ISSCOM 26 February 2001 (008) Progress-M44: This freighter with supplies for the crew of the ISS was launched from Baykonur on 26.02.01 at 08.09.32UTC. The Pr-M44 is expected to dock at the axial port of Zvezda on 28.02.01 at approx. 0947UTC. Telemetry transmissions of Pr-M44 could be monitored in the Netherlands during the pass in the 3rd orbit via the 922.755 mc and in the 166 and 165 mc bands at 12.44.44UTC. During the pass in the 4th orbit between 14.14.06 and 14.20.50 UTC could be heard strong signals in the 922, 166 and 165 mc bands. TCA was at 14.16.55 UTC (Doppler dip on 922.755 mc) Communications: After the departure of Atlantis, the crew of the ISS came back on the 143.625 mc. In the combined status the Russians used the 130.165 mc for voice communications with TsUP Moscow. On 16.02 one of the topics during voice communications was the transfer of the attitude control of the complex from the Zvezda module to the American module Destiny. On 17.02 Gidzenko and Krikalyov discussed with TsUP Moscow the publication of a biography of cosmonauts. They stated that such a book was a must. Gidzenko said that a fireman from the Netherlands, Bert Vis, already long ago wrote such a biography in which the biographies of cosmonauts who really flew as well as cosmonauts who did not fly at all. G. had met this fireman in Zvyozdnyy, were he collected material on all cosmonauts. His book consisted of 300 or 400 short biographies with photographs. On 24.02 the crew of ISS boarded the ship Soyuz-TM31 for the redocking from the Zvezda aft port to the nadir port of Zarya. The autonomous flight under command of Gidzenko took place between 10.06.40 until 10.35.44UTC. ISS commander Shepherd was 'passenger' during this operation. Gidzenko used his call sign: Uran. Regretfully the ISS and the S-TM31 were out of range of the Netherlands during the transfer. During 2 passes after the redocking the crew still used the allotted frequencies for this operation. On 143.625 mc there was a strong interference (cross modulation) caused by an air traffic control channel in Germany. I experienced the same phenomena during the many EVA's by MIR crews. On 121.750 mc Krikalyov could be heard. Via 130.165 mc a strong relay from TsUP M could be monitored. Possibly these transmissions arrived ISS via a new communications system. (During the preparations for the redocking they spoke about a system named Regul.) When the crew was back on board ISS all systems which had been de-activated before the operation had to be activated again, for instance the Elektron oxygen generator, and the Vozdukh CO-2 scrubber. It lasted a long time before the crew was back on board due to the air seal checks and the fact that one of the hatches could not be opened due to a burnt fuse in the electrical control of the KVD (valve for equalizing air pressure). But just like during the many years of MIR-practice, the Russians had no problems to cope with this problem. Chris van den Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202