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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 116.04 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. April 25, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-116.04
1. Successful Launch of Expedition 9 Crew
Expedition 9 Commander Gennady Padalka, RN3DT, and Flight Engineer and NASA
Science Officer Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, are now on-orbit as they prepare for
docking with the ISS aboard the Soyuz spacecraft. Dutch ESA astronaut Andre
Kuipers, PI9ISS, joined the Expedition 9 crew for an eight day DELTA Mission
on board the ISS. Launch occurred at 11:19 pm EDT on April 18. The crew may
participate in the engineering tests of the Phase 2 hardware.
2. Articles on Sonoran Sky Contact
The Arizona Republic published two articles on the Sonoran Sky Elementary
School contact. The first, entitled, " Sonoran Sky students, space station
link up," was published on April 6 and can be found at:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0406nespace06.html
To view the second article, which was run on April 9, and entitled,
"Students have chat with astronaut," see:
http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/0409sr-space09Z8.html
The video of the Sonoran Sky contact can be found at:
http://epage.pvusd.k12.az.us/siteweb/index.html
3.. ARRL Article on Amateur Radio and the Space Exploration Initiative
ARRL ran a web story on the Space Exploration Initiative and what part
Amateur Radio might play in this endeavor. See the article, entitled, "ARISS
to Mull Ham Radio's Role in Distant Space Travel," at:
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/04/14/1/?nc=1
4. Scheduling of ARISS Contacts Continues for Expedition 9 Crew
In addition to the ARISS contacts with DELTA Mission astronaut Andre
Kuipers, planning has begun to schedule contacts with the Expedition 9 crew.
The first contact with Expedition 9 has been tentatively scheduled with Erie
Planetarium in Erie, Pennsylvania as a telebridge and will take place the
week of May 24.
[ANS thanks Carol for the above information]
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