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<\/p>\nA young English girl was able to communicate with an astronaut in orbit after her father hailing him on a ham radio thanks to some outdated technology. <\/p>\n
Isabella Payne had just fallen asleep during her \u2018beautiful nap\u2019 on August 2. But her father, Matthew, knew that a quick chance to hail American astronaut Kjell Lindgren was not to be missed as they shared a passion for space and radio communications.<\/p>\n
The two dragged Isabella from her bed and hurried to the radio bench. <\/p>\n
Isabella, who shares her father’s enthusiasm for radio and space travel, regularly sits on his knee at the radio desk to watch every launch and spacewalk. <\/p>\n
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They have always had a particular affinity, and when Isabella was only 2 years old in 2016 and Mr. Payne assisted a school radio station interview British astronaut Tim Peake onboard the International Space Station, she sat front and center for the occasion. <\/p>\n
She wants to work as a communications specialist for a space organization so she can have more encounters like the one she had with Lindgren.<\/p>\n
\u2018I asked, \u2018Why are you treating me like this? I need my beauty sleep,’\u2019Isabella told CNN on Wednesday. <\/p>\n
A Ham radio station is maintained on board the International Space Station so that astronauts can periodically communicate with people on Earth\u2014typically schools\u2014through standard radio communications.<\/p>\n
These interactions are often brief, with the operators exchanging their radio’s distinctive callsign, their name and location, a sincere thank you, and a last farewell. <\/p>\n
However, Lindgren’s voice changed from monotonous to jubilant when he heard Isabella’s name and age when passing by Kent that evening. <\/p>\n
On Twitter, the astronaut claimed that it might have been his favorite contact to date.<\/p>\n
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Isabella, who shares her father’s enthusiasm for radio and space travel, regularly sits on his knee at the radio desk to watch every launch and spacewalk. <\/p>\n
They have always had a particular affinity, and when Isabella was only 2 years old in 2016 and Mr. Payne assisted a school radio station interview British astronaut Tim Peake onboard the International Space Station, she sat front and center for the occasion. <\/p>\n