ARISS space contact attracts media attention

On Tuesday, February 17, an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact took place between South Park Elementary Center in South Park, Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh native Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, on the ISS.

Telebridge station K6DUE in Maryland facilitated the contact.

An audience of approximately 460 watched as twenty questions were asked and answered. The audio was fed into the EchoLink AMSAT and JK1ZRW servers and received 7 connections from stations in England and the U.S.

The event received extensive media coverage from television stations and newspapers. The links follow.

CBS affiliate:
http://kdka.com/video/?id=53487@kdka.dayport.com

ABC affiliate:
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/18730162/
detail.html?taf=pit

NBC affiliate:
http://www.wpxi.com/news/18729533/detail.html

Pittsburgh Post Gazette:
http://www.pittsburghpostgazette.com/pg/
09049/949857-52.stm

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/
s_612166.html

Source: Carol Jackson of Amsat