All-Ham Contingent Carries Olympic Torch to ISS; Crews Prepare to Swap Places

NASA’s Richard Mastracchio, KC5ZTE, Russia’s Mikhail Tyurin, RZ3FT, and Japan’s Koichi Wakata, KC5ZTA, arrived at the International Space Station November 7, expanding the ISS crew complement to nine members. The new crewmembers carried the torch that will be used to light the Olympic flame in Sochi, Russia, for the 2014 Winter Games.

The arrival of Mastracchio, Tyurin and Wakata brings the stat…

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