Station Crew Commemorates Spaceflight Anniversaries

Tuesday marked a day of commemorative activities aboard the International Space Station as the six Expedition 27 crew members honored the 50th anniversary of the launch of Yuri Gagarin to become the first human in space and the 30th anniversary of the launch of Columbia on the first space shuttle mission.

The Russian crew members activated a small satellite called Radioskaf, which began transmitting congratulatory messages recorded and stored in the satellite through the station?s ham radi [...]

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