NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC appreciates ham radio
ISS Commander Doug Wheelock KF5BOC On Friday November 26, ISS Expedition 24 returned to earth.
At 01.22 UTC, Soyuz 23S undocked from the International Space Station with Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI, Douglas H. Wheelock KF5BOC and Shannon Walker KD5DXB onboard.
The trio landed their Soyuz spacecraft safely at 10:46 a.m. local time on Friday, November 26, at a site northeast of the town of Arkalyk on the Kazakhstan steppe.
Before leaving the Space Station, Commander Doug Wheelock recorded a video about Ham radio. He offered a nice mini tour of the ISS followed by a session of making ham contacts over N. America.
Watch this 20-minute NASA YouTube video and you can't miss Doug's enthusiasm talking about the pass over America and the demo.
Inside the International Space Station, Expedition 25 commander Doug Wheelock gave a tour of the Russian segment of the orbiting complex, including the Soyuz spacecraft docked there. Wheelock showed off the station's HAM radio, using the call sign "NA1SS," to talk with people on the ground as the station flies overhead at 17,500 miles per hour. Wheelock, and Flight Engineers Shannon Walker and Fyodor Yurchickin have returned home to Earth this Thursday, Nov. 25.
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