 First
female private space explorer and space ambassador active on 145.800 MHz
Anousheh Ansari arrived in the United States from Iran in 1984 at the
age of 16 only knowing a few words of English.
She rapidly progressed to became a successful entrepreneur and is currently
co-founder and chair of Prodea Systems Inc.
She has always dreamed of traveling to space and now has achieved that
goal.
On Sept. 18, she blasted off for an eight-day expedition aboard the International
Space Station. While in space, she is conducting tests of Prodea Systems
digital home technology.
She has also been active on the ISS Amateur Radio station RS0ISS having
a contact with students at George Washington University in Washington
D.C and calling CQ on 145.800 MHz.
Video of George Washington University contact
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1789656846413123353
Wav File of Anousheh calling CQ on 145.800 MHz
http://www.ticket-to-mars.org/ansari_via_rs0iss.wav
Anousheh Ansari website:
http://www.anoushehansari.com/
Anousheh Ansari Space Blog
http://spaceblog.xprize.org/
AMSAT-UK produces a quarterly
newsletter "Oscar News" which is full of Amateur Satellite information.
For membership details contact the secretary Jim Heck G3WGM
Tel: +44 (0)1258 453959
E-mail: g3wgm@amsat.org
Website: http://www.uk.amsat.org/
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