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:

Monday is homecoming day for Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum and Flight Engineers Satoshi Furukawa and Sergei Volkov. The trio is slated to land in the steppe of Kazakhstan aboard their Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft at 9:25 p.m. EST (8:25 a.m. Tuesday Kazakhstan time) northeast of the remote town of Arkalyk.

Expedition 29 is set to undock from the International Space Station in the Soyuz vehicle at 6 p.m. Hatches closed between the Soyuz and the station at 2:41 p.m.

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contacts
2. Fourteen Year Old Coordinates ARISS Contact for her School
3. JSC Students Contact ISS Via Radio
4. New Proposal Cycle for ARISS-US Contacts
5. ARISS International Team Meeting Held
6. UHF Station in ISS Columbus Module
7. Astronaut Training Status
8. ARISS in ARRL Letter
9. AMSAT News Service Covers ARISS
10. Amateur Radio Newsline on ARISS

1. Upcoming School Contacts

The Central Research Institute of Machine Building (TSNIIMASH) in Russia is conducting a series of space plasma experiments in order to evaluate the shape of previously observed 'dead' zone, or shadowing due to the firing of an onboard arcjet plasma source.

HOUSTON – Please pass the irradiated smoked turkey, thermostable yams and freeze-dried green beans. The International Space Station is stocked and ready for an out-of-this-world Thanksgiving feast.

NASA is recruiting up to 15 new astronauts to bolster the agency's corps of space fliers to staff the International Space Station and lay the groundwork for exploration missions beyond Earth, agency officials announced Tuesday.
Between 9 and 15 astronauts will be selected in early 2013, but the deadline to apply is Jan. 27, 2012.

Requirements for the position include a bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science, or mathematics, and at least three years of related, progressively responsible work experience.

Greetings,

Hello all and hope you get a chance to try a contact with the UHF station on-board ISS.
I left bulletin on the box and hope for replies.

Snip of my connection Nov. 11, 2011

*** CONNECTED to RS0ISS-1
J
VE1WRG>RS0ISS-1/1: <>:J

Logged on to RS0ISS's Personal Message System
on board the International Space Station
CMD(B/H/J/K/KM/L/M/R/S/SB/SP/ST/SR/V/?)>
VE1WRG USER 00/00/00 00:25
UT1HZM USER 00/00/00 00:27
N5VHO -7 USER 00/00/00 00:17
M0BIC USER 00/00/00 00:32
DF2MZ USER 00/00/00 00:01
VE7EES USER 00/00/00 00:17

The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Dan Burbank and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin docked to the International Space Station’s Poisk mini-research module at 12:24 a.m. EST Wednesday. The trio launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 11:14 p.m. EST Sunday (10:14 a.m. Monday, Kazakhstan time).

› View docking video at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=120779381
› Read more about the launch at http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition29/exp29...

Expedition 29 crew members Anton Shkaplerov, Anatoly Ivanishin and Dan Burbank are on their way to the International Space Station. The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft carrying the new trio launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 11:14 p.m. EST Sunday (10:14 a.m. Baikonur time Monday).