03-04-2001, 07:49 AM
From the ARRL...
It's almost time for a shift change aboard the International Space Station,
and two hams are among the new crew members. Relieving the current ISS crew
will be the Expedition 2 team of Commander Yuri Usachev, UA9AD/R3MIR, of
Russia and US astronauts Susan Helms, KC7NHZ, and Jim Voss. The Expedition 2
crew is scheduled to head into space March 8 aboard the space shuttle
Discovery. The Expedition 1 crew has spent more than four months in orbit.
The Space Station Alpha crew is staying in space a couple of weeks longer
than planned because of a tight shuttle launch schedule and necessary
refitting on the Discovery. Expedition 1 Commander William "Shep" Shepherd,
KD5GSL, and Russian cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev, U5MIR,
arrived at the station November 2. During their stay, Shepherd has spoken
via ham radio with students at several schools as part of the Amateur Radio
on the International Space Station--or ARISS--program.
In addition to ferrying the Expedition 2 crew, Discovery will have in tow an
Italian-made cargo carrier that's filled with laboratory experiments and
equipment. At the end of its almost 12-day flight, Discovery will transport
Shepherd, Gidzenko and Krikalev back to Earth. Discovery is planned to land
March 20 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Commanding Discovery will be Jim Wetherbee. Jim Kelly, KC5ZSW, will be the
shuttle's pilot, and Andy Thomas, KD5CHF--a Mir veteran--and Paul Richards,
KC5ZSZ, will serve as mission specialists. No Amateur Radio activity from
the shuttle is scheduled.
It's almost time for a shift change aboard the International Space Station,
and two hams are among the new crew members. Relieving the current ISS crew
will be the Expedition 2 team of Commander Yuri Usachev, UA9AD/R3MIR, of
Russia and US astronauts Susan Helms, KC7NHZ, and Jim Voss. The Expedition 2
crew is scheduled to head into space March 8 aboard the space shuttle
Discovery. The Expedition 1 crew has spent more than four months in orbit.
The Space Station Alpha crew is staying in space a couple of weeks longer
than planned because of a tight shuttle launch schedule and necessary
refitting on the Discovery. Expedition 1 Commander William "Shep" Shepherd,
KD5GSL, and Russian cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev, U5MIR,
arrived at the station November 2. During their stay, Shepherd has spoken
via ham radio with students at several schools as part of the Amateur Radio
on the International Space Station--or ARISS--program.
In addition to ferrying the Expedition 2 crew, Discovery will have in tow an
Italian-made cargo carrier that's filled with laboratory experiments and
equipment. At the end of its almost 12-day flight, Discovery will transport
Shepherd, Gidzenko and Krikalev back to Earth. Discovery is planned to land
March 20 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Commanding Discovery will be Jim Wetherbee. Jim Kelly, KC5ZSW, will be the
shuttle's pilot, and Andy Thomas, KD5CHF--a Mir veteran--and Paul Richards,
KC5ZSZ, will serve as mission specialists. No Amateur Radio activity from
the shuttle is scheduled.