MAREA: Ham Radio Robotics

An ARRL article describes the Mars Lander Amateur Radio Robotics Exploration Activity. NASA has been doing some exciting explorations of Mars with robots, currently Opportunity and Curiosity, which are maneuvered on the Martian surface by remote control.   These...

Fox-1 has a Launch Date!

NASA announced Monday that AMSAT’s Fox-1 FM transponder spacecraft has been assigned a launch in 2014. For details on the launch vehicle, targeted launch date, orbit specifics, and more, please attend the AMSAT Forum and visit the AMSAT booth at the Dayton Hamvention...

High School Student’s RocketHub Project

Fifteen-year-old Abigail Harrison has a big dream, to be the first astronaut to Mars. She is currently using the crowd funding website RocketHub to raise money to fund a trip to Baikonur in Kazhakstan to watch her mentor, Astronaut Luca Parmitano KF5KDP, blast-off to...