NASA Photo ID: STS056-04-004       File Name: 10072695.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 04/17/93
  Title: STS-56 Pilot Oswald uses SAREX on forward flight deck of Discovery, OV-103
  Description:
  STS-56 Pilot Stephen S. Oswald, wearing headset, uses the Shuttle Amateur 
  Radio Experiment II (SAREX-II) while sitting at the pilots station on the 
  forward flight deck of Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103.  Oswald smiles 
  from behind the microphone as he talks to amateur radio operators on Earth 
  via the SAREX equipment.  SAREX cables and the interface module freefloat
  in  front of Oswald.  The antenna located in forward flight deck window W6
  is  visible in the background.  SAREX was established by NASA, the American
  Radio  League/Amateur Radio Satellite Corporation and the JSC Amateur Radio
  Club to  encourage public participation in the space program through a
  program to  demonstrate the effectiveness of conducting short-wave radio
  transmissions  between the Shuttle and ground-based radio operators at
  low-cost ground  stations with amateur and digital techniques.  As on
  several previous  missions, SAREX was used on this flight as an educational
  opportunity for  students around the world to learn about space firsthand
  by speaking directly  to astronauts aboard the Shuttle.  Note: Oswald's
  headband is equipped with a  penlight flashlight.        
  
  Subject terms:
  ANTENNAS                                
  ASTRONAUTS                              
  COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT                 
  CREW PROCEDURES (INFLIGHT)              
  CREWS                                   
  DISCOVERY (ORBITER)                     
  FLIGHT DECK                             
  HEADSETS                                
  ONBOARD ACTIVITIES                      
  SHORT WAVE RADIO TRANSMISSION           
  STS-56                                  
  WINDOWS                                 
  

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