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Sounds from Amateur Radio Missions on Space Ships and Space Stations

This section is dedicated to manned Amateur Radio missions in Space Ships and Space Stations. Many thanks to all the Astronauts and Cosmonauts who spend part of their free time in space operating the Amateur Radio equipment and thus provide us here on Earth so much excitement and fun !

My special thanks to Alois DL3PD; Jim N4ST, John KD2BD, Peter DF2JB, Jochen DL4IE, Gedas W8BYA, Robert DL5GAC, Hans DL1HHH, Ricardo PY3VHQ, Thomas HB9SKA, Harald DH8HHA, Don KD4APP, Henk PA3GUO, Don N4UJW, Greg ZS1BI, Mark KF6KYI, Nils von Storch, Andy G0SFJ, Dave AA4KN, Piraja PS8RF, Kevin VK3UKF, Andy G0SFJ, Fabiano PY5RX, Sergej RV3DR for kindly supporting this collection !

Picture	Object name #NORAD	Remarks	Mission Date
	W5LFL on STS-9 Columbia #14523	W5LFL, Dr. Owen Garriott, in Spacelab-1 Columbia STS-9 operated the world's first Amateur Radio Station from space. The German astronaut Dr. Ulf Merbold (ham radio callsign DB1KM) was also part of this Spacelab-1 mission. Recorded on Dec 4^th 1983 and commented by Alois DL3PD	November 28^th - December 12^th 1983
	W0ORE on STS-51-F Challenger #15925	Challenger's number 1 main engine shut itself down premature after the launch and thus STS-51-F did not reach its target orbit. Yet the mission was continued. The QSO on 2m of AA3O and Dr. Tony England (W0ORE) was recorded by Jim N4ST (ex AA3O).	July 29^th - August 6^th 1985
		Also commander Gordon Fullerton operated SAREX using the callsign W0ORE during this flight. He was recorded by John KD2BD.
		STS-51-F carried beside Spacelab-2 also the experiment SAREX(1). This allowed SSTV (slow scan television) transmissions from the Space Ship on its 2m downlink. Enclosed the CW identification and beginning of a SSTV transmission recorded by N4ST.
		These two SSTV recordings were done on Aug 5^th 1985 in the 2m band from Greg Roberts ZS1BI in Cape Town.
		This is a record of the communications between the station manager "Jack" at the BOTSWANA ground station and Challenger. Unfortunately only the downlink on either 259.7 or 296.8 MHz can be heard. In the file longer pauses were cut out. At start it sounds like Shuttle was being relayed to Houston and in the second transmission "Jack" may be heard. Recorded on Aug 6^th 1985 by Greg ZS1BI.
	DP0SL on STS-61-A Challenger #16230	Spacelab D-1 mission inculding 2 German Astronauts Prof. Dr. Reinhard Furrer (DD6CF) and Dr. Ernst Messerschmid (DG2KM). Prof. Dr. Furrer died during an airplane accident on September 9^th 1995. The record is comprised of several parts including CW beacon transmissions "CQ DP0SL record on tape k", taped voice message transmissions and a live contact. (file 2 MByte large). Recorded by Peter DF2JB.	October 30^th - November 6^th 1985
		Dr. Ernst Messerschmid DP0SL in contact with Horst DK0SG on Sunday November 3^rd 1985. Recorded on the downlink frequency of 145.575 MHz in FM by Alois DL3PD.
		DP0SL calling twice DK9SI on November 2^nd 1985. Recorded by John KD2BD.
		DP0SL calling CQ in CW on STS-61A. This was also received on November 2^nd 1985 by John KD2BD.
		Also in Europe many radio amateurs were listening to DP0SL. When the crew was not at the ham radio station a CW message was transmitted and the voice calls from people on Earth were recorded on a tape recorder. The beacon "CQ DP0SL record on tape k" was recorded by Jochen DL4IE.
		Also the club station DF0VR of DFVLR in Oberpfaffenhofen transmitted on 3695 kHz in SSB reports on the mission such as the enclosed interview with Ulf Merbold. Ulf Merbold was not in space during this 10 min. interview but gave interesting insight in he D1-mission. Recorded and commented on Sunday November 3^rd by Jochen DL4IE.
	DL1MIR on MIR (Russian Space Station) #16609	From March 17^th to March 25^th 1992 Klaus-Dietrich Flade DL1MIR participated in the "Euromir 92" mission. He brought a digital voice recorder up to MIR. He had a few amateur radio contacts using the callsign DP1MIR with his Astronaut colleagues on Earth Hans Schlegel DG1KIH as well as with Ulrich Walter DG1KIM. I am searching for a sound file. Please send it to	March 17^th - March 25^th 1992
	N5WQC on STS-45 Atlantis #21915	Dr. Kathryn Sullivan N5YYV was using the callsign N5WQN while operating SAFEX. Enclosed you can hear her calling CQ and confirming QSOs.	March 24^th - April 2^nd 1992
		Dirk D. Frimout ON1AFD was also operating with the callsign N5WQC. Enclosed you can hear him calling CQ and confirming QSOs.
		The Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment (SAREX) was used to talk with students in 17 schools around the world. The file enclosed is 2MByte large and was recorded during the contact with "Richard" of Ostfield Regional College in Halden, Norway.
	DP0SL on STS-55 Columbia #22640	Second German Spacelab D-2 Mission which included the first SAFEX experiment (Spacelab-Amateurfunk-Experiment). German astronauts on this mission were Hans Schlegel DG1KIH as well as Ulrich Walter DG1KIM. As the low inclination of this shuttle mission did not allow to receive the signals in Europe a ham radio ground station in Nauakchott/Mauretania was established. In total 14 school contacts were conducted. I am searching for a sound file. Please send it to	April 26^th - May 6^th 1993
	WA4SIR on STS-67 Endeavour #23500	In 1995 STS-67 carried the ASTRO-2 payload into space. Ron Parise WA4SIR (+ May 9^th 2008) was a payload specialist and in his spare time also made contacts on 2m in FM with radio amateurs. WD8BYA Gedas talked to him and his daughter Marlorraine thanked Ron for a signed picture which she had previously received from him. Recorded by Gedas W8BYA (ex WB8BYA).	March 2^nd - March 18^th 1995
	DP3MIR on MIR (Russian Space Station) #16609	In October 1994 Dr. Ulf Merbold (DB1KM) stayed 4 weeks onboard the space station MIR participating in the "Euromir 94" mission. Ulf Merbold used the callsign DP3MIR and I had a short contact with him on 2m. Recorded by DD1US.	October 3^rd - November 4^th 1994
		DP3MIR confirming the reception of DL2MDE. Recorded by DD1US.
		DP3MIR confirming the reception of DL2VAA. Recorded by DD1US.
	DP0MIR on MIR (Russian Space Station) #16609	During the mission "Euromir 95" Dr. Thomas Reiter, DF4TR, stayed 6 months in the space station MIR. During this time he was also active in Amateur Radio using the callsign DP0MIR. I had 4 voice contacts with Thomas using FM simplex mode in the 2m band (frequency 145.975MHz). I recorded this first audio file on October 4^th 1995 around 06:00 UTC.	September 3^rd 1995 - January 16^th 1996
		The second file was recorded during another long talk some days later. We discussed problems in the installation of the new radio transceiver. Recorded by DD1US.
		Also Robert DL5GAC had a nice contact with Thomas DP0MIR on October 29^th 2005 at 20:28 UTC on 145.800 MHz. Recorded by DL5GAC.
		Around new years eve Thomas Reiter, Sergej Avdeev and Juri Gidzenko also sent Seasons Greetings via a voice message down to Earth. Recorded on 2m band by Hans DL1HHH.
	SAFEX II (Space Amateur Funk EXperiment) repeater on MIR (Russian Space Station) #16609	SAFEX was built by Thomas Kieselbach DL2MDE. Thomas (shown on the picture to the right) passed away on Oct. 8^th 2002.	March 22^nd - September 26^th 1996
		Shannon Lucid aboard MIR announced on the weekend July 13^th/14^th 1996 on the frequency 437.925 MHz:"Thanks for the Radio SAFEX, we just turned it on and the best wishes from the crew of MIR 21." Recorded by Ricardo PY3VHQ.
		Another recording from Shannon Lucid was received shortly before MIR crew 22 launched on August 17^th 1996. Kindly provided by Serg RV3DR.
	RR0DL on MIR (Russian Space Station) #16609	During the "MIR97" mission (Feb. 10^th 1997 until March 2nd 1997) Dr. Reinhold Ewald (Callsign DL2MIR) stayed onboard MIR and activated the SAFEX experiment using the callsign RR0DL. SAFEX was a repeater, digipeater and radio operating in the 70cm band (435 MHz). Enclosed a recorded voice message which was received by Thomas HB9SKA.	February 10^th - March 2^nd 1997
		Dr. Reinhold Ewald DL2MIR also made random contacts with hams. The enclosed contact was recorded on February 20^th 1997 while MIR was crossing Germany by Harald DH8HHA.
		Another short SAFEX message was giving the callsign RR0DL and indicating QSO mode. Kindly provided by Serg RV3DR.
	U8MIR on MIR (Russian Space Station) #16609	While Dr. Reinhold Ewald DL2MIR was visiting MIR Alexandr Kaleri (part of the 27^th expedition to MIR with a 6 month stay) used the callsign U8MIR. Enclosed greeting he sent to all Hams around the world which were recorded by Ricardo PY3VHQ in Spring 1997.	August 17^th 1996 - March 2^nd 1997
	U8MIR on MIR (Russian Space Station) #16609	On February 23^rd 1997 (Reinhold Ewald was still onboard) a fire broke out in the MIR space station. Valery Korzun (also part of the 27^th expedition to MIR) used the callsign U8MIR when reporting about this event a day later to Hams. Recorded on February 24^th 1997 on 145.800 MHz (FM) by Harald DH8HHA.	August 17^th 1996 - March 2^nd 1997
	MIR (Russian Space Station) #16609	Mir (english peace), a Russian space station, was the world's first consistently inhabited long-term research station in space. Constructed from 1986 to 1996 using a modular design (core module launched February 20^th 1986) the station was in operation for fifteen years before it was deliberately de-orbited and re-entered into the atmosphere over the South Pacific Ocean on March 23^rd 2001.	February 20^th 1986 - March 23^rd 2001
	ARISS ISS crew #1 (International Space Station) #25544	The crew #1 of the ISS was the team of Commander William M. Shepherd KD5GSL, Soyuz Pilot Yuri P. Gidzenko RK3DOG and Flight Engineer Sergei Krikalev U5MIR. They arrived on Nov. 2^nd 2000 and stayed 136 days. Please click on the picture to the very left to get the history and roadmap of ISS's assembly.	Nov 20^th1998 (Zarja module)
	ARISS ISS crew #2 (International Space Station) #25544	ARISS (Amateur Radio on International Space Station): During her 163 days stay as part of Expedition #2 aboard ISS Susan Helms (KC7NHZ) also had a random contact with John Magliacane KD2BD who operated a "field day station". Recorded on June 23^rd 2001 by John KD2BD.	March 8^th - August 22^nd 2001
	ARISS ISS crew #3 (International Space Station) #25544	As part of ISS crew #3 Frank Culbertson (KD5OPQ) stayed 129 days on ISS. He also operated the ham radio station using the callsign NA1SS. On October 19^th 2001 John KD2BD had a very nice contact with him. Recording provided by KD2BD.	August 10^th - December 17^th 2001
	ARISS ISS crew #7 (International Space Station) #25544	ARISS (Amateur Radio on International Space Station): Being part of crew #7 on June 14^th 2003 at 17:30 UTC Ed Lu, KC5WKJ, had a contact with pupils of Ecole primaire de l'Apprenti-Sage, Quebec, Canada. You can hear him answering the following questions: 2. How do you feel during the lift off? Does it hurt? 3. How do you drive the ISS, must you avoid some fragments sometimes? 4. What is your favorite activity in the ISS? 5. Where does the air that you breath come from in the ISS? Recorded by Don KD4APP.	April 26^th - October 28^th 2003
	ARISS ISS crew #8 (International Space Station) #25544	While being part of crew #8 On December 6^th 2003 Mike Foale (KB5UAC) had a commemorative event contact dedicated to Roy Neal with KD2BD. Audio recording provided by John KD2BD.	October 18^th 2003 - April 30^th 2004
	ARISS ISS crew delta (International Space Station) #25544	On April 25^th 2004 Dutch Astronaut Andre Kuipers PI9ISS had a contact with the University of Eindhoven PI4UTE. The contact had to be postponed by one orbit-pass due to conflicts with other scheduled tasks on ISS. Complete pass (9 minutes, 2MB) recorded by PA3GUO.	April 19^th - April 30^th 2004
	ARISS ISS crew #9 (International Space Station) #25544	Mike Fincke KE5AIT was part of ISS crew #9. On July 31^st 2004 at 14:50 UTC, while using the callsign NA1SS, he had a contact with Kevin VK3UKF. Kevin used a handheld transceiver and recorded the audio file.	April 19^th - April 30^th 2004
	ARISS ISS STS-114 (International Space Station) #25544	As part of the STS-114 Discovery crew on August 5^th 2005 Australian astronaut Dr. Andy Thomas KD5CHF/VK5MIR had a contact with his fellow countryman Kevin VK3UKF. Recorded and kindly provided by VK3UKF.	July 26^th - August 9^th 2005
	ARISS ISS crew #12 (International Space Station) #25544	William S. McArthur KC5ACR, ISS expedition #12 commander, was one of the most active astronauts operating the ham radio station aboard ISS. His mission lasted 6 months from October 1^st 2005 until April 8^th 2006. He made 37 contacts with school children around the world. Enclosed contact with K4YHB, Pine Ridge Middle School in Naples/Florida, was recorded on Feb 8^th 2006 15:24UTC by Don N4UJW.	October 1^st 2005 - April 8^th 2006
		On January 9^th 2006 John KD2BD had a short random contact with Bill McArthur. Recording kindly provided by John KD2BD.
		On January 21^st 2006 Bill had a random contact with Mrs. Juliana Moser PY5JMJ in Brazil. Many thanks to her husband Fabiano PY5RX for providing the recording.
		In spring 2006 also Juliana`s husband Fabiano PY5RX hand several random contacts with Bill McArthur. Thanks to Fabiano for providing the interesting recordings.
	ARISS ISS crew #13 (International Space Station) #25544	Marcos Pontes PY0AEB was part of the ISS Expedition #13 crew. During is stay on ISS from March 30^th 2006 until April 8^th 2006 he was also an active ham radio amateur. The enclosed contact with Fabriano PY5RX was recorded by Fabiano on April 3^rd 2006 at 14:34 UTC.	March 30^th- April 8^th 2006
	ARISS ISS crew #14 (International Space Station) #25544	In autumn 2006 Anousheh Ansari visited ISS as the first female space tourist. Besides conducting 4 scientific experiments for ESA she also operated the amateur radio station using the callsign RS0ISS. She had a random contact with Piraja PS8RF on September 27^th 2006 at 15:42 UTC. Recorded and kindly provided by Piraja PS8RF.	September 18^th- September 29^th 2006
	ARISS ISS crew #14 (International Space Station) #25544	Scheduled school contact of RS0ISS operated by Mikhail Tyurin (RZ3FT) with students at "Erweiterte Realschule Weiskirchen" in Germany (DN1ERW). Due to problems in the uplink from the school only a few questions could be answered in 2 consecutive passes. Recorded on Dec 8^th 2006 at 22:15UTC & 23:50UTC by DD1US.	September 18^th2006 - April 21^st 2007
	ARISS ISS crew #15 (International Space Station) #25544	Scheduled school contact of NA1SS operated by Clayton Anderson (KD5PLA) with students at Isummasaqvik School in Quaqtaq, Quebec, Canada. The contact took place while ISS was over Europe with the help of ON4ISS in Belgium as a Telebridge Station. The students asked 20 questions (see attached text file). You can hear only the corresponding answers from NA1SS. Recorded on Oct 10^th 2007 at 18:33 UTC on the downlink of 145.800MHz by DD1US.	June 8^th- November 7^th 2007
	ARISS ISS crew #16 (International Space Station) #25544	On Dec 27^th 2007 at 10:10 UTC Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP used the callsign RS0ISS and called ON4ISS for a scheduled ARISS contact. ON4ISS did not answer and the telebridge contact to a school in Moscow had to be rescheduled. Recorded on 145.800 MHz by DD1US.	October 10^th2007 - April 19^th 2008
	ARISS on ISS (International Space Station) #25544	On February 1^st 2008 the ham radio equipment aboard ISS was switched to operate as a crossband FM repeater. The uplink frequency is 437.800 MHz and the downlink frequency is on 145.800 MHz. You can hear multiple stations from Europe on the enclosed recording from DD1US dated Feb 1^st 20:15h UTC.	Nov 20^th1998 (Zarja module)
	ARISS on ISS (International Space Station) #25544	At the same day the downlink was also recorded by KF6KYI (February 1^st 2008).	Nov 20^th1998 (Zarja module)
	ARISS ISS crew #17 (International Space Station) #25544	About 25 years after his father, Dr. Owen Garriott W5LFL, operated the first amateur radio station in space, his son Richard Garriott W5KWQ visited ISS as a space tourist for 10 days in October 2008. He started his journey with the launch of Soyuz TMA-13 on October 12^th and returned back to Earth with Soyuz TMA-12 on October 24^th 2008. Richard dedicated much of his time operating an amateur radio station using his personal callsign W5KWQ as well as the callsigns NA1SS and RS0ISS. Besides talking randomly to other ham radio operators around the globe and having scheduled contacts to 4 schools he also transmitted SSTV (slow scan television) pictures from ISS back to Earth. All audio recordings and SSTV pictures were received on 145.800 MHz in FM and kindly provided by Nils von Storch.	October 12^th2008 - October 24^th 2008
		Richard Garriott was recorded using his personal callsign W5KWQ on October 16^th 2008 at 09:10 UTC by Nils.
		Richard Garriott was recorded using the callsign NA1SS on October 16^th 2008 at 13:53 UTC by Nils.
		This scheduled contact with Budbrooke School in UK was recorded on October 17^th 2008 at 11:08 UTC by Nils.
		This voice and SSTV transmission was recorded on October 18^th 2008 at 11:34 UTC by Nils.
		On October 18^th 2008 at 19:41 UTC Richard had a number of contacts with stations in South America (including PS8ML, PY4AJ, PS8RF). Recorded and kindly provided by Piraja PS8RF.
		Finally Nils recorded this transmission of Richard Garriott on October 21^st 2008 at 08:07 UTC.
	ARISS ISS crew #18 (International Space Station) #25544	Michael Fincke (KE5AIT) used the callsign NA1SS when he had a scheduled contact with pupils of Ecole & Collège Jean XXIII, Pamiers, in France. They used the callsign F0CUQ. Recorded on January 30^th 2009 at 13:12UTC on 145.800 MHz by Nils.	October 12^th2008 - April 8^th 2009
	ARISS ISS crew #18 (International Space Station) #25544	Astronaut Sandra Magnus on board the ISS had a scheduled contact with Pilton The Bluecoat Primary School in Barnstable, England (callsign G0NPV). Sandra used the callsign OR4ISS. Recorded on February 6^th 2009 at 14:55UTC on 145.800 MHz by Nils.	November 14^th2008 - March 28^th 2009
	ARISS ISS crew #18 (International Space Station) #25544	In 2009 space tourist Charles Simonyi KE7KDP visited ISS second time after having been there already in April 2007. He had a scheduled contact (using the callsign OR4ISS) with Milwee Middle School in Longwood, Florida via the gateway ON4ISS. Recorded on April 1^st 2009 at 17:56UTC on 145.800 MHz by Andy G0SFJ. In preparation to this contact Dave AA4KN created the attached slideshow in order to explain the pupils the mission. Please note that it is 36MB large !	March 26^th2009 - April 8^th 2009
	ARISS ISS crew #18 (International Space Station) #25544	Charles used the callsign NA1SS during this contact with a Technical School in Hungary. Recorded on April 5^th 2009 14:57-15:06 UTC on 145.800 MHz by DD1US (quiet periods were cut out of the recording).	March 26^th2009 - April 8^th 2009
	ARISS ISS crews #18,19,20 (International Space Station) #25544	On April 17^th 2009 there was a scheduled contact of Koichi Wakata with Ulvila Upper Secondary School, Ulvila, Satakunta, Finland. Koichi-san used the callsign OR4ISS while in contact with OH1F. Recorded on April 17^th 2009 on 145.800 MHz by DD1US.	March 26^th2009 - July 31^st 2009
	ARISS ISS crews #20, 21 (International Space Station) #25544	On June 12^th there was a scheduled contact of belgian astronaut Frank de Winne (ON1DWN) with Liceo Scientifico “A. Bafile”, L’Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy. The contact with Frank (using the callsign OR4ISS) was established via IZ6BAJ. Children from several schools which were damaged during a large Earthquake in April 2009 attended this special event. It was hoped that the contact with ISS would re-motivate the students and give them a wider look on their future. Recorded on June 12^th from 08:30-08:36 UTC on 145.800 MHz by DD1US.	May 27^th2009 - December 1^st 2009
		On July 19^th 2009 there was a scheduled contact of belgian astronaut Frank de Winne (ON1DWN) with Eichenlaubschule Weiskirchen in Germany. Here are the questions which he answered: 1. How did you feel during the shuttle launch? 2. How does the earth look like from the station and is it possible to recognize buildings on Earth from the ISS? 3. Beside the sun, the earth, the moon, what other planets can you see from ISS? 4. Can you take a bath or a shower in the ISS? 5. Is it tiring to move at zero gravity? 6. Why do the astronauts have to clean the ISS periodically every week? 7. What was the hardest job you have done at the station? 8. How is security provided for oxygen supply? 9. What kind of space food do you like best? 10. How do you deal with the garbage in the ISS? 11. Where do you keep your dirty laundry? 12. Which standard time are you using in the ISS and how do you know if it is day or night and when it’s time to sleep? 13. Do you snore more or less in weightlessness of Space than you do on Earth? 14. What happens if someone in the station gets extremely sick or severely injured? 15. What kind of experiments are you making at the station and what is your mission in the space station? 16. We know that you work very hard in space. What do you do to relax and have fun? 17. What did you astonish most in the space? 18. Do you get homesick in space? If so, how do you deal with it? 19. How do you prevent your food from flying away in zero gravity? 20. Has space garbage crashed with the ISS? Recorded on July 19^th from 17:55-18:07 UTC on 145.800 MHz in FM by DD1US.	May 27^th2009 - December 1^st 2009
	ARISS on ISS (International Space Station) #25544	On August 4^th 2009 ISS transmitted SSTV (slow scan television) pictures using the callsign NA1SS. The used format was Robot36. The 2 audio files were received on July 4^th 2009 at 13:35UTC on 145.800 MHz in FM by DD1US.	Nov 20^th1998 (Zarja module)
	ARISS ISS crews #19, #20 (International Space Station) #25544	On August 5^th 2009 there was a scheduled contact of US astronaut Mike Barratt (KD5MIJ) with the United Space School in Texas/USA. The contact was a telebridge via ON4ISS in Belgium while the space shuttle was over Europe. Recorded on August 5^th 2009 from 13:55-14:02 UTC on 145.800 MHz in FM by DD1US.	March 26^th2009 - October 11^th 2009
Picture	Object name #NORAD	Remarks	Mission Date

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Vy 55 & 73 de Matthias DD1US