Hello All,

The countries which take part in the ISS project will invest less money for the space station.
In the future fewer crew members will go to the space station, also less scientific expiriments shall be carried out.
The nasa wants to invest more money into projects such as mars and the moon.
In the year 2010 America takes all space shuttles out off service, uptill 2010 the nasa will bring new modules to the space station.
73's Cor PD0RKC

The weather in the UK has not been very good of late.As a result , the recent visible passes made by the station have been clouded out.However I did manage to record a couple of fleeting glimpses a few days ago .

The videos can be found here :
http://www.satcom.freeserve.co.uk/one.htm

Most of the main components of the complex can be seen.

Regards,

John.

I received intermiteing Packet tones in Lower alabama usa on July 21 04 between 2142-2151(utc).Antenna used omni-discone with swr 1:5.J-trak close approach at less than 450 miles. 73,wpzz463

NASA Television will improve coverage to viewers in Alaska and Hawaii as well as the continental United States when it switches its signal from one satellite to two different ones.

The test today was the first on a complete Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) that will be used on the Return to Flight mission. The engine will be shipped to NASA's Kennedy Space Center for installation on the Space Shuttle Discovery.

Mike Fincke was active over Europe today 18 July 2004 engaging various conversations with Radio Amateurs over Europe.

Good news, I just had a short QSO with Mike, NA1SS. This morning (July 04,2004) at 12:57utc after hearing his CQ I gave him a call and he came right back. He had a nice signal on allmost the full pass. I heard him say he had such a good time during Field Day he plans to get on more as time permits. The equiptment I used for this contact was a Kenwood TM-701a about 20watts to a 2m Vertical up about 20 feet. The Frequency was 144.490mhz. up and 145.800 down.
73, Gerry VE6GP

The two space-age electricians completed the primary task -- installing a new circuit breaker to restore power to one of four gyroscopes that help orient the complex -- an hour ahead of schedule. Mission Control confirmed the gyroscope had power and appeared to be operating well a few minutes later. It is expected to be restored to full operation, assisting in controlling the Station's orientation, as early as Thursday afternoon.

Astronaut Leroy Chiao on June 9 passed his exam receiving his new callsign KE5BRW.
Leroy will be the Expedition 10 Commander scheduled to launch in October 2004.
No other news about the Russian Flight Engineer Salizhan Shairpov. We hope he will take his callsign before flight.

I was delighted to hear Mike Fincke on 145.800 on Sunday, here in Cottonwood, Az. during the 9:00 AM pass. The signal was loud and clear, but I had not prepared the radio for split operation yet as I was preparing for the 10:30 pass!
I was not able to talk, but enjoyed hearing him with the other stations!

Mike K7NRA