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2. I never had thought about it but I suspose I had assumed they could always communite

Wed Apr 8, 2026, 09:23 AM

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amongst other ships in space.

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That's a pretty cool milestone. nt Nittersing 18 hrs ago #1

I would have thought there would have been displacedvermoter 18 hrs ago #3

I have to challenge this... lastlib 18 hrs ago #4

Later that decade, Gemini VII and VI... Kid Berwyn 18 hrs ago #6

Yeah, I mentioned that, but wasn't sure..... lastlib 17 hrs ago #7

Good point about ship-to-ship vs ground stations 'n' satellites... Kid Berwyn 17 hrs ago #9

I have vivid memory of the Apollo-Soyuz handshake! lastlib 16 hrs ago #10

A NASA Rabbit Hole Kid Berwyn 14 hrs ago #11

Oh, god, YES! lastlib 13 hrs ago #13

this is the right answer RT Atlanta 12 hrs ago #15

Low earth orbit vs space. Swede 12 hrs ago #17

Plus, wouldn't every ship that docked with the ISS have communicated?? IrishAfricanAmerican 7 hrs ago #18

Don't the ships docking with the ISS communicate as well? tinrobot 18 hrs ago #5

That's what I was thinking too. Mysterian 14 hrs ago #12

I don't think this was really a direct ship-to-ship communication. LudwigPastorius 12 hrs ago #14

Hailing frequencies open! SocialDemocrat61 12 hrs ago #16