"Artemis 2 crew talks mission and ham radio communication."

Most of the astronauts aboard the Artemis 2 mission are certified ham radio operators, and there are high hopes in the community that the astronauts may call home from deep space. The first ham radio operator in space was NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, who called an amateur radio operator on Earth in 1983. Today's ham operators communicate with astronauts through Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS), largely aiming to let students directly talk with spaceflyers. It's unclear if ham radio equipment will be onboard Artemis 2 as the mission manifest is not yet decided.