One hundred thirty-five missions in space is something to celebrate. By the time the US space agency NASA concluded its Space Shuttle program, that's how many trips the fleet flew between its first launch on April 12, 1981 to its final touchdown on July 21, 2011.

The shuttle program's three decades of operation helped clear the path for the International Space Station, which is paying tribute to the program's history, challenges and accomplishments in a slow-scan TV event called "Space Memories," beginning November 9th through to the 16th. This is series 35 of the slow-scan TV programs offered by the ISS on amateur radio frequencies. The images will be sent, once again, on 437.550 MHz, plus or minus Doppler shift, using Robot 36 Mode.

Back home on Earth, you can submit all received images to Amateur Radio on the ISS through the online SSTV Gallery.

Images can be uploaded via the website link that appears in the text version in this week's newscast at arnewsline.org