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Can you email astronauts on the ISS?
Phones on the ground cannot call them back, however. Astronauts also have tablet computers that they can use to send emails, and although some do send tweets from orbit, these are normally emailed to their communications teams on the ground, who do the posting.
Can you send mail to the ISS?
— The space capsules that are used to deliver crew and cargo to and from the International Space Station (ISS) are now available for delivery on envelopes and postcards mailed through the Houston post office.
Can we communicate with ISS?
As mentioned earlier, radio waves are the best way to communicate between astronauts, but they are also useful for communicating with regular people just like you! There is a HAM radio onboard the ISS, and for those amateur radio operators on Earth, this means that you can speak directly to the astronauts onboard!
How do I send a message to ISS?
The public can send its personal holiday greetings to the station crew by using the NASA Web site or Twitter. To send a personalized message to the crew via the Web, visit http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/postcard/ or, to send a holiday “Tweet,” visit http://twitter.com/NASA_Astronauts.
Does the ISS have a postcode?
Space Gets Its Own Mailing Address. I am thus situated on the International Space Station (ISS) in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with an orbital inclination of 51.6 degrees (the angle of our orbit plane to the equator) and an average altitude of 400 kilometers. “51.603” would be the space zip code.
What is the ISS address?
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, Low Earth Orbit 51.603, The Universe. That’s the address that might see your letter reach the International Space Station if you fancy sending a bit of snail mail to Don Pettit and the rest of the crew on board.
Can you hear the international space station pass overhead?
“Anybody with a receiver or scanner able to tune into that frequency can listen to the space station when it’s overhead,” Ransom said. “It’ll usually be silent, but every so often you can hear the astronauts talking to somebody.”
What happens if you take a phone to space?
No. Take an ordinary smartphone and put it in outer space and you’ve got a big problem: Inadequate cooling. The phone is going to destroy itself with its own heat. Normal conduction and convection cooling will not work, all you have is radiation and at those temperatures it’s a small part of the cooling.