Russia upgrades Iridium phones for ISS crews

Russia has upgraded the satellite telephones that returning International Space Station (ISS) crews use to communicate with recovery forces on the ground after they land when they miss their intended landing zone. When the three-member Expedition 16 ISS crew returns in April on Soyuz TMA-11, it will...

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