======  Amateur Radio in Space Pioneer Astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL, SK ======

From [[http://www.arrl.org/news/amateur-radio-in-space-pioneer-astronaut-owen-garriott-w5lfl-sk|ARRL]]: The US astronaut who pioneered the use of Amateur Radio to make contacts from space — Owen K. Garriott, W5LFL — died April 15 at his home in Huntsville, Alabama