Hear the contact for your self (Click on name to hear question and answer)
See Mission Control at Land O'Pines Click on image to see similar pictures in larger format or VIDEO !
Supervised by Doug KC2CJT and Sean KC2DIJ, the radio and antenna operators |
Al Emer N2YAC - describing antenna pointing Thanks a million !! |
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Video of final transmission.(1.7M) | Sweet Success !! Celebration from the crew |
Watch this space ! |
Watch this space ! |
Our Handout to visitors to Mission Control.
Andy Thomas was the last US astronaut to stay on MIR.
Andy traveled to Mir onboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in January, click on the picture for an enlargement.
Watch a video of Discovery returning Andy Thomas to Earth (6/12/98) Courtesy CNN / NASA
The Mir Space Station ... follow this link to get details of the Russian space station MIR.
Mir is operated by the Russian Space Agency.
Click Here ... to see Land O'Pines School from space.
NASA educational resources ... Teachers (but also others) may like to follow this link for ideas and resources to encourage learning about space and technology.
Several amateur radio operators from the central New Jersey area provided the technical and radio support for this contact. If you have comments or questions, please feel free to send electronic mail to Douglas Cochran (KC2CJT)
Last Updated ... 11/5/98