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July 14: An ARISS radio contact was held at the Children's University camp near Southwest State University in Kursk, Russia. The event saw a good crowd attending: 100 students, 10 instructors, and 10 others helping with or watching the action. One of those assisting was ARISS-Russia leader Sergey Samburov. He wrote, “For the best questions composed … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 8/16/2021

August 3: A student of ARISS educator Joanne Michael won an AIAA Kahn $10,000 scholarship. Joanne taught him hands-on science in kindergarten through 5th grade at Meadows Elementary in the Manhattan Beach Unified School District. The young man is now enrolled at Stanford University. He wrote, “I love finding out the mechanics of any device … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 8/9/2021

July: ARISS volunteer Fred Kemmerer gave presentations during July to five amateur radio clubs in Maine, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, and he was guest speaker at one podcast. A total of 170 people heard him describe how he and his wife and their ham radio club (Nashua Area Radio Society) have sponsored school … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 8/2/2021

July 21: The SpaceKids Global (SKG) organization based in Winter Park, FL, in collaboration with the Girl Scouts of Citrus, in Orlando held an ARISS contact with Mark Vande Hei. SKG’s mission is to inspire girls and boys in STEAM+ (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, Math plus Environment) with a focus on empowering young girls. The two groups … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 7/26/2021

July 14: The highlight of the 2021 Youth On The Air in the Americas week-long camp was an ARISS contact supported by Akihiko Hoshide. He answered 15 of the youths’ questions. The camp, held in West Chester, OH, attracted 24 high school and college students from across the US who listened to the ARISS contact … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 7/19/2021

June 24: ARISS educator Gina Kwid and a co-teacher gave a presentation on ARISS and space transportation at i-STEM, an annual four-day professional development conference. PK-12 teachers apply to the Idaho STEM Action Center to be selected to attend i-STEM. Gina spoke about ARISS and her co-teacher spoke about Maker transportation activity. Viewers included 12 educators … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 7/12/2021

June 26: Students from French schools in three isolated villages engaged together in an ARISS radio contact with Thomas Pesquet, who answered 18 student questions. Schools were: Ecole de Bellême in Bellême, Pôle scolaire Igé/Le Gué de la Chaine in Belforêt en Perche and Ecole de Nocé in Perche en Nocé.  Students were social-distanced at … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 7/5/2021

June 10: St Joseph’s Primary School in Bombala, NSW, Australia, hosted an ARISS contact with Shane Kimbrough. A group of 124 parents, friends, students, and teachers watched the event, which was livestreamed, although the count of viewers is not yet available. The Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC Radio National) and an area newspaper interviewed St Joseph’s Primary … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 6/21/2021

June 7: Students at the Collège Maurice Genevoix in Couzeix, France experienced an exciting ARISS contact with Thomas Pesquet who answered 18 student questions. TV covering of the event was TV France 3 Limousin; radio stations included: France Bleue, Flash FM, RCF and RMJ. Attending the event were 25 students, 4 technicians and 6 professors. … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 6/14/2021