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Former NASA Astronaut Visits Missouri School as Kids Talk via Ham Radio with the ISS

Former NASA astronaut Linda Godwin, N5RAX, was on hand March 5 as youngsters at Rock Bridge Elementary School in Columbia, Missouri, spoke with NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, KF5LJG, aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program sponsored the contact. Hopkins, a native of Missouri who returned to Earth on March 10, was at the he…

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ARRL Welcomes NASA Astronaut Lee Morin, KF5DDB, to 2012 National Convention

NASA Astronaut Lee Morin, KF5DDB, will be a special guest at the 2012 ARRL National Convention at Pacificon — held October 12-14 — in Santa Clara, California. Morin, an ARRL member, served as a Mission Specialist on Atlantis for STS-110 that launched in April 2002. During this 13th shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS), he performed two extra-vehicular activities (EVAs) — …

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Astronaut Don Pettit, KD5MDT, Chats with ARRL

NASA Astronaut Don Pettit, KD5MDT, sat down with ARRL News Editor S. Khrystyne Keane, K1SFA, on Thursday, July 12, for an exclusive interview about ham radio and life on the International Space Station (ISS). Pettit returned from the ISS on July 1 where he served as part of Expedition 31, spending 193 days in space. He first ventured into space in 2002 on the space shuttle Endeavour as part of …

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Astronaut Wheelock at the ARRL Expo – Hamvention 2011

Astronaut Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC, looks over the OSCAR 1 satellite mockup at the ARRL Expo. ARRL Lab Engineer Bob Allison, WB1GCM, explains.
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