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What a rocket launch looks like… from space.

What a rocket launch looks like from space.   This is from APOD. The launch of a Soyez resupply mission for the ISS. One of these days, I’ll make a radio contact with the ISS as it passes over. Meanwhile, on … Read More

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ISS NEWS: 4 at once!

This is pretty cool. Four spaceships, the @SpaceX #CrewDragon and three @Roscosmos spaceships, are docked at the station after the departure of the SpaceX #CargoDragon today. More… https://t.co/Hl3lsvCegM pic.twitter.com/5l2l1KGV32 — International Space Station (@Space_Station) January 13, 2021

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CQ CQ CQ: #HamRadio – International Space Station UPGRADED

Although I am a NASA certified Space Shuttle Door Gunner and a certified expert on the Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser, I have not yet had a contact with the International Space Station.  Contact, that is, via radio. I received a Just … Read More

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Look! DOWN from the sky!

This is simply too cool not to share. Biretta tip to AC who sent the link. o{]:¬) Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream NASA Now Streaming Live HD Camera Views of Earth from Space (Video) Daydreaming about being an astronaut … Read More

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Weightless Water Wringing

This is very cool. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8TssbmY-GM&feature=player_embedded I may have to get out my Yaesu radio later on and see if I can pick up the ISS during a fly over.

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NOT CGI!

A few days back, this was on Astronomy Pic of the Day. From the International Space Station as it travels around your planet. It is not CGI! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FG0fTKAqZ5g If you are every wondering where the ISS is, click HERE. I … Read More

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All Alone in the Night

A reader alerted me to this video, which is way too cool.   Time-lapse video taken from the International Space Station when on the night-side of our little blue marble. [wp_youtube]FG0fTKAqZ5g[/wp_youtube]

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I did a very cool thing! And a cameo appearance.

I did a very cool thing. The International Space Station was to pass reasonably close to my position, though it would be pretty low on the horizon. I hooked up my handheld radio to an external antenna (a Buddistick) tuned … Read More

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Going for a spin

Time elapsed, from the ISS. [wp_youtube]FG0fTKAqZ5g[/wp_youtube]

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