SIX MONTHS WITHOUT A SHOWER OR BATH?

NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, told students at Kingston Community School in South Australia that keeping…

LIFE IN SPACE FUN, CHALLENGING, ASTRONAUT SAYS

NASA International Space Station Science Officer Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, told students at Pennsylvania’s Upper St Clair…

ISS PHASE 2 USED AS FM “EASYSAT”

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program this week put one of the…

ASTRONAUT CRAVING FRIED CHICKEN

Four months into a six-month tour of duty aboard the International Space Station, astronaut Mike Fincke,…

New Amateur Radio Satellite Project

AMSAT-UK Chairman Martin Sweeting, G3YJO, has announced that an Amateur Radio transponder will be part of…

AMSAT “Echo” Satellite to Open

AMSAT-NA’s new “Echo” satellite (AO-51) will be turned on for general use in FM repeat mode…

AO-51 SATELLITE WORK CONTINUES

Work continues to commission AMSAT-NA’s recently launched “Echo” satellite–now known as AO-51–for general amateur use. Primary…

ASTRONAUT CHATS WITH TURKISH STUDENTS

NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, onboard the International Space Station, answered questions from students at Space…

Two Astro-Hams No Waiting

For the first time, an astronaut and a cosmonaut were on the air simultaneously from both…

AMSAT-OSCAR Echo Satellite Launched

The AMSAT-OSCAR Echo Amateur Radio satellite and several other payloads launched on schedule June 29 at…