As the station prepares for the arrival of Discovery , the flight mode has now been changed.

Latest images of ISS over the UK have been posted here:

http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/satcom_transits/March2005.html

with a larger format video at :

http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/satcom_transits/jul10light.wmv

Regards,

John

As the launch date of the Space Shuttle's Return to Flight fast approaches, the crew of Expedition 11 continues to conduct experiments, prepare hardware for return to Earth and document the progress of Hurricane Dennis. Meanwhile, controllers on the ground coordinated a second reboost to increase the Station's altitude for Space Shuttle Discovery's upcoming rendezvous.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

From ARISS website:
As part of an educational outreach program, students at the United States Naval Academy, in collaboration with the DOD and ARISS, and under the direction of Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, designed and developed PCSAT2. This payload will be carried on a Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE5) on a Passive Experiment Container (PEC).

From ARISS website:
John Phillips, KE5DRY, and Sergei Krikalev, U5MIR, both participated in Field Day on June 25 - 26. John made 25 contacts, and although Sergei's report has not yet been submitted, he did make at least four contacts from Brazil, Thailand, S. Africa and the U.S.

http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm

The next astronaut crew of the space shuttle Discovery arrived at their launch site today, flying in under a cloudy sky but looking forward to a July 13 space shot that NASA hopes will be the first orbiter launch since the Columbia disaster.

After a light duty three-day holiday weekend, the International Space Station Expedition 11 crew returned to work for a short, but intense
week of science experiments, spacesuit preparations and packing for the upcoming Space Shuttle mission.

During a countdown status briefing this morning at Kennedy Space Center, NASA Test Director Jeff Spaulding and STS-114 Payload Manager Scott Higginbotham announced they are go for launch. Launch Weather Officer Kathy Winters expects a 30% chance that weather may prevent launch on Wednesday. In the event of a delay, the forecast is slightly less promising, with the chance of weather violating launch constraints rising to 40% on Thursday and Friday.

The countdown for NASA's Return to Flight launch of Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-114) starts at 6 p.m. EDT, July 10. Discovery's crew will test new equipment and procedures to increase Shuttle safety, deliver spare parts and supplies to the International Space Station.