites.

Beacon frequencies are
436.8475MHz for XI
436.8375MHz for CUTE (CubeSat of Tokyo Institute of Technology)

http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/nlab_gs/index.html

CanX-1 is an amateur satellite built by students at the University of Toronto, in Toronto, Canada. The satellite was launched this morning and we are expecting to receive a signal from it as it makes its first pass over our ground station. I would like to ask anyone interested to listen for its beacon and report back whether they can hear it.