Category: Weekly Reports

May 5: Classes were outside for the day at the Savannah (GA) River Academy. Students, with help from the National Weather Service and Amateur Radio Club of Columbia County, engaged in hands-on weather balloon launches, part of their lessons related to an autumn ARISS radio contact. The balloons carried a camera and a ham radio … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 5/10/2021

April 24: ARISS-US Education Committee member Melissa Pore and committee lead Kathy Lamont, along with Ria Jairam, an ARRL Director, presented at a panel session for the ARRL Virginia Convention.  The session title was, "Get Inclusive with Non-traditional Operators.  But How?".  During the webinar, Lamont and Pore discussed their efforts to inspire youth and educators in … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 5/3/2021

April 20: Winmalee Public School in Blue Mountains, New South Wales (NSW), Australia hosted an ARISS radio contact with Victor Glover who answered 18 questions. Students ended the session with a big thank you. The school STEM curriculum includes a weekly STEM Lab for K-6. Space studies covered the solar system, space travel and missions, … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 4/26/2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

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