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August: Sussex County Charter School for Technology (Sparta, NJ) sponsored “Making Connections,” its first week-long amateur radio camp. This was a STEM education program as part of preparations for the school’s February 2022 ARISS contact. The STEM teacher, a Society of Women Engineers Advisor, said, “…best of all [at the camp], students did hands-on electronic … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 10/25/2021

October 12:  Students at the Mary Hare School for the deaf in Newbury, UK took part in an ARISS radio contact with Mark Vande Hei; he answered all 10 of the students’ questions. This was the first time an ARISS contact has been carried out with hearing impaired students. The school used special equipment and software … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 10/18/2021

October 2: An ARISS radio contact took place between Thomas Pesquet and two French schools’ students—Lycée Pierre Paul Riquet in St Orens De Gameville and CSUT University Space Center of Toulouse. The schools’ students took turns and got 13 questions answered. They were masked when not speaking and staff limited crowd size on site to … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 10/11/2021

September 24: Youth at a summer camp offered by the SPDW Voortrekker Movement in Oranjeville, South Africa participated in an ARISS contact with Akihiko Hoshide. He answered 10 of the campers’ questions. Following the contact, the ground station ham radio operator answered 9 more questions from the youth. The audience totaled 500. The livestream garnered … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 10/4/2021

September 18: The Space Hardware Club at the University of Huntsville in Huntsville, AL is preparing for their ARISS contact next spring. The group’s plan was to carry out ARISS STEM activities in collaboration with nearby Buckhorn Middle School youth, with undergrads teaching middle schoolers. Recent events saw youngsters launch basic paper rockets using water … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 9/27/2021

September 14: Mary Hare School, a residential co-ed school for deaf students in Newbury, Berkshire, England, will host an ARISS radio contact in October. This ARISS contact is believed to be the first undertaken for the hearing impaired. The 230 pupils range in age from 7 to 13 years old. Questions and answers will be … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 9/20/2021

August: ARISS educator Drew Deskur, head of the Kopernik Observatory and Science Center in Vestal, NY, planned several social-distanced summer STEM youth camps for various ages that had lessons tied to ARISS.  Youth aged 8 and 9 got to try coding, build and program robots, learn about ARISS, and engineer differing solutions to problems.  Youth … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 9/13/2021

August 21-22: The ARRL Southeastern Division Convention, also called Huntsville (AL) Hamfest, garnered 4,000 attendees and 3 of the ARISS team were there.  Frank Bauer, Kathy Lamont and Dave Jordan, undertook the first ARISS travel since Covid issues began. They supported an ARISS exhibit and forum. They explained the ARISS program to 290 people stopping … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 9/6/2021