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    "subject": "[amsat-bb] ARISS News Release (ANR) No. 19-08",
    "date": "2019-04-17T03:39:00Z",
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    "content": " \n\n\n \n\nARISS News Release                                                               No. 19-08\n\nDave Jordan, AA4KN \n\nARISS PR\n\[email protected]\n\nApril 16, 2019\n\n \n\nAll,\nIt is with great sadness that the ARISS team recognizes the passing of our\ngreat friend and colleague Astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL (SK).  Owen\nGarriott died at his home in Huntsville, Alabama on April 15, 2019.\n\nA passionate amateur radio operator and ionospheric physics researcher, Owen\ninspired the amateur radio community to reach for the stars.  His\nmulti-decade vision to bring amateur radio with him as part of his journey\nin space was realized in 1983 on the STS-9 Space Shuttle Columbia mission,\nwhere hams the world over for the first time heard a fellow ham call CQ from\nspace.  As the first to operate ham radio in space, Owen blazed a trail that\nhas enabled countless people from around the world to experience what it is\nlike to journey into space and explore our universe. As a result, he\ninspired the international amateur radio community to extend his modest ham\nstation on STS-9 into an international human spaceflight ham radio program\nthat has spanned the Space Shuttle, Mir Space Station, and International\nSpace Station.\n\nA member of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, Owen Garriott was a pioneer and\ninnovator in all his endeavors.including amateur radio.  Selected as a NASA\nscientist-astronaut in 1965, Garriott was the science-pilot for Skylab 3,\nthe second crewed Skylab mission.  Skylab was the first U.S. space station,\nhousing 3 different crew expeditions from May 1973-February 1974.  Owen\nspent approximately 60 days on Skylab, doing solar physics research, human\nphysiological research and conducting 3 spacewalks to repair Skylab and\nextend its research capabilities.\n\nOwen's next flight into space, as part of an international crew on the\nSTS-9 Space Shuttle Columbia mission, cemented amateur radio's future as\npart of the human spaceflight experience.  STS-9 was launched from the\nKennedy Space Center, Florida on November 28, 1983.  Onboard Columbia was an\ninternationally developed space laboratory, Spacelab-1, which pioneered\ninternational spaceflight research with over 70 separate experiments---a\nprecursor to the research currently being accomplished on the International\nSpace Station (ISS).  Onboard also was a Motorola 2-meter handheld radio\nwith a window mounted antenna to facilitate ham radio contacts between W5LFL\nand hams on the ground.  On December 1, the third day of his mission, Owen\ndonned his headset and made history by communicating with Lance Collister,\nWA1JXN, in Frenchtown, Montana. In W5LFL's own words, here is an excerpt of\nhis first contact: \"W5LFL in Columbia is calling CQ and standing by. Go\nahead.  Hello WA1JXN, WA1 Juliet X-ray November, this is W5LFL. I picked up\nyour signals fairly weakly. I think our attitude is not really the best as\nyet, but you're our first contact from orbit. WA1 Juliet X-ray November,\nhow do you read? Over.\"\n\nOwen's ham contacts on STS-9 were trailblazing for many reasons. They\nrepresented the first ham radio contact from a human in space to someone on\nEarth.  They allowed the general public to directly listen and communicate\nwith an on-orbit crew where, prior to this, only NASA mission control\npersonnel or heads of State (U.S. Presidents, etc.) could talk to astronauts\nfrom space. And the mission also demonstrated that a group of volunteers\ncould successfully build a ham radio station for a human spaceflight vehicle\nand get it formally approved by a space agency.\n\nOwen spent decades attempting to carry out ham radio on one of his missions,\nemploying gentle assertiveness and steadfast patience to realize his dream.\nIn 1965, when NASA was considering Owen for a planned lunar flight on Apollo\n18, 19 or 20, Project MOONRAY was proposed by the Project OSCAR team.\nProject MOONRAY would support amateur radio operations from the surface of\nthe moon.  This initiative was scuttled when Apollo lunar expeditions ended\nat Apollo-17.  Prior to his flight on Skylab, AMSAT submitted a proposal to\nNASA called SKYLARC (Skylab Amateur Radio Communications).  Unfortunately,\nthis proposal was turned down.  But, as they say, the 3rd time was a charm\non STS-9 and ham radio is now a human spaceflight reality.  Also, it should\nbe noted that an ARISS/AMSAT international team is pursuing Owen's plans to\nfly ham radio to the moon via several lunar proposal initiatives, including\nthe Lunar Gateway.\n\nOwen inspired legions of amateur radio operators, world-wide, to support\nhuman spaceflight amateur radio endeavors and for countless individuals to\nbecome ham radio operators.  This includes his son, Richard, W5KWQ, who\ntogether with Owen became the first multi-generational American ham radio\noperators to communicate from space.\n\nOn behalf of the ARISS International Team, we would like to extend our\nsincere condolences to the Garriott family, including Owen's son Richard,\nW5KWQ and Owen's wife Eve.  As Owen has inspired the amateur radio\ncommunity to reach for the stars may we wish Owen Garriott Godspeed and a\nwonderful journey amongst the stars.\n\nAd Astra!\n73,  Frank Bauer, KA3HDO\n\nARISS International Chair\n\nAMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs\n\n_______________________________________________\nSent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available\nto all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed\nare solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.\nNot an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\nSubscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n\n \n\nAbout ARISS\n\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS).  In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. Also join us on Facebook:  Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Follow us on Twitter: ARISS_status\n\n \n\n \n\nMedia Contact:\n\nDave Jordan, AA4KN\n\nARISS PR\n\[email protected]              \n\n\n---\nThis email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.\nhttps://www.avast.com/antivirus\n",
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