by Peter Goodhall | May 18, 2015 | Daily Updates
The free Southend Raspberry Jam #6 event on May 30 will feature amateur radio and the International Space Station (ISS). Entrants and winners of the Astro Pi competition will discuss their entries, with a recap of the competition before doing the coding later on....
by Peter Goodhall | May 18, 2015 | Daily Updates
At 1250 GMT on May 18, 1991 Helen Sharman GB1MIR became the United Kingdom’s first astronaut when she blasted off from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on her way to the Mir space station. Read more at...
by Peter Goodhall | May 17, 2015 | Daily Updates
On Sunday, May 17 the BBC TV technology show Click broadcast a report on Essex Star Wars enthusiasts who flew an X-Wing in near-space. The balloon was launched on April 21, 2015 and reached an altitude of 36,190m before bursting and returning to Earth, landing in a...
by Peter Goodhall | May 16, 2015 | Daily Updates
Prof. Dava Newman KB1HIK was sworn in as NASA Deputy Administrator on May 15 from her MIT office. Her appointment had been confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 27. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden (formerly KE4IQB) said, “I am delighted with the Senate confirmation...
by Peter Goodhall | May 15, 2015 | Daily Updates
ARRL Publications Manager and QST Editor Steve Ford, WB8IMY, reports on Amateur Satellite news from the Dayton Hamvention. The ARRL website reports the launch of the Fox-1 CubeSat has been delayed until October 8, 2015. Fox-1 will carry a 435/145 MHz FM Voice...
by Peter Goodhall | May 14, 2015 | Daily Updates
The University of Iowa reports its students will conduct a Van Allen radiation belt experiment with the AMSAT Fox CubeSat Thanks to a proposal by the UI Department of Physics and Astronomy, a group of senior electrical and computer engineering students will reenact...
