Category: Weekly Reports

June 24-25: The ARISS STEREO (Student Teacher Education via Radio Experimentation and Operations) project team held its second Educate the Educator workshop at Kennedy Space Center (FL) Visitor Complex Center for Space Education. 22 formal and informal educators, who work with youth in grades K-12, attended from across the US. They loved the venue with its space … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 7/10/2023

June 21:   Day 1 of the Space Port Area Conference for Educators (SPACE) featured a special ARISS radio contact at the Center for Space Education in the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. For this contact, instead of having students talk with the astronaut, ARISS invited educators to prepare and ask questions. Sultan Al Neyadi answered … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 6/26/2023

June 13: ARISS team member Ana Guzman gave a presentation to 13 junior high and high school teachers; she described activities she and others on the staff manage at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) ISS Research office. Some of their many duties include those tied to ARISS and ham radio. Kjell Lindgren came by to share with teachers some aspects of his ARISS … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 6/19/2023

May 28:  ARISS educator Kathy Lamont, a Prince William County Schools (VA) gifted-education teacher at Belmont Elementary School in Woodbridge, was nominated and selected as the 2023 Air & Space Forces (AFA) Gabriel Chapter Teacher of the Year awardee. That made her eligible as a candidate, among other educators, for the 2023 Air & Space … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 6/12/2023

May 26: The Children’s Inn at National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD hosted an ARISS radio contact with Axiom Ax-2 crew member John Shoffner. 10 very special children ages 6 through 16 talked with him and he answered 17 of their questions. ARISS leaders Frank Bauer and Dave Taylor engaged with 22 people … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 6/5/2023

May 19: Webb Bridge Middle School in Alpharetta, GA hosted an ARISS contact for the students with Warren Hoburg answering 18 student questions. A crowd of 250 made up of students, faculty, Fulton County School District officials, and reporters attended the event. They appreciated seeing taped greetings to the students from Frank Culbertson. A livestream … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 5/29/2023

May 11: ARISS intern Unsh Rawal gave a presentation to 10 ARISS senior leaders, summarizing his work of the past year for ARISS.  He assembled Java and Python code, built a user interface, and linked communications resources to remotely command and control a Makeblock mBot robot used in educational environments. The mBot is one item … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 5/15/2023

May 1: The Council Rock South Amateur Radio Club, along with the Technology Club, facilitated students at Council Rock High School South in Holland, PA in trading questions and answers with Steve Bowen during their ARISS radio contact. He answered 17 of their questions. In the auditorium, 618 students, faculty, and parents watched the action. The … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 5/8/2023

April 20: West Michigan Aviation Academy (WMAA), a Grand Rapids no-tuition high school, hosted an ARISS contact. It took place in the gym, full of 200 students and faculty, listening to Sultan Al Neyadi answer 15 student questions.  Before and after the contact, students came to a podium to present talks on research they’d done … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 5/1/2023

April 14: The Augusta Preparatory Day School in Augusta, GA invited parents and students to Family Night to engage in learning activities and look at displays about school projects.  As part of the prep for the school’s upcoming ARISS radio contact in late summer, ARISS educator Rachel Jones and volunteer John Bobbitt set up and … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 4/24/2023