Space Station Mir -- Mission Control

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<center>![Land O'Pines School, Mir Space Station Mission Control](mcontrol.jpg)</center>

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![](thomas.jpg)![](thomas-a.gif)

[![](speaker.gif)**<font size="+1">" This is R 0 M I R … Got you loud and clear. Hello there; How are you doing today ? Welcome aboard Mir ! "</font> <font size="-1">(25K Wav)</font>**](firstwds.wav)

<center>**With these words, U.S. astronaut [Andy Thomas](http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/thomas-a.html) welcomed the students of Land O'Pines school aboard the MIR Space Station. Contact was established at 4:34PM EDT (20:34_UTC) on April 9<sup>th</sup>, 1998.**</center>

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<font size="-2">DAVID BERGELAND photo (Asbury Park Press)</font>](app.htm)</center>

<center>[**<font size="+2">The Asbury Park Press reported the contact on the front page !!!</font>**](app.htm)</center>

<center>**(we also had published [a letter to the editor](editor.htm) in several area newspapers).**</center>

<center>**<font size="+1">![](video.gif) The contact was shown on cable television in May.</font> [Click here](tv.htm) for details.![](video.gif)**</center>

**![](speaker.gif)Hear the contact for your self … (Click on name to hear question and answer)**

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<td width="14%" valign="TOP">**[Douglas KC2CJT - calling Mir (63k)](contact.wav)**</td>

<td width="14%" valign="TOP">**[Douglas - Welcome to crew of MIR (96K)](mwelcome.wav)**</td>

<td width="14%" valign="TOP">**[Seth - time to assemble Mir (99k)](seth.wav)**</td>

<td width="14%" valign="TOP">**[Jenny - the cost of manned spaceflight (141K)](jenny.wav)**</td>

<td width="14%" valign="TOP">**[Sara - difficulty of training (160K)](sara.wav)**</td>

<td width="14%" valign="TOP">**[Doug - recreation (159K)](doug.wav)**</td>

<td width="16%" valign="TOP">**[Alexis - eating in space (128K)](alexis.wav)**</td>

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<td width="14%" valign="TOP">**[Matt - effects on digestion (132K)](matt.wav)**</td>

<td width="14%" valign="TOP">**Lost Contact - [recovery (81K)](outage.wav)**</td>

<td width="14%" valign="TOP">**[Siobhan - mission duration (96K)](siobhan.wav)**</td>

<td width="14%" valign="TOP">**[Jessie - sleep (139K)](jessie.wav)**</td>

<td width="14%" valign="TOP">** [Amanda -antigen test (160K)](amanda.wav)**</td>

<td width="14%" valign="TOP">**[Goodbye ! (162K)](goodbye.wav)**</td>

<td width="16%" valign="TOP">**[Congrats from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center(105K)](finals.wav)**</td>

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**See Mission Control at Land O'Pines … Click on image to see similar pictures in larger format or <font color="#ff0000">VIDEO ![](video.gif)!</font>**

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[![](santenna.jpg) Rooftop Antennas](antenna.jpg)

[![](santinsp.jpg) Supervised by Doug KC2CJT and Sean KC2DIJ, the radio and antenna operators](antinsp.jpg)

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[![](smrt.jpg) Mr. Thompson addresses crew](mrt.jpg)

[![](smcont.jpg)](mcont.jpg)

[![](smcont2.jpg)](mcont2.jpg)

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[![](sintro.jpg) Mission moderated by Students](intro.jpg)

[![](skristen.jpg)](kirsten.jpg)

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[![](sdoug.jpg) Questions to Astronaut](doug.jpg)

[![](samandab.jpg)](amandab.jpg)

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[![](sjoe.jpg) Joe Pate N2YMO](joe.jpg)

[![](stval.jpg)](tval.jpg)

[Al Emer N2YAC - describing antenna pointing](tval.jpg)

Thanks a million !!

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<td width="19%" valign="TOP" height="57">[![](stvclap.jpg) Video of final transmission.(1.7M)](cheers.avi)![](video.gif)</td>

<td width="20%" valign="TOP" height="57">[![](scheers.jpg) Sweet Success !! Celebration from the crew](cheers.jpg)</td>

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[![](screw.jpg)](crew.jpg)

[The crew of Mir 25 Mission 95 B](crew.jpg)

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Watch this space !

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Watch this space !

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**![](ballblue.gif)Our [Handout](handout.htm) to visitors to Mission Control.**

**![](ballblue.gif)[Pre Contact Press Release](pressrel.htm).**

**![](ballblue.gif)[Technical Details](details.htm)**

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**<blink>![](ballblue.gif)Get the latest news on Mir from [CNN - Search](http://search.cnn.com:8765/query.html?qt=%2BMir&qc=&col=cnni&qm=0&st=1&nh=10&lk=1&rf=1&go=seek)</blink>**

**![](ballblue.gif) Andy Thomas was the last US astronaut to stay on MIR.**

[**![](sts89sm.gif)**](sts89.jpg)** Andy traveled to Mir onboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in January, click on the picture for an enlargement.**

[**![](discover.jpg)Watch a video of Discovery returning Andy Thomas to Earth (6/12/98) Courtesy CNN / NASA**](http://www.atlanticnetworks.com/mir/return.mov)**![](video.gif)**

[**![](mir_ani.gif)**](http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/rsa/mir.html)**The [Mir Space Station](http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/rsa/mir.html) ... follow this link to get details of the Russian space station MIR.**

**![](ballblue.gif)Mir is operated by the [Russian Space Agency.](http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/rsa/rsa.html)**

**![](ballblue.gif)[Click Here](njlo.gif) ... to see Land O'Pines School from space.**

![](ballblue.gif)**[NASA educational resources](http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codef/education/index.html) ... Teachers (but also others) may like to follow this link for ideas and resources to encourage learning about space and technology.**

**![School Crest](lopines.gif)**

**Several amateur radio operators from the central New Jersey area provided** **the technical and radio support for this contact. If you have comments or questions, please feel free to send electronic mail to [Douglas Cochran (KC2CJT)](../contact.htm)**

**Last Updated ... 11/5/98**