A t least one operator has reported hearing a beep beep while the station was passing overhead on 145.800 MHz.

This is more than likely the Russian ET Shadow experiment being carried out. I have not had any updates regards this for some years now, but there is still plenty of information online about it, and it would seem things are still transpiring forward, although at a slower pace than would be desired.

Head of to your fav search engine and do a search for ET Shadow, have a read.

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contact
2. Astronaut Doug Wheelock Chats with New York Students
3. ARISS International Team Meeting Held
4. MAI-75 Experiment to be Activated
5. Amateur Radio Newsline Covers ARISS Activities

God Speed to ISS Expedition 25

QSO - 26SEP10 2230 UTC
Pacific Northwest - CN85ON
International Space Station - Expedition 25

I got to pass along "Good Wishes" from a buddy of Col Wheelock's. They flew helicopters when Col Wheelock was a 1LT. What a pleasure it was to complete this email request in a timely manner!

[youtube]BFGEqY_ezhM[/youtube]

Check out the video, and other ISS QSO videos, in high definition on my YouTube Channel - USNERDOC:
[url]http://www.youtube.com/user/USNERDOC/[/url]

ISS Expedition 25

NASA Astronauts:
• Doug Wheelock, Expedition 25 Commander

Three departing Expedition 24 crew members will spend at least another day on the International Space Station following an unsuccessful attempt to undock their Soyuz spacecraft overnight.

Expedition 24 Commander Alexander Skvortsov and Flight Engineers Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Mikhail Kornienko made final preparations Wednesday for their departure from the International Space Station and their return home.

They are set to depart the station aboard their Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft Thursday with hatch closure scheduled for 6:20 p.m. EDT, undocking at 9:35 p.m. and landing in the steppes of Kazakhstan at about 12:55 a.m. Friday.

Expedition 24 Commander Alexander Skvortsov and Flight Engineers Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Mikhail Kornienko spent Monday preparing for their departure Thursday from the International Space Station. They packed items to be returned to Earth in their Soyuz TMA-18 spacecraft, reviewed deorbit and landing procedures and checked out their Sokol launch and entry suits.

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contact
2. Astronaut Shannon Walker Radios Australian Students
3. Utah Scouts Celebrate Centennial with ARISS Contact
4. MAI-75 Experiment Activated
5. Astronaut Training Status
6. Video of ARISS - Norwegian Museum Contact
7. QST Covers ARISS Activities

After taking part in Thursday’s daily planning conference with flight control teams on Earth and performing some routine morning inspections, the Expedition 24 crew members worked on a variety of science experiments.

Commander Alexander Skvortsov and Flight Engineer Mikhail Kornienko worked with the Russian KASKAD (Cascade) experiment that investigates cultivation processes of microorganism, animal and human cells in microgravity.

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contacts
2. ARISS Contact with Norwegian Museum
3. SSTV to be Activated on ISS
4. Astronaut Training Status
5. Amateur Radio Newsline Covers ARISS
6. ARRL Article on ARISS School
7. Article on General Contact with Doug Wheelock

Remember the happy birthday song from space? Doug Wheelock did it again! As he has promised he took a picture of the Iberian peninsula and sent it down on twitpic mentioning his Ham Radio Friends in Spain and Portugal.

A view of the Iberian Peninsula, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Mediterranean, and northern Africa . A special ‘shout out’ to my Ham Radio friends in Spain and Portugal: Fabiano, Paolo and Marco! Looks like a splendid summer afternoon, I am looking forward to our next contact. My very best wishes…