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Old September 30th 05, 03:50 PM
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Greg Olsen to Communicate with High School Students from the International
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Space Adventures Press Releases:

September 28, 2005

Space Adventures, Ltd., the world's leading space experiences company,
announced today that their orbital spaceflight client, Greg Olsen, Ph.D.,
plans to communicate from the International Space Station (ISS) with three
select high schools via HAM radio signal during his upcoming mission. The
company, which organized spaceflights for the world's first private space
explorers, American businessman Dennis Tito and the 'First African in Space'
Mark Shuttleworth, has coordinated this effort in conjunction with the
Amateur Radio on the ISS (ARISS) international working group.

Dr. Olsen will speak with over 30 high school students during a series of
ten minute sessions while in orbit, during October 5 - 7, 2005. The three
schools selected include Princeton High School and Ridgefield Park High
School in New Jersey, and Fort Hamilton High School in New York.

"I'm looking forward to connecting with the students to be able to share my
experiences in space," said Greg Olsen, member of Soyuz TMA-7 crew. "I think
it's very important to encourage the youth of today to dream big and let
them know that anything is possible through hard work and dedication."

"Even though Dr. Olsen will be quite busy performing technical duties and
conducting scientific experiments, he will also find time to speak with
students from his beloved 'home' states of New York and New Jersey," said
Eric Anderson, president and CEO of Space Adventures. "We applaud Greg for
his dedication to this mission, but also his drive to encourage young people
to study science, math and astronomy by giving a first-hand description of
the wonders of space."

"It is quite exciting to see the inspirational spark that is produced in
students when they talk to explorers living and working in space," said
Frank Bauer, ARISS International Chairman and AMSAT's vice president for
human spaceflight. "The ARISS team of volunteers looks forward to working
with Dr. Olsen and preparing the schools for this once in a lifetime event."

The connection from the ISS to each individual school will be established
through the ARISS tele-bridge system. The tele-bridge is an ARISS network of
worldwide amateur radio ground stations employed to link Dr. Olsen directly
with the school students, similar to the way mission control centers in the
United States and Russia talk to their space explorers.
Currently, Dr. Olsen is finishing his final spaceflight preparations at the
Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for his 10-day spaceflight. His launch
date is scheduled for October 1, 2005. Dr. Olsen will be a member of the
Soyuz TMA-7 crew which will also include NASA astronaut William McArthur and
cosmonaut Valery Tokarev.

ARISS is an international working group of volunteers from the national
amateur radio organizations (ARRL in the U.S.) and the international AMSAT
(Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) organizations from each country. To
date, the ARISS team has performed nearly 200 school contacts with crew
members on the ISS, including schools for Mark Shuttleworth's flight. This
team has also set up numerous family contacts for space explorers via HAM
radio---including contacts for Dennis Tito during his stay on the ISS.

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