Space Forum / Space Station / January 2005

from 'NASA WATCH' : Elektron is Offline - Again
NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 4 January 2005 link to
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=14981
"The Elektron is currently off. After it shut down on 1/1, reactivation was

School Makes a Super-Long Distance Call
01.03.05
What is it like to live without gravity? What is the best part of being an
astronaut? What experiments can you do in space that you can't do on Earth?

Never a chance for relaxing and coasting aboard the International Space
Station.
Sharipov is scrambling to locate some adaptors and hoses to lash the
malfunctioning Elektron o2 generator

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4131363.stm   
Russian wants to start charging the USA for crew ferry flights by 2006.
For 2005, Russia has agreed to a barter scheme where Russia pays off its
man-hour debt towards the USA by providing the ferry flights for free.

www.spaceweather.com
The middle of the night is normally a bad time to see the International Space Station (ISS). Then, the ISS is in Earth's shadow. Except for a few tiny lights shining through the station's windows, the station is as dark as the night sky itself.
In the south of ...