Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contacts
2. Successful ARISS Contact with Carine Primary School
3. ARISS International Team Meeting Held
4. Latest ARISSat News on AMSAT Web Site
5. ARRL Reports on ARISSat-1 Presentations at AMSAT Meeting
6. QST Covers ARISS

1. Upcoming School Contacts

Expedition 25 Flight Engineer Fyodor Yurchikhin closed and performed leak checks on the hatch between the International Space Station and the ISS Progress 37 cargo ship Friday, completing preparations for the craft’s undocking.

The Progress is scheduled to undock from the Pirs docking compartment Monday at 10:25 a.m. EDT. It will spend three weeks orbiting a safe distance from the station to enable Russian engineers to conduct technology experiments before being deorbited Nov. 15.

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contact
2. George Observatory Contact Successful
3. ARRL Article on ARISS Contacts
4. Amateur Radio Newsline Covers ARISS
5. ARISSat-1 Safety Review Held

1. Upcoming School Contact

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contact
2. IRSEA Contact Successful
3. ARISSat-1 Safety Review this Week
4. Challenger Learning Center Opens Ham Station
5. ARISS Facebook Page Status

1. Upcoming School Contact

After a two-day journey three new Expedition 25 crew members arrived at the International Space Station and docked to the Poisk module Saturday at 8:01 p.m. EDT. Flight Engineers Scott Kelly, Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan in the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft on Thursday at 7:10 p.m. They begin a 5-1/2 month stay that will see a landing in March 2011 back in Kazakhstan.

› View Soyuz TMA-01M docking video at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=19113025

The Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft is safely in orbit and carrying Flight Engineers Scott Kelly, Alexander Kaleri and Oleg Skripochka to the International Space Station. They launched Thursday at 7:10 p.m. EDT (Friday, Kazakhstan time) from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazkhstan. They will dock Saturday at 8:02 p.m. to the Poisk module and join Expedition 25 Commander Doug Wheelock and Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Fyodor Yurchikhin.

› View launch video at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=19058883

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka and Alexander Kaleri made final preparations for their launch Thursday aboard the Soyuz TMA-01M spacecraft to the International Space Station. Their two-day journey to the station will begin with a launch set for 7:10 p.m. EDT. NASA TV coverage of the launch will begin at 6:15 p.m.

› Watch the launch on NASA TV at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

[img]http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/160328main_201010050016hq.jpg[/img] Image above: Launch scaffolding is raised into place around the Soyuz rocket shortly after arrival to the launch pad Tuesday at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi The Soyuz spacecraft that will carry three new Expedition 25 flight engineers to the International Space Station was rolled out to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday.

Expedition 25 Commander Doug Wheelock and Flight Engineer Shannon Walker participated in experiments that study long-term exposure to microgravity’s effects on a crew member’s body. Wheelock collected biological samples for stowage inside the Human Research Facility – a science rack in the Destiny laboratory. Walker evaluated her diet and documented her sleep patterns to determine how the lack of an Earth-bound 24-hour cycle (circadian rhythm) affects crew performance.

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contact
2. ARISS Presentations to be Given at AMSAT Symposium
3. MAI-75 Experiment Activated
4. Astronaut Training Status
5. AMSAT Announces that ARISSat-1 is Ready to Ship
6. ARRL Covers ARISSat-1