Hello Trevor, Congratulations to Helen Sharman GB1MIR and to all those who made 'Ham Radio' operational from MIR space station. This is certainly a great achievement. On this 20th Anniversary (I suppose), we express our sincere thanks with gratitude to everyone from the Russian, American and European Space Agencies and various Amateur Radio societies around the World. All that what 'Ham radio' from space is today is due to the uncompromising and relentless pains, efforts and determination put in by these people.
73 de
Mani, VU2WMY Secretary & Station-In-Charge Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC ISRO Satellite Centre HAL Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017. Phone:(O)91-80-25082054/2598/2192 Mobile: 91-80-98803 41456 E-mail ID: wmy@isac.gov.in vu2wmy_mani@yahoo.com isrohams@yahoo.com
Quoting "Trevor ." m5aka@yahoo.co.uk:
Helen Sharman GB1MIR became the United Kingdom's first astronaut when she blasted off from Baikonur in Kazakhstan at 1250 GMT on May 18, 1991 on her way to the MIR space station from where she operated GB1MIR. A video of her space flight can be seen at
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/may2011/helen_sharman.htm
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