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03/18/2016 | Just-Launched ISS Expedition 47/48 Crew Increment Includes Two Radio Amateurs
The Expedition 47/48 crew increment of Astronaut Jeff Williams, KD5TVQ, and Cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka, RN3FU, and Alexey Ovchinin, is on its way to the International Space Station (ISS).
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03/10/2016 | ARISS Marks its 1000th Contact!
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is celebrating a milestone — its 1000th school radio contact.
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03/05/2016 | Elementary Schoolers’ CubeSat Ready to Deploy from ISS
The 400 youngsters attending a suburban Washington, DC, parochial school are eagerly awaiting the day the CubeSat they constructed will be deployed from the International Space Station.
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03/03/2016 | ARISS Offering Online Information Session for Prospective 2017 Contact Hosts
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program coordinator will offer an online information session on March 10 at 7 PM ET for schools and organizations interested in hosting an Amateur Radio contact.
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02/28/2016 | Incremental ISS Crew Change Ahead After 1-Year Space Mission Ends
US Astronaut Scott Kelly, and Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Kornienko, RN3BF, will end their year-long mission in space on March 1, and ham-astronauts will be swapping places.
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02/26/2016 | ARISS Celebrates its 1000th Educational Amateur Radio Contact with Video
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS), the first-ever ISS payload activated by the crew, is gearing up for its 1000th educational ham radio contact in March.
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02/15/2016 | ARISS Opens Window to Invite School and Group Proposals for ISS Ham Radio Contacts
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is seeking proposals from schools and formal or informal educational institutions and organizations to host an Amateur Radio contact next year with an ISS crew member.
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02/12/2016 | “Ham TV” System Used for First Time During ARISS Contact with UK School
The “Ham TV” digital Amateur Radio television system onboard the International Space Station was used for the first time ever this week for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) school contact.
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