11/13/00

With the successful execution of engineering test communications passes
>today, the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station project has
>passed a significant milestone.  The initial two passes were through the
>Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) ham shack R3K in Star City near
>Moscow.  The control operators were Sergej Samburov, RV3DR, and Vladimir 
Zagainov, UA3DKR.  Sergej is the Russian delegate to the ARISS team.
>
>Subsequent test passes through the NN1SS station at the Goddard Space
>Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD) and the W5RRR station at Johnson Space
>Center (Houston, TX) were equally successful.  Engineering tests with
>the packet rig still need to be organized.
>
>The crew, while still very busy, expressed their interest and support of
>amateur radio activities on the ISS.  It seems likely that over the next
>few weeks, as the crew's schedule settles out, that we may be able to
>look forward to more amateur radio activity from humanity's latest
>foothold in space.
>
>The ARISS web pages at http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov/ are the best place to
>check for current information on the status of amateur radio operations
>on the ISS.