https://twiar.net North America's Premiere Amateur Radio News Magazine Sun, 05 Apr 2026 02:44:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://twiar.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-twiarlogo512px-32x32.jpg https://twiar.net 32 32 https://twiar.net/2026/04/04/via-hackaday-following-artemis-iis-journey-around-the-moon/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 02:43:58 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=41059 NASA is going back to the Moon! We’ll follow the crew of Artemis II every...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/03/22/via-hackaday-interplanetary-clock-keeps-time-across-the-solar-system/ Sun, 22 Mar 2026 05:45:43 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=40057 There are some clocks, mostly in or around international airports, which have multiple faces to...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/03/07/via-hackaday-nasa-uses-mars-global-localization-as-gnss-replacement-for-the-perseverance-rover/ Sat, 07 Mar 2026 07:45:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=40207 Unlike on Earth there aren’t dozens of satellites whizzing around Mars to provide satellite navigation...]]> https://twiar.net/2026/01/17/via-hackaday-iss-medical-emergency-an-orbital-ambulance-ride/ Sun, 18 Jan 2026 04:33:26 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=38930 Over the course of its nearly 30 years in orbit, the International Space Station has...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/12/15/via-hackaday-nasa-may-have-lost-the-maven-mars-orbiter/ https://twiar.net/2025/12/15/via-hackaday-nasa-may-have-lost-the-maven-mars-orbiter/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2025 01:45:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=38003 When the orbit of NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft took it behind...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/12/15/via-hackaday-nasa-may-have-lost-the-maven-mars-orbiter/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/10/28/via-hackaday-see-voyagers-1990-solar-system-family-portrait-debut/ https://twiar.net/2025/10/28/via-hackaday-see-voyagers-1990-solar-system-family-portrait-debut/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2025 02:46:02 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=35586 It’s been just over 48 years since Voyager 1 was launched on September 5, 1977...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/10/28/via-hackaday-see-voyagers-1990-solar-system-family-portrait-debut/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/10/10/via-hackaday-receiving-radio-signals-from-space-like-its-1994/ https://twiar.net/2025/10/10/via-hackaday-receiving-radio-signals-from-space-like-its-1994/#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2025 22:02:36 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=35092 For certain situations, older hardware is preferred or even needed to accomplish a task. This...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/10/10/via-hackaday-receiving-radio-signals-from-space-like-its-1994/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/10/05/zombie-satellites-sometimes-come-back-to-life-surprising-even-nasa/ https://twiar.net/2025/10/05/zombie-satellites-sometimes-come-back-to-life-surprising-even-nasa/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2025 03:10:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=36181 There are thousands of satellites out in space, orbiting the Earth. In most cases, these...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/10/05/zombie-satellites-sometimes-come-back-to-life-surprising-even-nasa/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/10/05/via-the-arrl-the-arrl-solar-update-4/ https://twiar.net/2025/10/05/via-the-arrl-the-arrl-solar-update-4/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2025 06:51:14 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=36109 Read more at ARRL.org]]> https://twiar.net/2025/10/05/via-the-arrl-the-arrl-solar-update-4/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/10/05/via-the-arrl-hams-needed-to-track-nasa-moon-mission/ Sun, 05 Oct 2025 06:46:48 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=35984 Read more at ARRL.org]]> https://twiar.net/2025/09/28/via-the-arrl-hams-needed-to-track-nasa-moon-misson/ Sun, 28 Sep 2025 19:10:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=35924 Read more at ARRL.org]]> https://twiar.net/2025/09/08/via-hackaday-nasa-seeks-volunteers-to-track-artemis-ii-mission/ Mon, 08 Sep 2025 08:45:38 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=35195 As NASA’s Artemis program trundles onwards at the blazing pace of a disused and very...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/08/20/via-hackaday-annealing-in-space-how-nasa-saved-junocam-in-orbit-around-jupiter/ Wed, 20 Aug 2025 11:45:39 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=34098 The Juno spacecraft was launched towards Jupiter in August of 2011 as part of the...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/08/19/via-hackaday-remembering-james-lovell-the-man-who-cheated-death-in-space/ Tue, 19 Aug 2025 21:49:45 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=34630 Many people have looked Death in the eye sockets and survived to tell others about...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/07/31/via-amateur-radio-daily-hamtv-is-active-on-the-international-space-station/ Thu, 31 Jul 2025 17:45:38 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=34302 The installation of new equipment aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to reenable HamTV appears...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/06/24/long-dead-nasa-satellite-suddenly-emits-powerful-radio-pulse/ Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:20:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=33306 Scientists from Curtin University suggest the signal might have been caused by an electrostatic discharge (ESD)—a sudden release of built-up charge on the satellite’s surface.]]> https://twiar.net/2025/05/27/via-hackaday-nasa-is-shutting-down-the-international-space-station-sighting-website/ Tue, 27 May 2025 12:22:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=32426 Starting on June 12, 2025, the NASA Spot the Station website will no longer provide...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/05/21/via-hackaday-in-memory-of-ed-smylie-whose-famous-hack-saved-the-apollo-13-crew/ Wed, 21 May 2025 05:45:42 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=32228 Some hacks are so great that when you die you receive the rare honor of...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/05/19/via-hackaday-voyager-1s-primary-thrusters-revived-before-dsn-command-pause/ Mon, 19 May 2025 18:17:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=32073 As with all aging bodies, clogged tubes form an increasing issue. So too with the...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/03/10/via-amateur-radio-daily-iss-fm-repeater-aprs-digipeater-could-be-sunset-in-two-years/ Mon, 10 Mar 2025 06:59:41 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=28945 The International Space Station (ISS) is currently scheduled for retirement in 2030, but Elon Musk...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/03/07/via-hackaday-the-long-goodbye-more-instruments-shut-down-on-the-voyagers-as-end-nears/ Fri, 07 Mar 2025 22:07:26 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=28876 Saying farewell is hard, and in the case of the Voyager 1 & 2 spacecraft...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/02/18/via-hackaday-nasa-taps-webb-to-help-study-2032-asteroid-threat/ https://twiar.net/2025/02/18/via-hackaday-nasa-taps-webb-to-help-study-2032-asteroid-threat/#comments Tue, 18 Feb 2025 15:45:39 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=28256 In all likelihood, asteroid 2024 YR4 will slip silently past the Earth. Based on the...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/02/18/via-hackaday-nasa-taps-webb-to-help-study-2032-asteroid-threat/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2025/01/17/via-hackaday-carnarvons-decommissioned-nasa-satellite-dish-back-in-service-after-40-years/ Fri, 17 Jan 2025 15:45:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=27399 The OTC Station 29.8 meter dish at Carnarvon, Australia, in need of a bit of...]]> https://twiar.net/2025/01/02/via-the-arrl-the-k7ra-solar-update-72/ https://twiar.net/2025/01/02/via-the-arrl-the-k7ra-solar-update-72/#comments Thu, 02 Jan 2025 05:11:38 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=26973 Read more at ARRL.org]]> https://twiar.net/2025/01/02/via-the-arrl-the-k7ra-solar-update-72/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2024/12/19/via-hackaday-why-nasa-only-needs-pi-to-so-many-decimal-places/ Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:11:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=26611 If you’re new to the world of circular math, you might be content with referring...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/12/09/via-hackaday-exploring-the-sounds-and-sights-of-alien-worlds/ Mon, 09 Dec 2024 15:45:45 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=26157 The 20th century saw humankind’s first careful steps outside of the biosphere in which our...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/11/28/via-hackaday-why-the-saturn-v-used-kerosene-for-its-hydraulics-fluid/ https://twiar.net/2024/11/28/via-hackaday-why-the-saturn-v-used-kerosene-for-its-hydraulics-fluid/#comments Thu, 28 Nov 2024 09:45:42 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=25520 We usually think of a hydraulic system as fully self-contained, with a hydraulic pump, tubing,...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/11/28/via-hackaday-why-the-saturn-v-used-kerosene-for-its-hydraulics-fluid/feed/ 1 https://twiar.net/2024/11/02/hello-earth-space-calling/ Sat, 02 Nov 2024 09:59:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=25187 How it started versus how it’s going for astronaut Nick Hague with ISS Ham Radio on the...]]> https://twiar.net/2024/11/01/via-the-arrl-the-k7ra-solar-update-65/ Fri, 01 Nov 2024 20:02:38 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=25223 Read more at ARRL.org]]> https://twiar.net/2024/10/31/via-hackaday-voyager-1-fault-forces-switch-to-s-band/ Thu, 31 Oct 2024 23:45:00 +0000 https://twiar.net/?p=25122 We hate to admit it, but whenever we see an article about either Voyager spacecraft,...]]>