NASA Photo ID: STS035-05-036       File Name: 10063935.jpg
  Film Type: 35mm                    Date Taken: 12/11/90
  Title: STS-35 Commander Brand talks to family using SAREX on OV-102's middeck
  Description:
  STS-35 Commander Vance D. Brand, wearing headset, communicates with family 
  members using Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) on Columbia's,
  Orbiter  Vehicle (OV) 102's, middeck.  SAREX and its portable laptop
  computer mounted  on the outside of the middeck sleep station allowed the
  STS-35 crewmembers to  "visit" and briefly share some of their inspace
  experiences with family  members.  It also provided radio transmissions
  between ground based amateur  radio operators around the world and OV-102. 
  The experiment enabled students  from all over the United States to have a
  chance to communicate with a  crewmember in space.             
  
  Subject terms:
  ASTRONAUTS                              
  COLUMBIA (ORBITER)                      
  COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT                 
  COMPUTERS                               
  CREWS                                   
  HEADSETS                                
  MIDDECK                                 
  PORTABLE EQUIPMENT                      
  SHORT WAVE RADIO TRANSMISSION           
  STS-35                                  
  

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