Archive - Jan 2004 - Story
January 6th
ISS might have a leak
Since monday the internal atmosphere pressure slowly went down.
The total loss is now about 9 millimiters of mercury.
Russian and US flight control teams are investigating the possible cause of this problem.
Full coverage of on local6.com
January 5th
Roy Neal Special Event Certificate
How to obtain the Roy Neal Special Event Certificate
ISS update from Frank Bauer
All,
I have been sifting through the many e-mails I have received over the past few days regarding ISS ops. I will attempt to clarify some of the observations many of you have made as well as some of what has been seen from the ISS Ham radio system since about a week ago....
January 3rd
In Space Soldering Investigation
Many of the methods used to build and repair equipment on Earth must now be adapted for space. International Space Station crews have tools for making small repairs, but little research has been conducted on the best ways to manufacture and repair equipment in space.
ATV: the most powerful space tug ever built
10 December 2003
Last year, when NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe visited the bus-sized cylindrical ATV spacecraft model during crucial tests at ESA's test facilities in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, one of his main questions was to know how big the European cargo ship was compared to the Apollo spaceship used to reach the Moon in the 1960s and 70s.
Iss Commander gets on the Air with new Ham Gear
The ARRL Letter and The American Radio Relay League report that Astronaut Mike Foale, KB5UAC, fired up the new Phase 2 Amateur Radio on
the International Space Station (ARISS) equipment December 21 to make a
number of 2-meter contacts with amateurs around the world. The Expedition
8 commander completed QSOs with amateurs in Australia, Europe and North
America from 1100 to approximately 1700 UTC.
January 2nd
School contact January 2 2004 1400 UTC
The next school contact by International Space Station (ISS) astronauts is scheduled to take place Friday, January 2, 2004 at approximately 1400 UTC with students at the Gilmour Academy in Gates Mills, Ohio, USA. The connection will be direct via amateur radio with the space station side of the contact possibly audible to citizens of the United States and Canada near the Ohio region.