NASA Photo ID: STS056-30-022 File Name: 10073211.jpg
Film Type: 35mm Date Taken: 04/17/93
Title: STS-56 Commander Cameron uses SAREX on OV-103's aft flight deck
Description:
STS-56 Commander Kenneth Cameron, wearing headset and headband equipped
with penlight flashlight, uses the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment II
(SAREX-II) on the aft flight deck of Discovery, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 103.
Cameron, positioned just behind the pilots seat, talks to amateur radio
operators on Earth via the SAREX equipment. SAREX cables and the
interface module freefloat in front of the pilots seat. The SAREX scan
converter (a white box) is seen just above Cameron's head attached to
overhead panel O9. 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:
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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