| Picture | Object name#NORAD
 | Description | MissionDate
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                    | 
 
 | 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. 
                        He was followed 25 years later by his son Richard Gariott 
                        (see further below). Recorded and commented on Dec 4th 
                        1983 by Alois DL3PD (SK).
 | Nov.28th
 -
 Dec.
 12th
 1983
 | 
                
                    |  Horst 
                        DL9MH managed to get recorded on the tape recorder of 
                        W5LFL during the very same pass over Europe dated December 
                        4th 1983 at 15:24 UTC. Horst used 40 Watts and a 5 element 
                        Yagi antenna to transmit his signal on 2m. Together 
                        with a QSL card from W5LFL he received enclosed recording 
                        which he kindly provided to me.
 | 
                
                    | Dr.Owen Garriott passed away on April 
                        15th 2019 at the age of 88 
                        years. | 
                
                    | The German astronaut Dr. Ulf Merbold 
                        (ham radio callsign DB1KM) was also part of this Spacelab-1 
                        mission (lower picture to the left). | 
                
                    | 
 
 | 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.
 | July 
                        29th
 -
 Aug.
 6th
 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 5th 
                        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 6th 
                        1985 by Greg ZS1BI.
 | 
                
                    | 
 
 
 | DP0SLon 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 9th 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.
 | Oct.30th
 -
 Nov.
 6th
 1985
 | 
                
                    |  This recording 
                        includes two of the first random contacts of DP0SL (operator 
                        DD6CF) which were with DJ7Z? and DB2FB. Recorded and 
                        kindly by Eyke DD1EK.
 | 
                
                    |  Dr. Ernst 
                        Messerschmid DP0SL in contact with Horst DL9MH operating 
                        the club station DK0SG on Sunday November 3rd 
                        1985. Recorded on the downlink frequency of 145.575 
                        MHz in FM by Alois DL3PD (SK).
 | 
                
                    |  The very 
                        same contact on November 3rd 
                        1985 between DP0SL and DL9MH at DK0SG was also recorded 
                        by Horst. Accordingly his recording includes his own 
                        uplink signal. Horst Ellgering was the trainer of Ernst 
                        Messerschmidt during the preparation of this mission. 
                        Recording kindly provided by Horst DL9MH.
 | 
                
                    |    DP0SL 
                        calling twice DK9SI on November 2nd 
                        1985. Recorded by John KD2BD.
 | 
                
                    |  DP0SL 
                        calling CQ in CW on STS-61A. This was also received 
                        on November 2nd 1985 by John 
                        KD2BD.
 | 
                
                    |  Many 
                        radio amateurs around the world 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 3rd 
                        by Jochen DL4IE.
 | 
                
                    | 
 | N5RAWon STS-37
 Atlantis
 #21224
 |  The main 
                        mission goal of STS-37 using Space Shuttle Atlantis 
                        was to release the Gamma-Ray-Observatory GRO. All 5 
                        Astronauts on this mission held a Ham Radio license. 
                        Mission commander Steven R. Nagel N5RAW (SK) had quite 
                        some contacts. Also Ben Crnojacki VK3KBCin Melbourne 
                        had a successful FM contact with Steve N5RAW during 
                        a pass over Australia on April 8th 
                        1991 at 21:48 AEST. Ben used an uplink frequency of 
                        144.950 MHz (20 Watts into a 9 element Yagi) and a downlink 
                        frequency of 145.550 MHz. Recorded and kindly provided 
                        by by Ben VK3KBC.
 | Apr.5th
 -
 Apr.
 11th
 1991
 | 
                
                    | 
 | GB1MIRon MIR
 (Russian Space Station)
 #16609
 |  Helen 
                        Patricia Sharman was the first female British Astronaut. 
                        She visited MIR in 1991 conducting the scientific space 
                        mission Juno, which was mostly dedicated to school contacts 
                        using Ham Radio and the callsign GB1MIR. She had been 
                        handed over her Ham Radio license by Richard Horton 
                        G3XWH a month before launch. Helen had several school 
                        contacts using the frequency 145.550 MHz.
 | May18th
 -
 May
 26th
 1991
 | 
                
                    |   Using 
                        the callsign, GB0JUNO, six licenced pupils at the Harrogate 
                        Ladies’ College established the initial contact with 
                        Helen on May 21st 1991 and 
                        then passed transmission to the other eight schools 
                        involved in the experiment. Katy G7NST 
                        asked Helen the first question: “If you had no clock 
                        on board Mir, what would give you sense of time in space?”. 
                        After her return to Earth Helen Sharman visited the 
                        Harrogate Ladies’ College club station used for GB0JUNO. 
                        From left to right are Anna-Karin G7IRR, Helen Sharman 
                        GB1MIR, Richard Horton G3XWH and Katy G7NST. Recorded 
                        and kindly provided by Richard Horton G3XWH.
 | 
                
                    |  Another 
                        contact with GB1MIR was made the second day of the mission, 
                        on May 23rd 1991 between Helen 
                        and GB0JUNO. Recorded and kindly provided by Richard 
                        Horton G3XWH.
 | 
                
                    |  Finally 
                        a 3rd short contact with GB1MIR 
                        was made the 3rd day of the 
                        mission, on May 24th 1991 between 
                        Helen and GB0JUNO. Recorded and kindly provided by Richard 
                        Horton G3XWH.
 | 
                
                    |    David 
                        G8XHW in Durham City IO94FU received and recorded GB1MIR 
                        multiple times on 145.800 MHz. He was using a horizontally 
                        polarized 6 element quad-antenna and a YAESU FT-290R 
                        portable transceiver. David's current callsign is M0BPM. 
                        Pauses in the recordings have been shortened. Recordings 
                        kindly forwarded by John G7HIA (SK).
 | 
                
                    | 
 | DL1MIRon MIR
 (Russian Space Station)
 #16609
 |  From March 
                        17th to March 25th 
                        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. The contact of DL1MIR with 
                        Hans Schlegel operating the station of Horst DL9MH was 
                        recorded on March 23rd 1992 
                        and kindly provided by Horst DL9MH.
 | March 
                        17th
 -
 March
 25th
 1992
 | 
                
                    |  Also Horst 
                        DL9MH, who was during this time a leading member of 
                        DLR, had a contact with DL1MIR. Enclosed audio file 
                        is a an interview of Horst with the broadcaster "Süddeutscher 
                        Rundfunk" and was kindly provided by DL9MH.
 | 
                
                    | 
 
 
 | N5WQNN5WQC
 N5WQW
 on STS-45
 Atlantis
 #21915
 | The Shuttle Amateur 
                        Radio EXperiment (SAREX) was used to talk with students 
                        in 17 schools in the USA, Belgium, Canada, England, 
                        Norway, Germany and Wales. Three of the STS-45 crewmembers 
                        were even successful in making random contact with amateur 
                        radio operators on all seven Earth's continents. During 
                        the 8 day flight, they had over 1000 QSO's with hams 
                        and students groups. | March 
                        24th
 -
 April
 2nd
 1992
 | 
                
                    |  Dr. Kathryn 
                        Sullivan N5YYV was using the callsign N5WQN while operating 
                        SAFEX. Enclosed you can hear her calling CQ and confirming 
                        QSOs.
 | 
                
                    |  Dirk 
                        D. Frimout ON1AFD was also operating with the callsign 
                        N5WQC. Enclosed you can hear him calling CQ and confirming 
                        QSOs.
 | 
                
                    |    The 
                        file enclosed was recorded during the contact with "Richard" 
                        of Ostfield Regional College in Halden, Norway.
 | 
                
                    |  One of 
                        the schools-contacts was conducted by David (Dave) Leestma 
                        using the callsign N5WQW. The contact with Harrogate 
                        Ladies’ College (HLC) who used the callsign GB2HC was 
                        managed by Richard Horton. Recorded and kindly provided 
                        by Richard G3XWH.
 | 
                
                    | 
 
 | DP0SLon STS-55
 Columbia
 #22640
 | This second German Spacelab D-2 Mission 
                        included the first SAFEX experiment (Spacelab-Amateurfunk-Experiment).
 
  German astronauts 
                        on this mission were Hans Schlegel DG1KIH and 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
   | April26th
 -
 May
 6th
 1993
 | 
                
                    | 
 
 | DP3MIRon MIR
 (Russian Space Station)
 #16609
 | Euromir 
                        was an international space programme between the Russian 
                        Federal Space Agency and the European Space Agency (ESA). 
                        From October 4th until November 3rd 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 various contacts 
                        with radio amateurs. | Oct.3rd
 -
 Nov.
 4th
 1994
 | 
                
                    |  In the 
                        evening of October 16th 1994 
                        I had a short contact with him DP3MIR on 145.550 MHz. 
                        Recorded by DD1US.
  For 
                        some reason I received a QSL card, which was interestingly 
                        only confirming a reception report instead of confirming 
                        our contact.
  Several 
                        years later in summer 2018 I met Ulf Merbold in person. 
                        We talked about this mission and his Ham Radio activities. 
                        He wrote some greetings on my QSL card as you can see 
                        on the right.
 | 
                
                    |  DP3MIR 
                        confirming the reception of DL2MDE. Recorded by DD1US.
 | 
                
                    |  DP3MIR 
                        confirming the reception of DL2VAA. Recorded by DD1US.
 | 
                
                    |  On October 
                        28th 1994 during orbit 49682 
                        Ulf DP3MIR had a long contact with Horst DL9MH on an 
                        alternative frequency in the 2m ham radio band. Enclosed 
                        recording was kindly provided by DL9MH.
 | 
                
                    |  On October 
                        29th 1994 both DP3MIR and DL9MH 
                        had another contact. Enclosed recording was kindly provided 
                        by DL9MH.
 | 
                
                    |  Oscar 
                        DJ0MY recorded several passes of DP3MIR. Among the callsigns 
                        confirmed by DP3MIR in his recordings are Thomas DL9YEY, 
                        Karl DG5OAF, Heinz Werner DC6LN, Michael DB6VH, DL9GKA, 
                        Mart DL6UAA, Dorothea DK7EB, Herrmann DL2GKH and Hermann 
                        DG3SAA. Recordings kindly compiled and provided by Oscar 
                        DJ0MY.
 | 
                
                    | 
 | WA4SIRon STS-67
 Endeavour
 #23500
 |  In 1995 
                        STS-67 carried the ASTRO-2 payload into space. Ron Parise 
                        WA4SIR (+ May 9th 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.
 | March 2nd
 -
 March
 18th
 1995
 | 
                
                    | 
 | R0MIRon MIR
 (Russian Space Station)
 #16609
 | On March 14th 
                        1995 astronaut Dr. Norman Taggart started his journey 
                        to the MIR space station with a launch on the russian 
                        Sojus TM-21 rocket. He was the fist american astronaut 
                        riding into space in a Russian rocket and was part of 
                        the 18th MIR team (MIR EO-18). 
                        He conducted 28 experiments during his 115 day stay 
                        aboard MIR and also operated the Ham Radio equipment. 
                        On July 7th 1995 he landed 
                        with the Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-71) at Kennedy 
                        Space Center. | March 
                        14th
 -
 July
 7th
 1995
 | 
                
                    |  Norm Thagard 
                        talking to Jay Apt (N5QWL), an Astronaut who was at 
                        that time in Johnson Space Center. Received and recorded 
                        by Bill N2CQR while he was in HI8.
 | 
                
                    |  Norm Thagard 
                        also made many random contact with Radio Amateurs. In 
                        this recording he is replying to N2CQR/HI8. Received 
                        and recorded by Bill Meara N2CQR during Bill's stay 
                        in HI8 (Dominican Republic).
 | 
                
                    |  On April 
                        22nd 1995 at 15:49 UTC Bill 
                        N2CQR/HI8 made his 4th contact 
                        with Norm Thagard oboard the Mir Station. The were talking 
                        about the movie "The right stuff" and Bill 
                        told him "Godspeed Norm Thagard!" Received 
                        and recorded by Bill N2CQR while he was in HI8.
 | 
                
                    |  This is 
                        another contact between Norm Thagard and Bill N2CQR/HI8. 
                        They were wishing a good night to each other. Received 
                        and recorded by Bill N2CQR while he was in HI8.
 | 
                
                    |  Norm Thagard 
                        explaining probably to school children about watching 
                        lightning from the MIR space station. Received and recorded 
                        by Bill N2CQR while he was in HI8.
 | 
                
                    |  Norm Thagard 
                        explaining probably to school children about sleeping 
                        in zero gravity. Received and recorded by Bill N2CQR 
                        while he was in HI8
 | 
                
                    |  Norm Thagard 
                        describes rearrangement of MIR's modules. Received and 
                        recorded by Bill N2CQR while he was in HI8.
 | 
                
                    |  Norm Thagard 
                        talking about staying up late waiting for a resupply 
                        ship to arrive at MIR. Received and recorded by Bill 
                        N2CQR while he was in HI8.
 | 
                
                    |  In this 
                        recording Norm Thagard mentions that he will have to 
                        take another breath sample in 3 minutes. Received and 
                        recorded by Bill N2CQR while he was in HI8.
 | 
                
                    |  In this 
                        recording Norm Thagard is talking ot trying to contact 
                        Radio Amateurs in Cuba. Received and recorded by Bill 
                        N2CQR while he was in HI8.
 | 
                
                    | 
 | KC5FVFon STS-70
 Discovery
 #23612
 |  Don Thomas 
                        was part of the Crew on STS-70 (Space Shuttle Discovery). 
                        On July 16th 1995 at 14:19 
                        UTC Bill N2CQR/HI8 was taking advantage of the multiple 
                        opportunities afforded by his 18.5 degree N. latitude 
                        QTH in the Dominican Republic and a 28.5 degree inclination 
                        orbit of the Space Shuttle. He was able to contact Don 
                        Thomas KC5FCF aboard the Shuttle Discovery in FM voice. 
                        Don frequently put out CQ's on 145.55 MHz and Bill uplinked 
                        on 144.95 MHz.  Signals were quite strong. Recording 
                        kindly provided by Bill N2CQR (www.gadgeteer.us).
 | July13th
 1995
 –
 July
 22nd
 1995
 | 
                
                    | 
 | R0MIRon MIR
 (Russian Space Station)
 #16609
 | As part of MIR Crew #20 Sergei Vasiliyevich 
                        Avdeyev served as a flight engineer. He arrived and 
                        departed the MIR space station with Soyuz TM-22. | Sept.3rd
 1995
 -
 Feb.
 29th
 1996
 | 
                
                    |  Sergei 
                        Avdeyev also operated the Ham Radio Station using the 
                        callsign R0MIR. He was received and recorded by Bill 
                        Meara N2CQR during Bill's stay in HI8 (Dominican Republic).
 | 
                
                    | 
 
 
 | DP0MIRon 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 4th 
                        1995 around 06:00 UTC.
 | Sept.3rd
 1995
 -
 Jan.
 16th
 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 29th 1995 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.
 | 
                
                    |  Thomas 
                        Reiter DP0MIR tried to contact WB9LUR. He was received 
                        and recorded by Bill Meara N2CQR during Bill's stay 
                        in HI8 (Dominican Republic).
 | 
                
                    | 
 | 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. 
                        8th 2002.
 | March22nd
 -
 Sept.
 26th
 1996
 | 
                
                    |  Shannon 
                        Lucid aboard MIR announced on the weekend July 13th/14th 
                        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 17th 
                        1996. Kindly provided by Serg RV3DR.
 | 
                
                    | 
 
 | RR0DLon MIR
 (Russian Space Station)
 #16609
 |  During 
                        the "MIR97" mission (Feb. 10th 
                        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.
 | Febr.10th
 -
 March
 2nd
 1997
 | 
                
                    |  Dr. Reinhold 
                        Ewald DL2MIR also made random contacts with hams. The 
                        enclosed contact was recorded on February 20th 
                        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.
 | 
                
                    |  While 
                        the SAFEX Ham Radio equipment onboard the MIR space 
                        station was configured as a 70cm voice repeater I made 
                        several contacts using it. In repeater mode the downlink 
                        frequency was 437.950 MHz, the uplink 2.2 MHz lower 
                        thus 435.750 MHZ and a CTCSS-tone of 141.3 HZ had to 
                        be used on the uplink. Enclosed contact between Torsten 
                        DG7RO, who was operating the club station DL0TZ, and 
                        me (DD1US) was recorded on June 16th 1997 at 19:28 UTC. Recording kindly 
                        provided by Torsten DG7RO.
 | 
                
                    | 
 | U8MIRon MIR
 (Russian Space Station)
 #16609
 |  While 
                        Dr. Reinhold Ewald DL2MIR was visiting MIR Alexandr 
                        Kaleri (part of the 27th 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.
 | Aug.17th
 1996
 -
 March
 2nd
 1997
 | 
                
                    | 
 | U8MIRon MIR
 (Russian Space Station)
 #16609
 |  On February 
                        23rd 1997 (Reinhold Ewald was 
                        still onboard) a fire broke out in the MIR space station. 
                        Valery Korzun (also part of the 27th 
                        expedition to MIR) used the callsign U8MIR when reporting 
                        about this event a day later to Hams. Recorded on February 
                        24th 1997 on 145.800 MHz (FM) 
                        by Harald DH8HHA.
 | Aug.17th
 1996
 -
 March
 2nd
 1997
 | 
                
                    | 
 | R0MIRon MIR
 (Russian Space Station)
 #16609
 |  Michael 
                        Foale (KB5UAC) spent four months on Mir in 1997 during 
                        the Mir 23 and Mir 24 missions. During his mission a 
                        Progress cargo ship collided with the space station. 
                        On June 21st 1997 he addressed 
                        wishes to contest participants in USA. Recorded and 
                        kindly provided by Mike N1JEZ.
 | May15th
 1997
 -
 Oct.
 6th
 1997
 | 
                
                    |  Mike Foale 
                        made also contact with Richard Horton at Harrogate Ladies 
                        Collage (HLC) in UK, who was using the callsign GB2SR. 
                        They had an early morning contact on September 26th 
                        1997 around 4 am. Recorded and kindly provided by Richard 
                        Horton G3XWH.
 | 
                
                    | 
 | R0MIRon MIR
 (Russian Space Station)
 #16609
 |  Sergej 
                        Awdejew stayed more than 1 year on the MIR space station 
                        During his stay he also operated the Ham Radio equipment 
                        using the callsign R0MIR. In December 1998 he made a 
                        school contact with Harrogate Ladies Collage (HLC) in 
                        UK using the callsign GX0HCA. Recorded and kindly provided 
                        by Richard Horton G3XWH.
 | Aug.13th
 1998
 -
 Aug.
 28th
 1999
 | 
                
                    | 
 | MIR(Russian Space Station)
 #16609
 | Starting December 
                        12th 1998 an Amateur Radion SSTV transmitter 
                        was activated in the Russian Space Station MIR. Here 
                        is an article describing how this came into existence. 
                        If you click on the picture to the left you can have 
                        a look at some pictures I received directly from the 
                        MIR space station in December 1998. The transmission 
                        was Slow Scan Television (SSTV, sub mode Robot). During 
                        the first two pictures the camera was directed out of 
                        the window showing part of the space station. The 3rd 
                        picture shows the crew operating the HAM radio equipment. | Dec.12th
 1998
 | 
                
                    | 
 | FX0STBon MIR
 (Russian Space Station)
 #16609
 |  Jean-Pierre 
                        Haignere spent more than six months on Mir in 1999. 
                        During his mission he made various ham radio contacts 
                        including the one recorded enclosed with Mike N1JEZ. 
                        Recorded and kindly provided by Mike N1JEZ.
 | Febr.20th
 1999
 -
 Aug.
 28th
 1999
 | 
                
                    | 
 | 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 20th 
                        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 23rd 2001. 10 years after 
                        its reentry I built a model of MIR which is now in my 
                        bookshelf and a nice reminiscence of the various contacts 
                        I had with people onboard MIR.
 | Feb. 20th
 1986
 -
 March
 23rd
 2001
 | 
                
                    | 
 | ARISSISS 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. 2nd 
                        2000 and stayed 136 days until STS-102 undocked on March 
                        18th 2001. Please click on 
                        the picture to the very left to get the history and 
                        roadmap of ISS's assembly. | Nov.20th
 1998
 (Zarja module)
 | 
                
                    | 
 | ARISSISS 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 23rd 
                        2001 by John KD2BD.
 | March 8th
 -
 Aug.
 22nd
 2001
 | 
                
                    | 
 | ARISSISS 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 19th 
                        2001 John KD2BD had a very nice contact with him. Recording 
                        provided by KD2BD.
 | Aug.10th
 -
 Dec.
 17th
 2001
 | 
                
                    | 
 | ARISSISS crew #7
 (International Space Station)
 #25544
 |  ARISS 
                        (Amateur Radio on International Space Station): Being 
                        part of crew #7 on June 14th 
                        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.
 | April26th
 -
 Oct.
 28th
 2003
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                    | 
 | ARISSISS crew #8
 (International Space Station)
 #25544
 |  While 
                        being part of crew #8 On December 6th 
                        2003 Mike Foale (KB5UAC) had a commemorative event contact 
                        dedicated to Roy Neal with KD2BD. Audio recording provided 
                        by John KD2BD.
 | Oct.18th
 2003
 -
 April
 30th
 2004
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                    | 
 | ARISSISS crew delta
 (International Space Station)
 #25544
 |  On April 
                        25th 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.
 | April19th
 -
 April
 30th
 2004
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                    | 
 | ARISSISS crew #9
 (International Space Station)
 #25544
 |  Mike 
                        Fincke KE5AIT was part of ISS crew #9. On July 31st 
                        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.
 | April19th
 -
 April
 30th
 2004
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                    | 
 | ARISSISS STS-114
 (International Space Station)
 #25544
 |  As part 
                        of the STS-114 Discovery crew on August 5th 
                        2005 Australian astronaut Dr. Andy Thomas KD5CHF/VK5MIR 
                        had a contact with his fellow countryman Kevin VK3UKF. 
                        Recorded and kindly provided by VK3UKF.
 | July26th
 -
 Aug.
 9th
 2005
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                    | 
 | ARISSISS 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 1st 2005 until 
                        April 8th 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 8th 2006 
                        15:24UTC by Don N4UJW.
 | Oct.1st
 2005
 -
 April
 8th
 2006
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                    |  On January 
                        9th 2006 John KD2BD had a short 
                        random contact with Bill McArthur. Recording kindly 
                        provided by John KD2BD.
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                    |  On January 
                        21st 2006 Bill had a random 
                        contact with Mrs. Juliana Moser PY5JMJ in Brazil. Many 
                        thanks to her husband Fabiano PY5RX for providing the 
                        recording.
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                    |        In spring 
                        2006 also Juliana`s husband Fabiano PY5RX hand several 
                        random contacts with Bill McArthur. Thanks to Fabiano 
                        for providing the interesting recordings.
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                    | 
 | ARISSISS crew #13
 (International Space Station)
 #25544
 |  Marcos 
                        Pontes PY0AEB was part of the ISS Expedition #13 crew. 
                        During is stay on ISS from March 30th 
                        2006 until April 8th 2006 he 
                        was also an active ham radio amateur. The enclosed contact 
                        with Fabriano PY5RX was recorded by Fabiano on April 
                        3rd 2006 at 14:34 UTC.
 | March30th
 -
 April
 8th
 2006
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                    | 
 | ARISSISS 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 27th 
                        2006 at 15:42 UTC. Recorded and kindly provided by Piraja 
                        PS8RF.
 | Sept.18th
 -
 Sept.
 29th
 2006
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                    | 
 | ARISSISS 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 
                        8th 2006 at 22:15UTC & 
                        23:50UTC by DD1US.
 | Sept.18th
 2006
 -
 April
 21st
 2007
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                    | 
 | ARISSISS 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 10th 
                        2007 at 18:33 UTC on the downlink of 145.800MHz by DD1US.
 | June8th
 -
 Nov.
 7th
 2007
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                    | 
 | ARISSISS crew #16
 (International Space Station)
 #25544
 |  On Dec 
                        27th 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.
 | Oct.10th
 2007
 -
 April
 19th
 2008
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