Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contact
2. Rome Contact Successful
3. ARISS Sets New Events Record
4. ARISS International Teleconference Held
5. Amateur Radio Newsline on ARISS
6. ARRL QST Covers ARISS News

1. Upcoming School Contact

The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft that will carry new Expedition 30 Flight Engineers Oleg Kononenko, Don Pettit and Andre Kuipers into space rolled out to the launch pad Monday at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch is scheduled for Wednesday at 8:16 a.m. EST, with NASA TV coverage beginning at 7:30 a.m. The Soyuz will dock to the International Space Station Friday morning.

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

Topics in this report:
1. Kobe, Japan Contact Successful
2. New Proposal Cycle for ARISS-US Contacts
3. ARISS-U.S. Proposal Process Makes the News
4. AMSAT News Service Covers ARISS
5. Amateur Radio Newsline on ARISS
6. ARISS Status on Social Media

1. Kobe, Japan Contact Successful

Aboard the International Space Station Monday, Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineer Anton Shkaplerov checked out the Crew Medical Restraint System (CMRS). The board-like CMRS can be secured to the station structure to provide a patient restraint surface for performing emergency medical procedures. This checkout serves as part of Crew Medical Officer proficiency training as well as maintenance on the CMRS.

Topics in this report:
1. Canadian School Contact Successful
2. New Proposal Cycle for ARISS-US Contacts
3. AMSAT News Service Covers ARISS
4. Amateur Radio Newsline on ARISS
5. Astronaut Training Status

1. Canadian School Contact Successful

Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank worked with the Preliminary Advanced Colloids Experiment-2, or PACE-2, on Monday. Housed in the Fluids Integrated Rack, PACE-2 studies the effects of vibration on particles suspended in fluid in the space environment. This work aids in the development and optimization of crew procedures for the future Advanced Colloids Experiment, also known as ACE.

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contact
2. New Proposal Cycle for ARISS-US Contacts
3. AMSAT News Service Covers ARISS
4. Amateur Radio Newsline Covers ARISS

1. Upcoming School Contact

This weekend's Plasma Thrust space experiment using Amateur Radio has been postponed until after the delivery of a new rig next April.

The International Space Station’s Expedition 30 crew – Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin – performed science experiments and participated in an emergency drill Tuesday.

Burbank, a NASA astronaut, began his workday almost immediately after the crew’s regular 1 a.m. EST wakeup time as he conducted the Reaction Self Test. This 5-minute test helps crew members objectively identify any impacts to their performance caused by sleep loss, fatigue and disruptions to circadian rhythms.

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contacts
2. ARISS International Face-to-Face Meeting Minutes Posted
3. AMSAT News Service Covers ARISS
4. Amateur Radio Newsline on ARISS

1. Upcoming School Contacts
No Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contacts are planned at this time. The ARISS team expects contacts to resume next week.

2. ARISS International Face-to-Face Meeting Minutes Posted
The ARISS International Face-to-Face meeting was held in Houston on October 28 – 29. Minutes have been completed and posted. See: