Astronaut Training Status

PY4MAB – July 8, 2008 – 18:26
ARISS

Astronauts Joe Acaba, KE5DAR, and Ricky Arnold, KE5DAU, participated in an ARISS basic operations training session on Thursday, June 26 at JSC. Both crew members are assigned to the STS-119 mission, which will bring Koichi Wakata to the ISS and return Sandy Magnus.

Nicole Stott, KE5GJN, Sandy Magnus, KE5FYE, and JAXA astronauts Koichi Wakata, KC5ZTA, and Soichi Noguchi, KD5TVP, received training on the ARISS ham radio equipment. Photos of the Energia training session are available on the following Web site:
http://www.energia.ru/eng/news/news-2008/photo_06-20.html