ARISS USA | ARISS Canada | ARISS Video | Upcoming Contacts ARISS-USA is now the US-based organization connecting students with astronauts in space. Towson, Maryland – June 4, 2020 In late May, the USA team of the ARISS International working group became an incorporated non-profit entity in the state of Maryland, officially becoming ARISS-USA. This move allows […]
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ARISS contact with the Airdrie Space Science Club in Alberta: Friday, May 15 Second test of new Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio was a huge success!
Contact | News Release | Airdrie Space Science Club | Q&A YouTube video of ARISS contact with Airdrie Science Space Camp Update on today’s ARISS Contact: Friday, May 15, 2020 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program conducted its second test of its new distance-learning ARISS radio contacts with astronauts this morning. Youth […]
ARISS using new Multipoint Telebridge Amateur Radio Approach
ISS Space Contact: Northern Virginia School Group, Woodbridge, Virginia, April 30, 2020. Click on image for YouTube video. For immediate release: April 28, 2020 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is pleased to announce the first use of a concept called Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio, allowing school contacts for Stay-At-Home students […]
ARISS celebrating successful launch carrying Interoperable Radio System to ISS
March 9, 2020 – The SpaceX Dragon resupply ship is pictured attached to the International Space Station’s Harmony module as both spacecraft were soaring into an orbital sunrise 264 miles above the American state of Nevada. Photo courtesy of NASA and SpaceX. The following news item is courtesy of the American Radio Relay League: Amateur […]
Amateurs in the News: “96-year-old Amateur Radio operator at Ontario Science Centre speaks with astronaut” In celebration of Amateur Radio station VE30SC volunteer Jean Moffet, VE3WAD
For immediate release: A successful International Space Station (ISS) contact was held yesterday with participants at the Ontario Science Centre’s Amateur Radio station VE3OSC in Toronto, Ontario. As described below this was no ordinary ARISS contact. “Jean Moffet, VE3WAD, has been a volunteer at the VE3OSC station for more than 30 years. Having recently celebrated […]
Commemorative ARISS Slow-Scan TV Transmissions Event starts tomorrow Saturday, December 28 to Wednesday, January 1
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program will support slow-scan television (SSTV) transmissions worldwide in memory of cosmonauts Alexei Leonov, Valery Bykovsky and Sigmund Jähn. This event is currently scheduled to begin tomorrow, Saturday, December 28, 2019 at 11:00 UTC and will end at 18:20 UTC on Wednesday, January 1, 2020 when the system is […]
ARISS SSTV Event Commemorates Space Pioneer Astronaut, Owen Garriott, W5LFL, SK Thursday, August 1 to Sunday, August 4
Skylab and Space Shuttle Astronaut and First Amateur in Space: Owen Garriott, W5LFL Scientist-Astronaut-Amateur Owen K. Garriott, W5LFL, science pilot of the Skylab 3 mission, is stationed at the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) console in the Multiple Docking Adapter of the Skylab space station in Earth orbit. From this console the astronauts actively control the […]
ARISS Contact with Walter Murray Collegiate Institute in Saskatoon on Monday, May 27 Other May 27 contact: Mildred Hall School in Yellowknife
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Update: the ARISS contact was a success! May 27, 2019 – As part of the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut David Saint-Jacques, KG5FYI, will connect with students from Walter Murray Collegiate Institute in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and answer their questions, live from the International Space Station […]
ARISS Contact with Mildred Hall School in Yellowknife on Monday, May 27 Other May 27 contact: Walter Murray Collegiate Institute in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Update: the ARISS contact was a success! May 27, 2019 – As part of the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut David Saint-Jacques, KG5FYI, will connect with students from Mildred Hall School in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories and answer their questions, live from the International […]
ARISS Contact with Mildred Hall School in Yellowknife on Friday, May 3
The following exciting announcement is from the Mildred Hall School website as shown above: “Mildred Hall School is excited to announce that its students will be connecting with Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques live aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, May 3, 2019. The event will start at the school at 11:30 am MT, followed […]