April issue: The Smithsonian magazine ran a feature on how ISS crew members spend their leisure time. The story began with a bit of detail on early space crews’ heavy workloads and needing time off. The writer moved to now, with space crews continuing to be more productive when schedules include relaxing—with making music being … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 4/19/2021
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 4/12/2021
March 24-25: Students at the Savannah River Academy (SRA) in Grovetown, GA have been preparing for their upcoming ARISS contact. Members of the Amateur Radio Club of Columbia County (ARCCC) presented a session that gave students a solid understanding of how to operate a handheld radio. They practiced talking to each other using Family Radio … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 4/12/2021
ARISS-USA Now a Non-profit Organization
ARISS-USA, the US-based organization connecting students with astronauts in space Towson, Maryland April 7, 2021 ARISS-USA, a Maryland not-for-profit corporation, is now recognized by the United States Internal Revenue Service as a Section 501(c)(3) charitable, scientific, and educational organization. ARISS-USA is the US segment of the ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) international … Continue reading ARISS-USA Now a Non-profit Organization
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 4/5/2021
March 28-31: In four days’ time, the ARISS-Russia team sponsored ARISS radio contacts at: Aznakaevo School, Republic of TatarstanInternational Aerospace School, UfaLipetsk Regional Public Organization, LipetskAmur State University, Blagoveshchensk Two of the contacts were tied to the ARISS-Russia educational program called “About Gagarin from Space.” Sergey Kud-Sverchkov supported the first of the four radio … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 4/5/2021
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 3/29/2021
March 17: Goodwood Primary School in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia hosted an ARISS radio contact for students with Shannon Walker who answered 15 of their questions. The audience of 25 followed Adelaide Covid guidelines. Over 184 people watched the livestream and 2,352 more viewed it a few days later. Channel 7 Adelaide News was on the … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 3/29/2021
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 3/22/2021
March 11: Students at Avoca State School in Bundaberg, QLD, Australia engaged in an ARISS contact with Mike Hopkins at the ham radio station on the ISS. The Bundaberg Amateur Radio Club (BARC) had assembled a ham station at the school and students, adhering to Queensland Covid guidelines, got to see firsthand how radio contacts work. … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 3/22/2021
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 3/15/2021
March 14: After the March 13th EVA, which included disconnecting the new Airbus Bartolomeo cable from the Columbus module, and re-connecting the original older ARISS cable, the following day the crew powered on the ARISS radio system. It had been set by the crew for APRS packet. A bit later, ARISS volunteer Christy Hunter was … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 3/15/2021
ARISS Columbus Radio System Once Again Operational!
March 14, 2021—The ARISS Columbus Radio is back on-the-air! This, after it was rendered non-operational following a January 27 EVA (spacewalk) which was conducted to install a cable for the Bartolomeo commercial platform. During the January 27 spacewalk, the Bartolomeo HMU-601 cable, described in the March 10 ARISS Press conference (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hm4h4rBE9k&t=2214s), was installed in series … Continue reading ARISS Columbus Radio System Once Again Operational!
ARISS Press Conference on Columbus Radio System, March 10, 2021 at 1900 UTC (1400 EST)
March 9, 2021—The ARISS team will conduct a 45-minute press conference for media this Wednesday March 10 at 1900 UTC (1400 Eastern Standard Time). This press conference will focus on the ARISS Radio system mounted in the Columbus module. As a reminder, the ARISS team has been working very closely with NASA and ESA to … Continue reading ARISS Press Conference on Columbus Radio System, March 10, 2021 at 1900 UTC (1400 EST)
ARISS Weekly Status Report 3/8/2021
February 24: Frank Bauer and Kathy Lamont presented to the education committee members from the User Advisory Group of the National Space Council sanctioned by the White House to coordinate space. The presentation included the following: in-depth review of ARISS including many of ARISS’s metrics the months-long STEM activities building up to each school’s radio … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report 3/8/2021