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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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Radio Hams blast-off to space stationRadio Amateurs Shannon Walker KD5DXB, Doug Wheelock KF5BOC and Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI took-off for the International Space Station (ISS) onboard the Soyuz TMA-19 at 21:35 UT on Tuesday, June 15. The three radio hams begin a five-and-a-half month tour of duty on the ISS after docking with the Zvezda service module on Thursday. They will join fellow radio hams Tracy Caldwell Dyson KF5DBF and Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF as well as Commander Alexander Skvortsov to bring the crew of the ISS up to six. Watch - Expedition 24 Crew to Double on ISS NASA - Shannon Walker KD5DXB Preflight Interview
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