September 30: ARISS educator Diane Warner and seven members of her radio club, the All Things Amateur Radio Association (ATARA) of Lancaster, OH, took their STEM trailer with its ARISS and ham radio exhibits to WestFest in Columbus, OH. WestFest, short for West Campus Science & Sustainability Festival, is Ohio State University’s annual STEM festival that … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 10/09/2023
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 10/02/2023
September 25: Colegio Educación del Talento in Yerba Buena, Tucumán, Argentina supported an ARISS contact. A crowd of 115 students, volunteers and faculty watched youth as Andreas Mogensen answered 13 of their questions. 55 viewers tuned in to a livestream, which later garnered 100 other viewers. Prior to the contact, the online news sources La Gaceta … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 10/02/2023
Message to US Educators – Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity
Call for Proposals - New Proposal Window is October 1, 2023 – November 10, 2023 September 25, 2023 --- The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the … Continue reading Message to US Educators – Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 9/25/2023
September 21: ARISS is honored to learn that the weekly NASA SPACE UPDATE ran a segment highlighting the Augusta (GA) Prep School ARISS contact supported by Steve Bowen in late August. The blurb described high points of the ARISS contact and some of the school’s STEM activity, and featured two photos of students talking on … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 9/25/2023
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 9/18/2023
September 12: Prior to the recent Bowman Middle School ARISS contact in Bakersville, NC, Principal Amber Young invited US Congresswoman Virginia Foxx, and she went! Afterward, Foxx sent Amber a letter of thanks and compliments to the STEM teacher and students on their contact and STEM lessons. Returning to the US Capitol Building, she reported … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 9/18/2023
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 9/11/2023
August 31: The day after dodging a near hit from Hurricane Idalia, Augusta (GA) Preparatory Day School carried out an ARISS contact with Steve Bowen. 500 students and faculty packed the school gym to watch and to hear Bowen answer 18 student questions such as how holidays are celebrated there to what are your mission-driven … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 9/11/2023
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 9/4/2023
August 28: Students at Bowman Middle School in Bakersville, NC experienced a day they’ll not forget after speaking to Steve Bowen during an ARISS contact. 285 people (189 youth) in the auditorium watched the students ask 13 questions. VIPs present included US Congresswoman Virginia Foxx, ARRL North Carolina Section Manager Marv Hoffman, ARISS Technical Mentor Bob Koepke … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 9/4/2023
Tanya C. Anderson joins ARISS-USA Team as Director of Education
August 31, 2023 - Tanya C. Anderson has been selected as Director of Education for Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, Inc. (ARISS-USA). Tanya has been a classroom educator for 18 years, the last 16 years teaching middle school science at St. Joan of Arc in Lisle, Illinois. Her science curricula cover earth and … Continue reading Tanya C. Anderson joins ARISS-USA Team as Director of Education
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 8/28/2023
July 31–August 4: ARISS educator Mic Ivancic and astrophysicist Elisa Gastaldi planned a week-long Space Day Camp at the latter’s farm resort in Castelnuovo Scrivia, Italy that features a planetarium. Elisa led 14 campers in daily planetarium shows on constellations and planets. Mic guided them in researching the ISS, how it stays in orbit, and … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 8/28/2023
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 8/21/2023
August 10: Two ARISS SIP interns, Sruthi Sankararaman and Bryce Lanese, gave their final presentations at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. Sruthi titled hers, “SPARKI: Workshopping Amateur Radio Education Resources.” Her internship work dealt with enhancing and finalizing lessons for the ARISS Educate the Educator workshops that utilize the SPARKI kit (Space Pioneers … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 8/21/2023