ISS Crew To Launch 'Suitsat' Amateur Radio Experiment

Credit: ENERGIA
The two-man International Space Station crew plans to toss an old Russian spacesuit over the side this week--unoccupied, of course--in an exercise to give schoolchildren around the world a chance to hone their amateur radio skills. Expedition 12 commander Bill McArthur and flight engineer Valery...

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