Space Forum / Space Station / May 2005

I'm looking for information on what family members have attended
launches of their near-and-dear ones at Baykonur, especially when the
launchees are American or other foreigners. Spouses and kids, are usual;
other members -- parents, siblings, more distant rleatives -- less so, but

Space Station Astronauts Take Spacewalk
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/space_station
By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Their mission nearing an end, the two space station

Sharipov's Homeland Racked by Pro-Democracy Demonstrations
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2005/03/heavy-unrest-in-kyrgyzstan.html
The situation in Kyrghizia might be ameliorated if
the republic's most famous son, Salizhan Sharipov

http://www.jcil.blogspot.com << The Greatest News Ever!

At 23:30 Sunday (EST), the crewmembers had closed the relevant hatches
on the station and were proceeding to don their suits and test radio.
Looks like the crewmembers will be allowed to take a stroll outdoors for
a few hours.

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/multimedia/photos/2005/photos05-023.html
Space Station Node 2 'Moves' Toward Major Milestone
03.02.05
Steve Roy

03 March 2005
EURISS to be in charge of operation and utilisation of the International
Space Station
EURISS to be in charge of operation and utilisation of the International

Report #14
3 p.m. CST, Friday, March 18, 2005
Mission Control Center, Houston
The crew aboard the International Space Station turned its attention to

Hewre's a conversation going on elsewhere:
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From: "Zeger Nuyens" <dokter.nuyens@pandora.be>
To: <fpspace@friends-partners.org>

Melissa Mathews/Erica Hupp
Headquarters, Washington                     March 15, 2005
(Phone: 202/358-1272/1237)
MEDIA ADVISORY: M05-040

March 15, 2005. Korolev Moscow region.
On March 2-3 next practice training within the plan of the International
Space Station expedition 11 (ISS-11) crew preparation was performed at S.P.
Korolev RSC Energia.

International Space Station Status Report #05-13
3 p.m. CST, Friday, March 11, 2005
Expedition 10 Crew
The International Space Station crew unpacked its newest cargo ship this

AP - Changing the tone from tough talk to friendship, President Bush and
Vladimir Putin went out of their way to take a unified stand on Middle
East peace and terrorism Sunday after sharp words in recent days about
democratic backsliding and postwar Soviet domination.<br><br>'View ...

Cargo Transfers Continue on Space Station
At the International Space Station, Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao and
Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov continued to unload cargo delivered last
week by the ISS Progress 17 spacecraft.

Just saw this in the latest ISS news posted by Jacques (on s.s.news):