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STS-56 MS1 Foale uses SAREX
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STS-56 MS1 Foale uses SAREX on forward flight deck of Discovery, OV-103 |
| Description |
STS-56 Mission Specialist 1 (MS1) Michael Foale, wearing headset, uses the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment II (SAREX-II) while sitting at the pilots station on the forward flight deck of Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103. Foale smiles from behind the microphone as he listens to amateur radio operators on Earth via the SAREX equipment. SAREX cables and the interface module freefloat in front of Foale. The SAREX laptop (portable) computer is positioned on the forward window sill. Sunlight is visible through forward windows W4, W5 in the background. SAREX was established by NASA, the American Radio League/Amateur Radio Satellite Corporation and the JSC Amateur Radio Club to encourage public participation in the space program through a program to demonstrate the effectiveness of conducting short-wave radio transmissions between the Shuttle and ground-based radio operators at low-cost ground stations with amateur and digital techniques. As on several previous missions, SAREX was used on |
| Date Taken |
1993-04-17 |
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