ISS - Expedition 26 Mission patch / ARISSat-1 (KEDR) logo.
15.02.2011
ISS-26 cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratiev tells about small pieces of happiness for the station’s crew in his blog in Roscosmos web.
Flying Vitamins
«Sometimes the crew is lucky to taste almost fresh fruits and vegetables – garlic, onions, tangerines, apples, oranges», Dmitry says.
Fruits and vegetables are delivered to the station on-board cargo and crew spaceships. As there are not too many, cosmonauts are very accurate with them, trying to keep them fresh till the next vehicle to arrive.
Photo of the Day by Dmitry Kondratiev
Photo of the Day by ISS flight engineer Dmitry Kondratiev – Artifact Over the Earth – The Robotic Arm.
Kedr to Be Switched on in the ISS on April 12
Russian cosmonauts Dmitry Kondratiev and Oleg Skripochka won’t launch small spacecraft Kedr during their spacewalk scheduled for Feb.16, Roscosmos Stats Secretary, Deputy Head Vitaly Davydov told news media.
ARISSat-1 or Kedr sat
According to him, the idea is to switch on Kedr inside the ISS on April 12, in order to commemorate the jubilee of Yury Gagarin’s mission. Weak batteries of the RF-amateur satellite won’t let it fly and transmit signals until this date, if the satellite is launched on Feb. 16.
ARISSat-1 or Kedr sat cutaway description
Small spacecraft Kedr developed under the RadioSkaf experiment bears the name adopted by Yu.A. Gagarin call sign in his historical flight, namely Kedr. The satellite’s signal will be transmitted at radio amateur frequency of 145.95 MHz. Kedr has radio amateur call sign RS1S.
RadioSkaf is implemented in the framework of UNESCO’s student space education program.
For more informations about ARISSAT-1 (KEDR): http://www.arissat1.org/v3/
Images, Text, Credit: Roscosmos PAO / Dmitry Kondratiev.
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