December 16, 2023 — In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of STS-9, an ARISS Slow Scan TV (SSTV) event has been scheduled from the International Space Station (ISS). The event begins on December 16 at 10:15 UTC and runs through Tuesday, December 19 at 18:00 UTC. Images will be downlinked at 145.8 MHz +/- 3 … Continue reading ARISS 40th Anniversary SSTV Event Scheduled for December 16 – 19, 2023
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 12/11/2023
December 5: Students at Orangeburg (SC) Christian Academy enjoyed an ARISS contact with Jasmin Moghbeli who answered 20 of their questions. 322 people on site watched the contact, the school livestreamed the event on Facebook for other students and staff, and in a few days’ time, 1,000 others had viewed the recording. WLTX-TV in Columbia … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 12/11/2023
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 12/4/2023
November 17: ARISS educator Cassie Zielenski and her fellow teachers began engaging Mountain View Elementary School’s 841 students in Marietta, GA, in STEM activities tied to ARISS once her school’s education proposal was accepted for an ARISS contact. K-5 students got an introduction to some lessons in the ARISS SPARKI Kit, enjoyed a scavenger hunt … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 12/4/2023
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 11/27/2023
October 26: ARISS educator Gina Kwid coaches the Galileo STEM Academy’s STEM Club—the school is in Eagle, ID. She took club members, fourth and fifth graders, to the Eagle Island State Park, near the town, so students could enjoy getting outside for portable ham radio operations. They took part in a US-wide ham activity called … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 11/27/2023
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 11/13/2023
November 3: Walkerston State School in Walkerston, Queensland, Australia held an ARISS contact for its students with Loral O’Hara. Great radio signals resulted in 16 students’ questions being answered. With a few minutes left at the end of the ISS’ pass, students sent up a big thanks and applause to Loral. A crowd of over … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 11/13/2023
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 11/06/2023
October 27: The ARISS-Russia team held a Slow Scan TV (SSTV--picture downlinks) test to verify the operation of SSTV hardware the cosmonauts had re-installed. Worldwide, 1,124 ham operators and space enthusiasts downloaded images. 993 of these participants posted 3,856 images online to the ARISS SSTV Gallery at https://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php. Many enthusiasts typed notes about their radios … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 11/06/2023
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 10/30/2023
October 18: St Peter CE Junior School in Broadstairs, UK hosted an ARISS radio contact for students with Jasmin Moghbeli. 19 students asked her their questions and then their resounding thanks went up to Jasmin. 360 of the school’s students and 40 from several area schools sat in the audience as did 100 parents and faculty. From … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 10/30/2023
40th Anniversary Celebration of the Positive Impact of Amateur Radio on Human Spaceflight
October 24, 2023 — Astronaut Owen Garriott, amateur radio callsign W5LFL, pioneered amateur radio communication from space on his STS-9 Space Shuttle Columbia flight, conducted November 28 to December 8, 1983. In his free time, during the STS-9 mission, Garriott became the first ever person from space to communicate with amateur radio operators on the … Continue reading 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Positive Impact of Amateur Radio on Human Spaceflight
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 10/23/2023
October 13: In West Peabody, MA, the Covenant Christian Academy (CCA) faculty introduced their ARISS contact to the audience by saying the entire student body, PK through 12th grade, was welcoming (virtually) a very special guest—Loral O’Hara. It was her first ARISS contact and she answered 20 student questions. 500 people were on hand; others … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 10/23/2023
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 10/16/2023
October 6: The Space Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Azercosmos, hosted the first-ever ARISS contact in that country. Students came from No. 149 Secondary School in Baku as did some 8th to 11th graders from more area schools. Andreas Mogensen answered 7 questions. 54 students, 9 faculty members, and 6 from the community watched the … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 10/16/2023