• “Horizons” is Next Mission for Astronaut Alexander Gerst, KF5ONO

    From ARRL de WD1CKS@VERT/WLARB to QST on Thu Apr 19 23:28:30 2018
    04/19/2018



    European Space Agency Astronaut Alexander Gerst, KF5ONO, will visit the International Space Station for the second time in early June. His "Horizons[1]" mission is aimed at evoking exploration of the universe, looking far beyond Earth and broadening knowledge. His first mission was called "Blue Dot."

    A citizen of Germany, Gerst will launch on June 6 from Kazakhstan with US astronaut Serena Aun-Chancellor and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Prokopyev aboard a Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft. Gerst will take over command of the ISS for the second half of his mission, marking only the second time that a European astronaut will assume the top ISS leadership post.

    Gerst first served on the ISS in 2014 as part of the Expedition 41/42 crew increment. Gerst likely would use the ISS's DP0ISS call sign for any Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS[2]) activities.




    [1] http://blogs.esa.int/alexander-gerst/2018/04/12/overview-of-the-horizons-mission/
    [2] http://www.ariss.org/

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