Pointing at stars may seem easy on the surface—just mount a telescope to a tripod and you’re done, right? As...
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GB2WSW will be on the air October 4th through 10th celebrating World Space Week. The special event station will also...
Even in the early days of the Cold War, it quickly became apparent that simply having hundreds or even thousands...
When reported on NOAA’s statement that many of its polar birds were no longer recommended for use, he mentioned that...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is seeking volunteers to passively track the 2026 Artemis II Orion spacecraft as...
Solar activity reached moderate levels this past week. An impulsiveM1.0 flare was observed on September 24 from Region AR4217. Slightgrowth...
AMSAT News Service ANS-271 September 28, 2025 In this edition: 2025 AMSAT Symposium Registration Continues Hams Needed to Track Artemis...
Ever want to find your device on the map? Think we all do sometimes. The technology you’ll generally use for...
Neutrinos are exceedingly common in the Universe, with billions of them zipping around us throughout the day from a variety...
ARISS has announced an slow scan television (SSTV) event to coincide with World Space Week October 3-6. The International Space...
AMSAT News Service ANS-264 September 21, 2025 In this edition: * AMSAT 2025 Board of Directors Election Results Announced to...
While many in the industry were at first skeptical of NASA’s goal to put resupply flights to the International Space...
Solar activity was at low levels this past week. Low-level C-classflaring was observed from Regions AR4216 and AR4217, as well...
The International Space Station has been in orbit around the Earth, at least in some form, since November of 1998...
In this edition: * CubeSats to Deploy from ISS on September 19 * Register Now – AMSAT Symposium Prices Increase...
Aside from a few stand-out programs — looking at you, Star Trek — by the late 1960s, TV had already...
Solar activity has been at very low to low levels this past week. Low level C-class flaring was observed from Regions...
As NASA’s Artemis program trundles onwards at the blazing pace of a disused and very rusty crawler-transporter, the next mission...
September 07, 2025 In this edition: * AMSAT Ambassadors Show at HamXposition Convention* AMSAT Announces Two New GridMaster Award Recipients*...
Solar activity was at low levels on 18, 20, and 21 August with only C-class flares observed. Activity increased to...
On August 22, Spaceweather.com reports a fast-moving Coronal MassEjection, or CME, left the Sun on August 21. However, it is...
In this edition: * JAMSAT’s Blueberry JAM Project to Develop Open-Source CubeSat Transponders for Amateur Radio * Amateur Weather Satellite...
AMSAT-Deutschland will host the Bochum Space Days event September 19-21. The event takes place at the Bochum Observatory with a...
The Juno spacecraft was launched towards Jupiter in August of 2011 as part of the New Frontiers series of spacecraft,...
Many people have looked Death in the eye sockets and survived to tell others about it, but few situations speak...
