MAREX-NA News Manned Amateur Radio Experiment, North American Division The crew of ISS will get a great view of the upcoming Leonids meteor shower in November http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/meteors/article_719_1.asp ISS crew 5, was planing on coming home before the shower, however due to schedule changes, Valery and crew and possibly the shuttle STS-113 will all be flying around in space during the next big Meteor Shower. I hope the can see, but not HEAR the meteor shower. Current Expedition Five Crew Cosmonaut Valery Korzun (Col., Russian Air Force) Expedition commander Astronaut Peggy Whitson; flight engineer Cosmonaut Sergei Treschev (RSC ENERGIA); flight engineer Next crew to arrive late November Expedition Six Crew Flight 11A - STS-113 / Return Flight ULF-1 - STS-114 Astronaut Kenneth Bowersox (Capt., U.S Navy); Expedition commander Astronaut Donald Pettit; flight engineer Cosmonaut Nikolai Budarin (RSC ENERGIA); flight engineer (Mir crew 25) Shuttle STS-113 launch schedule http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/ Email from ISS: I sent Valery an update on the current meteor shower status, including dates time, etc. Since Valery will be in flight during the Leoinds meteor shower, he is planning on doing some observing. Below is a copy of the message he sent back to Miles. c rs0iss-1 WF1F>RS0ISS-1 [10/25/02 08:35:04]: <>: RS0ISS-1>WF1F [10/25/02 08:35:05]: <>: *** CONNECTED to RS0ISS-1 RS0ISS-1>WF1F [10/25/02 08:35:05]: <>: Logged on to RS0ISS's Personal Message System on board the International Space Station You have mail waiting. Msg # Stat Date Time To From @ BBS Subject 169 P 02/10/25 01:16 WF1F RS0ISS THANKS! CMD(B/H/J/K/KM/L/M/R/S/SB/SP/ST/SR/V/?)> r 169 Stat : PR Posted : 02/10/25 01:16 To : WF1F >From : RS0ISS @ BBS : xID : Subject: THANKS! MILES, THANKS FOR INFORMATION. WE REALLY LIKE TO OBSERVE THE UNIVERSE. HI.HI. [the hi hi, is ham jargon for laughing, I assume he is referring to seeing the meteors, rather getting hit by them. The Mir station did get a few holes in the solar panels the size of a quarter after a meteor shower] WILL TRY TO LOOK AT IT [Leonids Meteor Shower November 18-19]. I SAW [the Leonids] METEOR SHOWER ON MIR. IT WAS BEATIFUL VIEW!.73. VALERY CMD(B/H/J/K/KM/L/M/R/S/SB/SP/ST/SR/V/?)> k 169 Message erased ****** Take care all and good luck and please be courteous. 73 Miles WF1F MAREX-NA