Ham radio-carrying rocket hopes to reach space

An amateur rocket team this month will attempt to send a 21-foot-tall rocket carrying a ham…

HAM RADIO’S ROLE IN DISTANT SPACE TRAVEL

The Elser-Mathes Cup, sitting idle for more than 75 years, is intended to mark the occasion…

Three Radio Amateurs on their Way to the ISS

Following a successful early-morning launch Monday, April 19 (UTC), three Amateur Radio operators are on their…

First call for AMSAT-NA Symposium papers

AMSAT-NA has issued its first call for papers for presentation during the 2004 AMSAT Space Symposium…

Radio amateurs fill key NASA space flight positions

Two veteran astronauts and Amateur Radio licensees have been named to key space flight posts at…

A glimmer of hope for AO-40

A weak “noise” on the AO-40 2.4-GHz beacon frequency has raised hopes that AO-40 may still…

ISS Commander Mike Foale speaks to students

International Space Station Expedition 8 Commander Mike Foale, KB5UAC, has told students at The King’s School…

AO-40 Amateur Satellite Ailing

Ground controllers for the AO-40 satellite are trying to figure out just what happened to cause…

Shuttle Columbia commemorative radio special event

The Nacogdoches Amateur Radio Club (NARC) in Texas will mark the first anniversary of the shuttle…

Supply rocket sans ham gear to arrive at ISS

NASA says the next Russian Progress supply rocket will arrive at the International Space Station January…