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02/01/2016 | Satellite Package Carrying Amateur Radio Payloads Released into Orbit from ISS
A package of two satellites has been deployed into orbit from the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a collaborative Texas A&M and University of Texas at Austin research effort.
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01/22/2016 | Students in Nepal Enjoy that Country’s First Ham Contact with the ISS
Students at an elite school in the Himalayan nation of Nepal enjoyed that country’s first Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact.
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01/15/2016 | NASA Control Terminates Spacewalk by Two-Ham Astronaut Team
NASA has prematurely terminated the extra-vehicular excursion (EVA) – or spacewalk – that Astronauts Time Peake, KG5BVI, and Tim Kopra, KE5UDN, had been undertaking.
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01/11/2016 | ARISS Says Commemorative SSTV Event Update May Happen on January 16
Slow-scan television transmissions marking the 15th anniversary of the first Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contacts have now been tentatively rescheduled for Saturday, January 16.
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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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01/08/2016 | UK Students Enjoy First ARISS Contact with Astronaut Tim Peake, KG5BVI
A brand-new ham was the first to speak with UK astronaut Tim Peake, KG5BVI, on the International Space Station.
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12/22/2015 | ARISS Postpones Anniversary SSTV Event
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Slow-Scan TV event set for December 26-27 has been postponed due to “complications in planning,” ARISS has announced. ARISS now is targeting mid-January as the next possible opportunity. This...
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12/21/2015 | Yasme Foundation Announces Supporting Grants
The Yasme Foundation Board of Directors has announced several grants to Amateur Radio organizations and activities.
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