NASA Photo ID: STS056-30-001       File Name: 10072699.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 04/17/93
  Title: STS-56 MS1 Foale uses SAREX on forward flight deck of Discovery, OV-103
  Description:
  STS-56 Mission Specialist 1 (MS1) Michael Foale, 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.  
  Foale smiles from behind the microphone as he listens to amateur radio 
  operators on Earth via the SAREX equipment.  SAREX cables and the interface 
  module freefloat in front of Foale.  The SAREX laptop (portable) computer 
  is positioned on the forward window sill. Sunlight is visible through
  forward  windows W4, W5 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.        
  
  Subject terms:
  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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