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SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A./C #31468
Katherine Trinidad
Headquarters, Washington October 14, 2005
(Phone: 202/358-4769)
James Hartsfield
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone: 281/483-5111)
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION STATUS REPORT: SS05-048
Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev are
spending their first few days alone on the station following Monday's safe
return of their predecessors.
McArthur and Tokarev, veterans of shorter space shuttle flights, began
familiarizing themselves with the nuances of a longer on orbit life. While
becoming acquainted with their new microgravity home and laboratory, they did
some routine maintenance, exercised and conducted experiments. They reviewed
emergency evacuation procedures, swapped a battery in the Zarya module and
rearranged stowage items in the Unity connecting node.
During their six month mission, they expect to perform at least two spacewalks;
the first in early November. They will move their Soyuz spacecraft from the
Russian Pirs docking port, so it can be used for the spacewalks. In December,
the crew expects to oversee the arrival of a new supply ship, the 20th Progress
vehicle.
This week McArthur set up a camera for a session of the Earth Knowledge
Acquired by Middle School Students experiment. Using the Web, students can
control a special digital camera mounted on the station to photograph
coastlines, mountain ranges and other geographic areas of interest. Thousands
of students from 119 schools around the world are participating in the 20th
session of this NASA education program. The photographs are posted on the Web
at:
http://www.earthkam.ucsd.edu
The payload operations team at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville,
Ala., coordinates U.S. science activities on the station. For information about
crew activities, future launch dates, and station sighting opportunities on the
Web, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
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