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October 14:  ARISS educator Joanne Michael gave a 90-minute presentation at an annual conference sponsored by the California Association of Science Educators in Palm Springs, CA. Through the conference’s proceedings, the organization aimed to “answer the national academies' Call to Action for Science Education for better, more equitable science education.” Joanne’s talk, titled "Capturing Students' Wonder and Curiosity, … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 11/21/2022

November 4: Harel Educational Campus in Holon, Israel hosted an ARISS contact, giving students a chance to talk with Josh Cassada. He answered 14 questions. A crowd of 200 watched the contact activity including a news reporter who covered the story for Israeli TV Channel 13. More Harel students viewed the livestream. The school, comprised … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 11/14/2022

November 1: Students at the Five Bridges Junior High School in Stillwater Lake, NS, Canada have been immersed the last several months in preparation for their ARISS contact, researching the solar system, space, and black holes, and growing plants from seeds that had been flown in space. Youth excitement was high last week when the … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 11/07/2022

October 24: Fort Myers, FL suffered a direct strike by Hurricane Ian on September 28, less than a month prior to an ARISS contact scheduled for the city’s Canterbury School.  Faculty, students (a huge portion still homeless), and area amateur radio club operators put in a major effort amid the immense damage to ensure the … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 10/31/2022

October 18: Benjamin O. Davis Aerospace Technical High School, part of the Detroit (MI) Public Schools (DPS), hosted an ARISS radio contact with Soichi Wakata who answered 15 students’ questions. Attendance in the room totaled 65 and 267 others watched the livestream; within a few days, views of the recording reached 760. Strong media coverage included … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 10/24/2022

September 27: New England Sci-Tech (NESci-Tech) students enjoyed an ARISS radio contact held in an arena with huge monitors at the 2022 Big E (exposition) in West Springfield, MA. Bob Hines supported the contact; he answered 17 questions.  250 viewers came to watch and another 187 viewed the livestream. An 11-year-old exclaimed that she was … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 10/10/2022

September 15: A large group of undergraduates at Marwadi University celebrated Engineering Day by taking part in a special four-hour interactive workshop, the Fascinating World of Ham Radio & Amateur Radio Satellites. The goal was to inspire the 80 students in Rajkot, Gujarat, India to take up electronics studies and enjoy STEM activities done by … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 10/3/2022

September 18: Frank Bauer gave an ARISS presentation at the 41st ARRL & TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC) in Charlotte, NC. He covered some ARISS background and 2022 activity, including several education programs, and focused heavily on ARISS’s STEREO education program—Student and Teacher Education via Radio Experimentation & Operations. He described progress made on STEREO; it … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 9/26/2022

July & August: ARISS volunteer Stefan Dombrowski and area ham radio operators mentored youth attending STEM camps at the Euro Space Center in Libin, Belgium. Every camp focused on a major STEM area and youth learned about ARISS activities. At SatCamp, each youth built his or her own MySat (a "CubeSat-like device”) to name and … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 9/19/2022