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August 10: Summer in or near Vestal, NY means hundreds of campers between grades 2 and 12 are enjoying Kopernik Observatory and Science Center’s weekly STEM camps. This summer’s boys and girls experienced a myriad of science activities with the help of School Programs Coordinator and Science Teacher for Kopernik, Tish Bresee, a NASA Solar … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 8/15/2022

July 28: Seven Challenger Learning Center (CLC) locales hosted 2022 summer camp students at these learning institutions to spark interest in STEM. Youth at these seven CLCs spoke with Bob Hines during an ARISS radio contact; he answered 18 questions. Eight-year-old Libby, according to a WABI-TV reporter in Bangor, said, “I’ve always wanted to be … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 8/8/2022

July 21:  Kitaogura Elementary School in Uji, Japan, with 207 students, celebrated its 50-year anniversary by planning lessons for, and hosting, an ARISS contact. For their exciting radio contact with Kjell Lindgren, an audience of 70 watched the youth as he answered 20 of their questions. Reporters from five newspapers came to the event. A video … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 8/1/2022

July 11-15:  ARISS Director of Education Kathy Lamont and ARISS educator Kelly Cammarano gave short talks about ARISS on day two of a professional development seminar for educators. They explained a little about the ARISS program, resources on ARISS’ web pages for educators, the ARISS Education Proposal, and the timeframe that ARISS will open the … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 7/25/2022

July 13: Students who took part in STEM activities that are held at Il Cielo Itinerante (ICI) spoke with Samantha Cristoforetti during an ARISS radio contact; she answered 19 questions. For the contact, the ICI had invited youth from various Italian cities to come to the Italian Space Agency (ASI) in Matera, Italy, which hosted … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 7/18/2022

July 7:  For an episode named Amateur Space Radio, host Gary Jordan of NASA’s “Houston, We Have a Podcast” interviewed Education Project Manager Courtney Black at the ISS National Lab (INL). Prior to joining INL in 2020, she taught at a school that hosted an ARISS contact.  The podcast covered many facets of ARISS, her … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 7/11/2022

June 27: An online show, “Tank Radio,” featured a talk with Frank Bauer. He discussed ARISS’ new education programs, details about the ARISS radio system on the ISS, and how Astronaut Kjell Lindgren has been making radio contacts with ham operators who are very thrilled to talk to him.  175 people watched the live podcast, … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 7/4/2022

June 22: Youth at Eaton Public Library in Eaton, CO had the privilege of talking with Kjell Lindgren during their ARISS radio contact. They asked 16 questions before the ISS traveled over the horizon. 233 people attended the event or watched the livestream. In 5 days’ time, 254 people had viewed the recording.  The New Hampshire … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 6/27/2022

June 14-15: ARISS leaders Frank Bauer and Marty Schulman and ARISS volunteer Alan Johnston mentored ARISS’ new NASA interns at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). Undergrads Nitin Vegesna and Ashish Dhanalakota and high school student Unsh Rawal received indoctrination introducing them to ARISS, communications, wireless radio, and two of ARISS’ new education programs. But the … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 6/20/2022