Hello Nader Omer -ST2NH,
This time the SSTV
images series is dedicated to radio amateur astronauts and cosmonauts and
their activities on board of the Space Shuttle, Mir Space station and
International Space Station. The ARISS SSTV Award presents three
special people.
On the left: Musa Manarov U2MIR -
Russian cosmonaut who launched amateur radio equipment on board of the
Mir space station. He made the first amateur radio communication in
October 1988. Consequently, the MAREX (Mir Amateur Radio Experiment) and
MIREX (Mir International Amateur radio EXperiment) programs were
created.
Center: Sergey Krikalyov U5MIR -
Russian cosmonaut, member of the Expedition 1 on the International Space
Station. In November 2000 launched an amateur radio station on board of
the ISS. This event was the beginning of ARISS (Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station) school contacts. Many cosmonauts and
astronauts also conducted unscheduled radio communications, which made a
lot of joy for the radio amateurs around the world.
On the right: American Owen Garriott W5LFL who was the first astronaut and amateur radio operator to take with him on the space shuttle Columbia (STS-9 mission in 1983) amateur radio equipment and conducted radio communications with radio amateurs on Earth. Hereby the SAREX program (Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment later called Space Amateur Radio Experiment) was created.
Greetings - Slawek SQ3OOK
ARISS SSTV Award Manager
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