ESA astronaut commands space station

Last weekend, Radio Amateur Frank De Winne ON1DWN became the first European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut to command the International Space Station (ISS)

Since arriving on the ISS at the end of May he has carried out many Amateur Radio contacts with students at schools in Europe and Australia.

Read the full BBC report at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8305552.stm

Amateur Radio on The International Space Station (ARISS)
http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm

Successful ARISS School Contacts
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/
Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf