Further to Gerry's comment about the simultaneous transit of ISS across the sun and Venus , as one of the contributors to the Spaceweather.com feature , I would like to add that we are looking for help to capture the magic moment.

Despite our efforts it seems that there will be no professional film crews on centre line to capture this unique event.

Should any fan club members be lucky enough to be under the predicted track of ISS , and manage to capture images ( Care re solar viewing precautions ).......please let me know immediately at.... john@satcom.freeserve.co.uk

Many thanks,

John

SPACE STATION TRANSIT: Astronomers like to point out that no one alive today has seen Venus transit the Sun. It's a rare event. True. But something rarer still is about to happen. On June 8th, Venus and a spaceship will cross the Sun at the same time. No one has ever seen that!

Observers located along the thin black line can see the ISS and Venus cross the Sun at the same time on June 8th.

The International Space Station (ISS) will cross the Sun four times during the 6+ hour transit of Venus. Traveling 17,000 mph, the ISS races across the solar disk in a split second, and it can only be seen from inside a narrow corridor only about one mile wide. Four of these corridors will criss-cross Europe, Africa and Asia on June 8th.

For more information check www.spaceweather.com
Many Tnx to Spaceweather.com for info
Gerry, VE6GP

Nasa TV is now available on Direct TV Channel 376

I am in South Central Wisconsin so this info might not be accurate for the intire Direct TV network.

I have monitored both the Direct TV feed and the NASA Bird feed and they are doing a direct feed off of the bird.

HAPPY VIEWING

73's de N9OEW

Progress M-49, launched from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, safely docked with the ISS at 13.55 GMT.

Other than ordinary food, water, fuel and other scientific gear the spacecraft carried DVD's for the ISS Commander Gennady Padalka.

By Charlie Sufana, AJ9N:

Hi all,

Mike Fincke KE5AIT on board the ISS had a very successful contact with the Erie Planetarium this afternoon at approximately 2004-05-25 18:01 UTC. There were 18 questions asked before Mike went over the horizon from telebridge station VK5ZAI. As you may be aware, Mike is a pretty new ham and did an outstanding job with the students at Erie. At Erie, Jim Gavio (Planetarium Director)
was assisted by Ron N3BXL, Paul N3UMM, Jim WW3S, and Jim KB3IXG.

An unmanned Russian Progress resupply ship blasted off today from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver 2½ tons of food, water, fuel and supplies to the residents of the International Space Station.

As the Station flew over the heart of Africa, the ISS Progress 14 craft lifted off its Central Asian launch pad right on time at 8:34 a.m. EDT (1234 GMT), and less than 10 minutes later, settled into orbit and deployed its solar arrays and navigational antennas.

Fresh from six months in orbit, astronaut Mike Foale and cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri, two of the world's most experienced space fliers, are available Thursday to discuss their experiences live on NASA TV.

Foale and Kaleri are available Thursday for media interviews from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. EDT.

Testerday, May 25th, the International Space Station was flanked by two Russian Progress rockets. Progress 13, filled with trash to be burned in Earth's atmosphere, has just undocked from the ISS and it's pulling away from the space station. Meanwhile, Progress 14, carrying supplies from Earth, is chasing the ISS. Docking will occur on May 27th.

You might be able to see all three spaceships if the ISS flies over your hometown in the days ahead.
Visit http://www.spaceweather.com for more info.

Tnx to SpaceWeather. com. Gerry, VE6GP

From the SAREX mailing List:The ARISS team is pleased to announce Expedition 9's first school contact. International Space Station astronaut Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, will talk to students at the Erie Planetarium in Erie, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, 25 May.
The contact is scheduled to begin about 1801 UTC or 2:01 Eastern Daylight Time. The space station crew will be using the callsign NA1SS.

Based on NASA iss status report SS04-009 issued May 14th 2004:

The ISS Space Station Crew has been busy during preparations for the next spacewalk scheduled on June 10.