The Contact was with ISS Commander William Shepherd, KD5GSL, who used the NA1SS callsign. When VE3TBD raised NA1SS - the youngsters asked Shepherd about trash disposal and recycling aboard the ISS, procedures for dealing with a sick crew member and what the crew does for exercise. This was one of the key findings in the annual survey of graduates conducted by the American Geophysical Union and the American Geological Institute. The ARRL is now an FCC-designated Club Station Call Sign Administrator. The ARRL has received 10 club station applications since the ARRL program officially began.
Weather predictions are often hard.
With new tools being developed at the Goddard Space Flight Center along with NASA's ever increasing Earth observations via satellite, scientists may be on the road to estimating future weather-related incidents. After 13 days in space, the five-member crew had traveled a total of 5.3 million miles. Following the landing at Edwards Air Force Base, preliminary inspections of Atlantis revealed no abnormal damage. The orbiter's lower surface sustained 58 total debris hits with 8 hits measuring one-inch or greater. With a 3,100 kg mass at launch and solar arrays spanning 25 meters tip to tip and delivering 2.5 kW of electrical power, Artemis incorporates several significant technological advances.