The american on board is Jerry Linenger he is a medical doctor and has been at the Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia in preparation for his stay on Mir. He is on his second Shuttle flight and has been an astronaut since 1992. There will be questions that the Charlevoix Elementary students will ask Jerry on MIR. The pass over our area will be short, only 9 min's max and then it will take another 90 min's for the station to complete another orbit around the world. We will only have the one pass to make contact with Jerry. The project is to promote the Space program as well as the amateur radio as well as science and technologies.

MIR Station
Jerrys Letters
Shuttle-MIR Page
5th Grade Contacts