{"id":664948,"date":"2020-08-25T17:46:22","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T21:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=664948"},"modified":"2020-08-25T17:46:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T21:46:22","slug":"jeanette-epps-kf5qnu-joins-starliner-mission-to-iss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=664948","title":{"rendered":"Jeanette Epps KF5QNU joins Starliner mission to ISS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Astronaut Jeanette Epps KF5QNU<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Astronaut and radio amateur Jeanette Epps KF5QNU<\/strong><\/a> has joined the Boeing CST-100 Starliner-1 crew for a mission to the International Space Station.<\/p>\n

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ISS astronaut Sunita Williams KD5PLB answers questions from a student using amateur radio<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

She joins fellow crew members Sunita Williams KD5PLB<\/strong><\/a> and Josh Cassada KI5CRH<\/strong> on the first operational crewed flight of Starliner. The six-month expedition is planned to launch to the ISS in 2021 following NASA certification after a successful uncrewed Orbital Flight Test-2 and Crew Flight Test with astronauts.<\/p>\n

While earning her doctorate, Epps was a NASA Graduate Student Researchers Project fellow, authoring several journal and conference articles on her research. After completing graduate school, she worked in a research laboratory for more than two years, co-authoring several patents, before the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) recruited her. She spent seven years as a CIA technical intelligence officer before her selection as a member of the 2009 astronaut class.<\/p>\n

NASA assigned Williams and Cassada to the Starliner-1 mission in August 2018. The spaceflight will be the first for Cassada and third for Williams, who spent long-duration stays aboard the space station on Expeditions 14\/15 and 32\/33.<\/p>\n

NASA press release
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What is Amateur Radio? http:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/what-is-amateur-radio<\/a><\/p>\n

Free online amateur radio training course https:\/\/www.essexham.co.uk\/train\/foundation-online\/<\/a><\/p>\n


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