by m0xtd | Feb 8, 2012 | Daily Updates
NASA astronaut Janice Voss, KC5BTK, of Houston, Texas, passed away on February 7 from cancer. She was 55. One of only six women who have flown in space five times, Voss’ career was highlighted by her work and dedication to scientific payloads and exploration. Voss...
by m0xtd | Feb 8, 2012 | Daily Updates
This TV news report from 2010 covers the contacts Thomas Medlin W5KUB had with astronaut Doug Wheelock KF5BOC while he was on the International Space Station. Thomas Medlin W5KUB talked to Doug KF5BOC 29 times while he was commander of the ISS and Tom sent Doug some...
by m0xtd | Feb 8, 2012 | Daily Updates
This video is of a presentation given by Jim White WD0E at COSMIAC on Acceptance, Integration and Test (AIT) including Early Operations (for nanosatellites and cubesats) with lessons learned from AIT. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78uEB1_mV4o]
by m0xtd | Feb 7, 2012 | Daily Updates
The first qualification Vega flight from the space center at Kourou in the Caribbean is scheduled to take place on February 13 and a video showing the payloads is now available. Watch Arianespace [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeLWyGsNfO8] Frequencies and...
by m0xtd | Feb 6, 2012 | Daily Updates
NASA is seeking proposals for flight demonstrations of small satellite technologies with the goal of increasing the technical capabilities and range of uses for this emerging category of spacecraft. Small satellites typically weigh less than 400 pounds (180 kg) and...
by m0xtd | Feb 5, 2012 | Daily Updates
In this video Foundation holder Andreas Kellner VK4FHAW from Queensland works an amateur radio satellite using his homebrew LEO satellite system. Watch Leo_0001.wmv [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-nBYvPYOy4] Read John Heath G7HIA’s article ‘Getting started...
