NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell, KF5DBF

Astronaut Training - Simulated ARISS contact successful

A simulated ARISS contact took place on Tuesday, December 8 between Deer Creek Elementary School in Bailey, Colorado and astronaut Tracy Caldwell, KF5DBF at Johnson Space Center.

This training session was a terrestrial-based amateur radio contact using Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) equivalent equipment.

Deer Creek enjoyed its session so much that it plans to apply for a contact with an on-orbit astronaut.

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