The contact was
shown on cable television in May. Click
here for details.
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
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Al Emer N2YAC - describing antenna pointing Thanks a million !! |
 Video of final transmission.(1.7M) |
 Sweet Success !! Celebration from the crew |
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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
Rooftop
Antennas
Supervised
by Doug KC2CJT and Sean KC2DIJ, the radio and antenna operators
Mr. Thompson
addresses crew
Mission moderated
by Students
Questions to
Astronaut
Joe Pate N2YMO
