NASA Astronaut Mike Fossum, KF5AQG

Astronauts successfully complete amateur radio simulation contacts

Astronauts Ron Garan, KF5GPO, and Mike Fossum, KF5AQG, each successfully completed a simulated Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with the Challenger Learning Center of Indianapolis on Thursday, July 22.

Garan and Fossum answered 14 and 22 questions respectively during their contacts.

These training sessions were terrestrial-based amateur radio contacts using ARISS equivalent equipment.

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