At the height of the Cold War when I was 13 years old, I got my amateur (ham) radio novice license. ... For Ham Radio Geeks, Contact With Space Station Is Exciting. ByJim Clash, ...

ESA has announced the inauguration of Ham TV broadcasts from the International Space Station, which will allow the station to talk to amateur radio operators using video equipment, as well as ...

Since then, the SAREX project has evolved into Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS), which maintains a ham radio station on the ISS that astronauts can use to chat with radio ...

Amateur, or ham, radio operators set up hardware on the ground and call NA1SS, the space station's radio call sign. The suspense is palpable as those on the ground await a reply from space.

Astronauts on the International Space Station can now talk with people on Earth with video using simple transmitters. 'Ham TV' has been set up in ESA's Columbus laboratory and already used for ...

Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla thrilled students with a live ham radio chat from space, reviving interest in this ...

"I've had a lot of fun using the #ARISS amateur radio station #NA1SS on the @Space_Station to talk with ham radio operators all over the world," the astronaut said in a quote tweet of Matt's ...

On December 19, 2000 at 3:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, students at the Burbank School in Burbank, Illinois, will close their textbooks, put on radio headsets, and use amateur radios to ...

I've had a lot of fun using the #ARISS amateur radio station #NA1SS on the @Space_Station to talk with ham radio operators all over the world. I've even (unofficially) worked stations on all ...

But the contact would only be possible for up to 10 minutes of the station's orbit as it whizzed 250 miles overhead at 17,500 mph. Ham radio communication through the space station and other ...

On Thursday, March 10, 2016 astronauts on the International Space Station logged their 1,000th educational contact with the ground. NASA astronaut Tim Kopra answered questions posed by the North Da… ...