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Subj: ALL RADIO AMATEUR CREW ABOARD THE ISS
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 342.07 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. DECEMBER 8, 2002
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-342.07
Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station on Monday,
December 2, 2002, leaving behind the Expedition 6 crew who are all
licensed amateur operators. Commander Ken Bowersox is KD5JBP. NASA
ISS Science Officer Don Pettit is KD5MDT. Flight Engineer Nikolai
Budarin RV3FB.
After final farewells among the STS-113 and Expedition 5 and 6 crews,
the hatches between the spacecraft were closed. Following a series of
pressure and leak checks, Endeavour gently undocked from the station
as the two spacecraft flew over northwestern Australia.
As Endeavour departed the station, Bowersox rang the ship's bell on
board and wished the crew a safe landing. Endeavour Commander Jim
Wetherbee wished the Expedition 6 crew "fair winds." After a one-quarter-
lap fly-around of the station, Pilot Paul Lockhart fired a final separation
burn of Endeavour's engines to begin its final departure from the station.
All major mission objectives were accomplished during Endeavour's stay at
the ISS. The 14-ton Port One truss segment, one of 11 such structures
that will form the station's backbone, was delivered and installed over
the course of three spacewalks by Mission Specialists Michael Lopez-Alegria
and John Herrington.
With its latest addition, the station's mass stands at 197 tons, or about
400,000 pounds. Returning home after spending 178 days on the station is
the Expedition 5 crew -- Commander Valery Korzun, NASA ISS Science
Officer Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Sergei Treschev.
[The above report is based upon NASA briefings submitted by Arthur N1ORC.]
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