The ISS spacewalkers yesterday let loose SpaceSat-1. The Russian space suit was to transmit several messages to be received by ham radio operators around the world. Readings of suit temperature, battery power levels and time since leaving the ISS were to be reported to mission control. Alas, the suit malfunctioned right after deployment. Goodbye, Ivan Ivanovich!
"No more transmissions are being received by ham radio operators ... It may have ceased operating very shortly after its deployment," said NASA commentator Rob Navias, speculating its batteries became too cold.
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