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

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!

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Check out the video, and other ISS QSO videos, in high definition on my YouTube Channel - USNERDOC:
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ISS Expedition 25

NASA Astronauts:
• Doug Wheelock, Expedition 25 Commander