The next post in my new series:
Outer Space in an Unexpected Place #2: The Feather and Flute at the National Museum of the American Indian – A feather and flute carried by John Herrington on his first spaceflight, now on display at the Smithsonian’s NMAI, celebrate his journey as America’s first Native astronaut.
Amateur radio on Earth’s surface is fun, but there’s nothing like using your own gear to connect with a satellite. It is one of the few ways to truly feel the spacecraft flying overhead every day.
In my latest Jeff Dobereiner Substack post I write about receiving signals from NOAA’s Polar Orbiting satellites and the quiet end of a decades-long relationship between these satellites and the hobbyist community.
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