For the first time, an astronaut and a cosmonaut were on the air simultaneously from both…
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AMSAT-OSCAR Echo Satellite Launched
The AMSAT-OSCAR Echo Amateur Radio satellite and several other payloads launched on schedule June 29 at…
Field Day fun leads to ISS chats
International Space Station astronaut Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, enjoyed his time operating during the 2004 ARRL Field…
ISS astronaut uses ham radio to announce daughter’s birth
International Space Station astronaut Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, and his wife Renita became parents for the second…
ISS FIELD DAY 2004 OPERATION POSSIBLE
The crew of the International Space Station–astronaut Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, and cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, RN3DT–could be…
SO-50 satellite now available to all Hams
AMSAT-NA says thethe SO-50 satellite–also known as SaudiSat-1C–now is available to all, and users can switch…
Ham Radio Space Firsts
NASA Expedition 9 International Space Station Science Officer and Flight Engineer Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, logged what’s…
Rocket carrying ham radio reaches space
Following its May 17 launch from Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, a solid-fuel amateur rocket carrying a…
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…