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03/27/2013 | Two Hams Scheduled to Head to ISS This Week
NASA will televise the launch and docking of its next mission to the International Space Station (ISS) beginning at 3:30 PM EDT on Thursday, March 28 (1930 UTC).
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03/14/2013 | Solar Cycle 24 May Have “Double Peaks,” Says NASA Solar Physicist
According to NASA, the current solar cycle -- Solar Cycle 24 -- should hit its “solar max” sometime in this year, but so far, solar activity has been relatively low. According to an article by NASA’s Dr Tony Phillips, this period of quiet has led some obs
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03/13/2013 | Astronauts Return to Earth from ISS; Watch Live on NASA TV
After spending 143 days in space, Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford, KF5GPP, Russian Soyuz Commander Oleg Novitskiy and Russian Flight Engineer Evgeny Tarelkin (both of the Russian Federal Space Agency) will begin their voyage home to Earth next week, ma
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02/19/2013 | International Space Station Experiences Loss of Communications with Ground Control
At approximately 9:45 AM EST (1445 UTC) on Tuesday, February 19, the International Space Station experienced a loss of communication with the ground.
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01/30/2013 | NASA to Honor Fallen Astronauts this Friday
On Friday, February 1 -- the 10th anniversary of the Columbia accident -- NASA will pay tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia with a Day of Remembrance. Flags across the agency will be flown at half-staff in their mem
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12/12/2012 | Catch the Geminids and Chat with NASA Meteor Experts
The annual Geminids meteor shower, scheduled to reach its peak on December 13 and 14, is slated to be the most intense shower of the entire year. This is also prime time for amateurs who enjoy bouncing their VHF signals off the ionized trails of these spa
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12/05/2012 | NASA Now Accepting Applications for Hosting a Real-Time Conversation with ISS Crewmembers
NASA is now accepting proposals from US schools, museums, science centers and community youth organizations -- individually or working together -- to host an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact between May 1, 2013 and November
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11/14/2012 | Digital Edition of December QST Now Available
The digital version of the December QST is now available to ARRL members. The digital version includes many features not available in the print version.
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