The International Space Station, presently nearly complete, is permanently manned by teams of astronauts and cosmonauts. Most have an amateur radio licence.
Amateur Radio societies from the ISS partner countries, in USA, Canada, Russia, Europe and Japan, have set up ARISS - Amateur Radio on International Space Station.
ARISS is a volunteering working group devoted to develop and put into operation the onboard amateur radio station. ARISS-Europe is the European branch of ARISS.
ARISS presentation by Gaston Bertels, ON4WF - 5th Polish-Wide Conference of Contributors & Sympathizers in ARISS - 17 Oct., 2015, Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland ARISS presentation on Youtube
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NASA released a series of videos with astronaut interviews paying tribute to the program. Here's the second in that series, in which Tim Peake describes how radio contacts are conducted from the ISS: "Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) - Talking to Astronauts."
Read a NASA news release: "Space Station Astronauts Ham it Up to Inspire Student Scientists: Amateur radio hits a milestone on the orbiting laboratory"