ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti , IZ0UDF, Conducts First ARISS School Contact

“ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, IZ0UDF, Conducts First ARISS School Contact

Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, IZ0UDF — for now, the sole radio amateur on the International Space Station — this week enjoyed her first Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with students back in her native Italy. Cristoforetti arrived at the ISS in late November. The astronaut used the ISS call sign IR0ISS. This was a direct 2 meter contact through IZ7EVR, located at Elena di Savoia School in Bari, Italy ” – Read Full Article on ARRL.org