The ARRL report that NASA
will televise the launch and docking of the next mission, carrying three radio amateurs to the International Space Station (ISS), scheduled for May 14.

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contact
2. ARISS - Virginia Contact Successful
3. AMSAT News Service on ARISS
4. Ham Nation Features Flabob Contact
5. Astronaut Training Status

1. Upcoming School Contact
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for Farnsworth Aerospace PK-8 Magnet School in St. Paul, Minnesota on Monday, May 7 at 16:14 UTC. The ARISS contact will complement a curriculum which will pique students’ interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

2. ARISS - Virginia Contact Successful

Our ARISS contact with Flight Engineer Don Pettit on April 19, 2012. Our project's Web site continues to grow! Its blog and "More Info" pages continue to educate and inform. We just added a 12-minute video of all the students' questions - and the Bob Heil & Gordon West "Ham Nation" video podcast of May 1, 2012, features our project!

http://www.iss-flabob.com

Clint Bradford K6LCS
909-241-7666

Audio File: 

ARISS contact, 04/19/12, Flabob Airport, Jurupa Valley CA US

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contact
2. Calolziocorte, Italy Contact Successful
3. New Proposal Cycle for ARISS-US Contacts
4. ARRL QST on ARISS

1. Upcoming School Contact
The Mariners’ Museum, Newport News, Virginia has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Wednesday, May 2 at 16:14 UTC via telebridge station IK1SLD in Italy. The ARISS contact is part of a comprehensive education plan which will pique students’ interest in STEM.

2. Calolziocorte, Italy Contact Successful

The Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft carrying Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank and Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin landed in Kazakhstan at 7:45 a.m. EDT. They undocked from the International Space Station at 4:18 a.m. officially ending their stay.

The Soyuz performed a deorbit burn at 6:49 a.m. before the descent module separated from the rest of the Russian spacecraft and entered the Earth’s atmosphere. Afterward, the Soyuz deployed several parachutes, slowing its descent, and then fired three small engines to soften its landing.

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contact
2. Flabob Airport Students Speak with ISS Astronaut Don Pettit
3. New Proposal Cycle for ARISS-US Contacts
4. ARISS-International Meeting Held
5. AMSAT News Service on ARISS

1. Upcoming School Contact

A lucky day today for PA1KR.
73' de IZ3SRF.

Audio File: 

PA1KR de PI9ISS contact. Rec.by IZ3SRF.

Owen Garriott, W5LFL and mission STS-9

An old video of astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL and mission STS-9 made by the ARRL, has been released on the MrQRZDx channel on youtube, telling the story of Owen Garriott, W5LFL when he was on board the space shuttle mission STS-9 in 1983.

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contact
2. Astronaut Don Pettit Radios Ecuadorian School
3. Iruma Contact Successful
4. Amateur Radio Newsline Covers ARISS
5. AMSAT News Service on ARISS

1. Upcoming School Contact

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants Troop 2nd & 3rd Iruma Group, Saitama Scout Council Scout Association Of Japan, Iruma, Japan on 14 April.