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Tag Archives: International Space Station
Astronaut / Radio Ham Chris Hadfield premieres song from space
Sheldon Cooper of Big Bang Theory wearing a 73 T-shirt – Image Warner Bros
While on-board the International Space Station (ISS) Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, KC5RNJ/VA3OOG, has been creating music in space .
He has been working with Ed Robertson who created the theme song for the popular comedy show The Big Bang Theory.
CBS News report: “We’ve been pals for a long time and it just seemed like a fun thing to do,” says Robertson of the song that is part of a planned album Chris Hadfield [VA3OOG] wants to record while in space. “Chris and his brother write songs and they’re really great, so he’s going to record a bunch of stuff up there.”
The result of the collaboration has been I.S.S. , Is Somebody Singing, which was premiered on Friday, February 8.
Watch the premiere of ‘I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing)’
Watch Chris Hadfield VA3OOG – mixtape to the moon
I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing) music score and lyrics
http://music.cbc.ca/#/Space/blogs/2013/2/Ed-Robertson-takes-us-behind-the-writing-of-ISS-Is-Somebody-Singing
Amateur Radio on ISS switches to Ericsson after Kenwood problems
After experiencing issues with the Kenwood D700 on two consecutive school contacts, ARISS will use the Ericsson radio on the Columbus module for ARISS contacts until problems with D700 are resolved.
According to Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, AMSAT’s Vice President for Human Spaceflight Programs, “…for some reason, our signals from the Service Module Kenwood D700 radio are much diminished. Our contact with Israel last Sunday [February 3] had low audio levels, with good signals only near TCA. Our contact [February 8] with the Hospital for Sick Children was even worse. Only one student was able to talk to Chris Hadfield [VA3OOG] before we lost the signal.”
ISS Plasma Thrust Shadow-Beacon Experiment Feb 1-3 and 8-10
It is understood that the ISS amateur radio SpEx Shadow-Beacon experiment is planned to take place February 1-3 and 8-10. The timetable is here.
The Central Research Institute of Machine Building (TSNIIMASH) in Russia is conducting a series of space plasma experiments in order to evaluate the shape of previously observed “dead” zone, or shadowing due to the firing of an onboard arcjet plasma source.
Radio Amateurs are invited to participate in the Space plasma experiment “Shadow” onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Mission confirmed: UK's Sarah Brightman to blast off to space
Private Spacefarer Sarah Brightman Undergoes Medical Tests
The Space Adventures agency has confirmed that Phantom of the Opera star Sarah Brightman has signed an agreement with the Russian Space Agency and secured herself a space trip in 2015.
Brightman will become the next private spacefarer to the ISS following Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte who traveled into space in 2009.
Mission confirmed: UK’s Sarah Brightman to blast off to space
Private Spacefarer Sarah Brightman Undergoes Medical Tests
The Space Adventures agency has confirmed that Phantom of the Opera star Sarah Brightman has signed an agreement with the Russian Space Agency and secured herself a space trip in 2015.
Brightman will become the next private spacefarer to the ISS following Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte who traveled into space in 2009.
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