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Astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL passed away on 15 April at 88 years of age. "A passionate amateur radio operator and ionospheric physics researcher, Owen inspired the amateur radio community to reach for the stars. His multi-decade vision to bring amateur radio with him as part of his journey in space was realized in 1983 on the STS-9 Space Shuttle Columbia mission, where hams the world over for the first time heard a fellow ham call CQ from space". The complete obituary can be found on https://www.ariss.org/.