Submitted by Arthur - N1ORC

Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox, Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit talked with STS-107 crewmembers Monday morning. At the start of the conversation, which was about 11:34 a.m. CST (1734 GMT), the station was flying.....
Expedition Six Commander Ken Bowersox, Flight Engineer Nikolai Budarin and NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit talked with STS-107 crewmembers Monday morning. At the start of the conversation, which was about 11:34 a.m. CST (1734 GMT), the station was flying above southern Russia near the Black Sea, and the shuttle was located over northern Brazil. The two crews talked about their on-orbit activities.

This week, the crew will prepare for the departure of the Progress 9 cargo ship, which is slated to undock from the station Feb. 1. Progress 9 will be filled with trash and other unneeded items, and its departure will make room for the arrival of the Progress 10 cargo ship. The new Progress is slated to launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on Feb. 2 and arrive at the station Feb. 4.