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International Space Station set to have three-member ham radio crewExpedition 13 Commander Pavel Vinogradov RV3BS and Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer Jeff Williams KD5TVQ welcomed the STS-121 crew aboard the International Space Station at 12:30 p.m. EDT today. Also entering the station was European Space Agency Astronaut Thomas Reiter DF4TR who will become a station crew member later today. Space Shuttle Discovery docked with the station at 10:52 a.m. EDT. Hatch opening occurred after the completion of pressure and leak checks between the two spacecraft. Reiter officially becomes a part of the Expedition 13 crew when his custom-made seat liner is installed into the Soyuz spacecraft docked to the station. The seat liner will allow Reiter to return to Earth on the Soyuz. Seat liner installation is set for 1:58 p.m. EDT. STS-121 also delivered hardware and supplies, most of which are located in the Leonardo multi-purpose logistics module. Leonardo will be attached to the station’s Unity module on Friday.
The STS-121 Mission has three radio amateurs aboard. The three Discovery crew radio amateurs along with the two hams already aboard the ISS, make a total of five radio amateurs now in space. The radio amateurs aboard Discovery are Mission Specialists Lisa Nowak, KC5ZTB, Stephanie Wilson, KD5DZE, and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut and Mission Specialist Thomas Reiter, DF4TR The two crews will spend the next week conducting joint operations, which includes two spacewalks and the transfer of cargo. NASA astronauts Michael Lopez-Alegria and Sunita Williams and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin have been named as the 14th crew of the International Space Station. Expedition 14 is scheduled to begin this fall. • Three radio hams make-up 14th International Space Station crew
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