<div dir="ltr">Amateurs command NASA spacecraft<p> The <em>Daily Mail</em> newspaper reports that amateurs have been able to transmit commands to a 35-year-old NASA spacecraft, the International Sun-Earth Explorer 3 (ISEE-3) <br>
<br> A number of of radio amateurs have been involved in the attempts to receive and command ISEE-3 including Dennis Wingo KD4ETA, Achim Vollhardt DH2VA and Mario Lorenz DL5MLO.<br><br> The first command to ISEE-3 was successfully sent from the Arecibo Radio Observatory in Puerto Rico.<br>
<br> Read the Daily Mail story at <br><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2643793/First-contact-zombie-spacecraft-Amateur-astronomers-successfully-revive-36-year-old-probe-passes-Earth.html" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2643793/First-contact-zombie-spacecraft-Amateur-astronomers-successfully-revive-36-year-old-probe-passes-Earth.html</font></a><br>
<br> Space Hackers Take Control of ISEE-3 Spacecraft<br><a href="http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/satellites/isee3-update" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/satellites/isee3-update</font></a><br>
<br> Radio hams help attempts to command NASA spacecraft <br><a href="http://amsat-uk.org/2014/05/21/radio-hams-help-attempts-to-command-nasa-spacecraft/" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">http://amsat-uk.org/2014/05/21/radio-hams-help-attempts-to-command-nasa-spacecraft/</font></a> </p>
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