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05/04/2016 | Undeployed Tomsk-TPU-120 CubeSat to Help Celebrate University Anniversary
The Russian Tomsk-TPU-120 CubeSat, now stowed in the International Space Station awaiting deployment, probably early next year — will be activated to help Tomsk Polytechnic University celebrate its 120th anniversary.
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06/11/2015 | Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, IZ0UDF, Sets New Record for Woman in Space
European Space Agency Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, IZ0UDF, who returned to Earth June 11 with crew mates NASA Astronaut Terry Virts, and Russian Cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, set a new record for the longest single space mission by a woman.
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05/30/2015 | Delayed Return of Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, IZ0UDF, Set for June 11
Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, IZ0UDF, now on an International Space Station duty tour that has been extended by about a month, will return to Earth on June 11.
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03/28/2015 | Two More Radio Amateurs Join International Space Station Crew
The ISS ham radio population expanded to three, following the arrival of NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko, RN3BF, and Gennady Padalka, RN3DT.
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08/19/2014 | Chasqui-1 Amateur Radio CubeSat Deployed from ISS
Peru's first satellite, Chasqui-1, carries an Amateur Radio payload. It deployed from the ISS on August 18.
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09/12/2012 | Three Hams Return to Earth this Weekend; Watch Live on NASA TV
After spending 125 days in space, NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba,KE5DAR, Expedition 32 Commander Gennady Padalka, RN3DT and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin, RN3BS (both of the Russian Federal Space Agency) will begin their voyage home to Earth this weekend.
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07/10/2012 | Three Hams Scheduled to Head to ISS This Weekend
NASA will televise the launch and docking of the next mission to the International Space Station (ISS), scheduled for 8:40 PM (CDT) Saturday, July 14 (0140 UTC, Sunday, July 15). NASA Flight Engineer Sunita Williams, KD5PLB, along with Russian cosmonaut Y
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03/31/2011 | Two Astronauts Get Their Ham Ticket
Even though they aren’t scheduled to go to the International Space Station (ISS) until 2013, two astronauts -- Chris Cassidy and Luca Parmitano -- are now licensed amateurs. Cassidy, who received the call sign KF5KDR, is scheduled to head to the ISS in Ma
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