One American and two Russian
amateurs have arrived at the International Space Station, joining a crew of
three ham-astronauts/cosmonauts already aboard the orbiting outpost. Astronaut
Joseph Acaba, KE5ADR, and cosmonauts Gennady Padalka, RN3DT, and Sergei Revin,
RN3BS, are the latest crew members to arrive at the station. They were
preparing for the arrival of the Dragon cargo ship launched by SpaceX, the
first commercial launch to the station. The Dragon was to deliver food,
clothing and 15 experiments from the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program,
among other supplies. It was to reloaded with trash and material that was no
longer needed aboard the station and sent back to Earth for a planned parachute
descent into the Pacific Ocean.
