Call for Proposals New Proposal Window is February 21, 2022 to March 31, 2022 February 16, 2022 — 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 ISS. … Continue reading Message to US Educators: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity
ARISS Europe to Perform Special Digital SSTV Experiment
February 16, 2022—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is planning for a special SSTV experiment. ARISS is the group that puts together special amateur radio contacts between students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses on the International Space Station (ISS) and develops and operates the amateur radio equipment on … Continue reading ARISS Europe to Perform Special Digital SSTV Experiment
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 2/14/2022
February 4: Johannes Kepler Gymnasium (JKG) in Lebach, Germany hosted an ARISS radio contact with Matthias Maurer who answered 16 student questions. This K-12 school is one of only three in the Lebach area with a STEM department and partners with the global Bosch Homburg, Environmental Campus Birkenfeld, and Krämer-IT. JKG’s amateur radio station offers the … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 2/14/2022
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 2/7/2022
January 31: The Lewis Center for Educational Research in Apple Valley, CA hosted an ARISS contact supported by Tom Marshburn for their students in 116 classes at the Academy of Academic Excellence and the Norton Science and Language Academy. They asked him 13 questions, some in English and some in Spanish. They followed Covid guidelines … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 2/7/2022
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 1/31/2022
September-January: The Lewis Center for Educational Research in Apple Valley, CA has been sponsoring months of student STEM activities leading up to their ARISS radio contact on January 31. (All the results of their ARISS contact will be in next week’s report.) Lewis Center educators developed 30-minute weekly lessons to engage K-5 students in all … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 1/31/2022
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 1/24/2022
January 14: ARISS-USA Education Director Kathy Lamont was featured at a Zoom meeting of the Nashua (NH) Area Radio Society. Her presentation, “Youth in Radio,” covered the many ways ham radio is used as a teaching tool in classrooms to engage youth in hands-on STEM. Attendees, totaling 35, learned how they could work with educators, … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 1/24/2022
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 1/17/2022
January 8: ARISS-USA Director of Public Engagement Rita Dehart and a second member of the Tampa Amateur Radio Club staffed an ARISS exhibit table at the club’s hamfest, called TARCFest, in Tampa, Florida. The two described ARISS operations and activities with people stopping by the table. They distributed ARISS brochures to 32 particularly interested people. January 11: … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 1/17/2022
Eight US Schools Moved Forward in ARISS Selection Process
January 11, 2022: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is pleased to announce the schools/host organizations selected for the July 1 through December 31, 2022, time period. A total of eight of the submitted proposals during the recent proposal window have been accepted to move forward in the processes of planning to host … Continue reading Eight US Schools Moved Forward in ARISS Selection Process
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 1/10/2022
January 4: Scouts Victoria in Mt Waverley, Victoria, Australia hosted an ARISS contact with Mark Vande Hei during the week-long Victorian Scout Jamboree. 17 of the young people’s questions were answered with 100 people reported in attendance. The contact was livestreamed. The Jamboree enabled over 4,000 scouts, venturers, rovers and leaders to enjoy outdoor excitement … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 1/10/2022
The ARRL Foundation Grants an Award for the ARISS *STAR* Keith Pugh Memoriam Project
January 5, 2022 ARISS‐USA is known for engaging students in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) subjects by arranging live question-and-answer sessions via amateur radio (ham radio) between K‐12 students and astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS). In the last two decades, over 1,400 contacts have connected more than one million youth using … Continue reading The ARRL Foundation Grants an Award for the ARISS *STAR* Keith Pugh Memoriam Project