April 22, 2025

This Week in Amateur Radio

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SpaceX Crew Dragon

via the ARRL: Fram2 Astronaut Conducts First Amateur Radio Contacts from SpaceX Dragon

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Rabea Rogge, LB9NJ/KD3AID, a private astronaut on the crew of the Fram2 mission, has conducted the first amateur radio contacts from aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule. The Fram2 flight sets many firsts, including being the first crewed mission to do polar orbits of the Earth, and Rogge became the first German woman in space.

The mission is funded and commanded by cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wa…

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