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| Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, IZ0UDF, conducts an ARISS contact from orbit. (ESA photo) |
European Space Agency
Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, IZ0UDF, has now spent more time in space than
any other woman.
The ARRL Letter reports that her stay aboard the
International Space Station, which ended in June, lasted just short of 200 full
days, surpassing the previous record of 194 days, 18 hours and 2 minutes set in
2007 by NASA Astronaut Suni Williams, KD5PLB.
While on board the ISS,
Cristoforetti made several ham radio contacts with school groups operating in
the ARISS, or Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, program.
