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02/26/2016 | ARISS Celebrates its 1000th Educational Amateur Radio Contact with Video
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS), the first-ever ISS payload activated by the crew, is gearing up for its 1000th educational ham radio contact in March.
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01/11/2016 | UK Astronaut Tim Peake, KG5BVI, Notes Death of Space Oddity’s “Major Tom”
In his Twitter feed, UK/ESA Astronaut and ISS crew member Tim Peake, KG5BVI, has noted the passing of rock legend David Bowie, whose 1969 hit single “Space Oddity” was covered in space by Canadian Astronaut Chris Hadfield, VA3OOG/KC5RNJ. Hadfield also ...
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03/09/2015 | Danish Astronaut is Among Latest Group of Space-Bound Radio Amateurs
Only one radio amateur — Samantha Cristoforetti, IZØUDF — now is aboard the International Space Station, but five more astronauts -- including one from Denmark -- have passed the US Technician license exam, and three of them will be among those heading...
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02/16/2011 | Astronaut Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC, to Be Guest of ARRL and AMSAT at Hamvention®
Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC, will be attending the 2011 ARRL EXPO - part of the Dayton Hamvention® -- as a special guest of the ARRL and AMSAT. While at Hamvention, Wheelock will share his experiences about using Amateur Radio in space. Wheelock spent 163 days
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