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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 002.02
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 2, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-002.02
1. Tulsa Contact Successful
On Wednesday, December 22, 2004, students visiting the Tulsa Air and
Space Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma had the opportunity to speak with the
International Space Station. Nine students were able to ask eighteen
questions of Commander Leroy Chiao, KE5BRW, and an employee of the
museum asked a nineteenth question. The students returned to the museum
after attending space camp there over the summer. They ranged from
grades three through twelve. An amateur radio station at the museum, set
up in conjunction with the museum's Space Colonization Exhibit, was run
by the Tulsa Repeaters Organization, who helped set up the contact.
Approximately 60 people attended the event. Three TV stations, FOX 23,
Channel 8 (ABC), and Channel 6 (CBS), two newspapers and amateur
radio magazine CQ VHF covered the event.
2. Upcoming School Contacts
The first contact of the new year has been scheduled with Mori Elementary
School in Hyogo, Japan. It will take place on Friday, January 7, 2005 at
10:46 UTC.
3. ARRL Article on ESA Ireland Contact
The ARRL ran a web story about the ARISS contact held at the University
College Cork. The article entitled, "Nothing Like 'Zero G,' Astronaut
Tells Youngsters in Ireland," can be found at:
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/12/22/1/?nc=1
4. ARISS International Teleconference Held
On Tuesday, December 21, the ARISS international team held their monthly
teleconference. Agenda items discussed included the next ARISS
International Face-to-Face Meeting to be held in the U.K. in July, 2005,
a proposed meeting in San Francisco in 2006, Russian Space Education, and
the SuitSat project.
5. Columbus Module Support
The ARRL Foundation voted to grant $5000 to the ARISS-Europe team for
expenses related to establishing an Amateur Radio station on the Columbus
module. An additional 27,000 euro are needed to reach the projected cost
of 100,000 euro for funding the Columbus module project.
6. New ARISS Card Reviewed
Rosalie White sent revised text for a new ARISS card to the ARISS
delegates for comments. The card is used to confirm that radio contacts
were made or heard by amateur radio operators.
[ANS thanks Carol Jackson, KB3LKI for the above information]
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