February 28: Carter G. Woodson Middle School hosted an ARISS radio contact with Thomas Marshburn; he answered 20 student questions. An audience of 16 educators, 58 students, and 15 guests listened. The school is named for Carter Woodson, a son of former slaves; he became the second African-American to earn a doctorate from Harvard. Founder of … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 3/7/2022
Message to US Educators
ARISS to Support Axiom Space Crew Members on First Private ISS Mission
ARISS News Release No. 22-13 March 3, 2022 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, Inc. (ARISS-USA) is pleased to announce that two crew members scheduled to fly on Axiom Mission-1 (Ax-1), the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, will utilize the ARISS on-board radio resources to conduct six school connections via … Continue reading ARISS to Support Axiom Space Crew Members on First Private ISS Mission
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 2/28/2022
February 23: Students sporting ARISS t-shirts at Sussex County Charter School for Technology in Sparta, NJ were anxious hearing a countdown to calling Mark Vande Hei on the radio. Hearing his voice, they cheered loudly and during the ARISS contact he answered 14 questions. 765 people watched at the school or via the live stream, … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 2/28/2022
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 2/21/2022
February 14: FH Aachen, University of Applied Sciences in Aachen (FHAUAS) Germany hosted an ARISS contact with Matthias Maurer (who earned his doctorate there); he answered 19 questions. The livestream of the contact garnered 512 views and the recording saw 2,008 views four days later. Many European hams listened to the contact using their own hand-held … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 2/21/2022
Message to US Educators: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity
Call for Proposals New Proposal Window is February 21, 2022 to March 31, 2022 February 16, 2022 — The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. … Continue reading Message to US Educators: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity
ARISS Europe to Perform Special Digital SSTV Experiment
February 16, 2022—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is planning for a special SSTV experiment. ARISS is the group that puts together special amateur radio contacts between students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses on the International Space Station (ISS) and develops and operates the amateur radio equipment on … Continue reading ARISS Europe to Perform Special Digital SSTV Experiment
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 2/14/2022
February 4: Johannes Kepler Gymnasium (JKG) in Lebach, Germany hosted an ARISS radio contact with Matthias Maurer who answered 16 student questions. This K-12 school is one of only three in the Lebach area with a STEM department and partners with the global Bosch Homburg, Environmental Campus Birkenfeld, and Krämer-IT. JKG’s amateur radio station offers the … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 2/14/2022
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 2/7/2022
January 31: The Lewis Center for Educational Research in Apple Valley, CA hosted an ARISS contact supported by Tom Marshburn for their students in 116 classes at the Academy of Academic Excellence and the Norton Science and Language Academy. They asked him 13 questions, some in English and some in Spanish. They followed Covid guidelines … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 2/7/2022
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 1/31/2022
September-January: The Lewis Center for Educational Research in Apple Valley, CA has been sponsoring months of student STEM activities leading up to their ARISS radio contact on January 31. (All the results of their ARISS contact will be in next week’s report.) Lewis Center educators developed 30-minute weekly lessons to engage K-5 students in all … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 1/31/2022
ARISS Weekly Status Report – 1/24/2022
January 14: ARISS-USA Education Director Kathy Lamont was featured at a Zoom meeting of the Nashua (NH) Area Radio Society. Her presentation, “Youth in Radio,” covered the many ways ham radio is used as a teaching tool in classrooms to engage youth in hands-on STEM. Attendees, totaling 35, learned how they could work with educators, … Continue reading ARISS Weekly Status Report – 1/24/2022