ARISS News Release No.21-21
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@amsat.org
FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE
ARISS-USA Now a Non-profitOrganization
ARISS-USA, the US-basedorganization connecting students with astronauts in space
Towson, Maryland
April 7, 2021
ARISS-USA, a Maryland not-for-profit corporation, is nowrecognized by the United States Internal Revenue Service as a Section 501(c)(3)charitable, scientific, and educational organization. ARISS-USA is the USsegment of the ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) internationalworking group. With this IRS determination, donations to ARISS-USA becometax-deductible in the US, retroactive to the ARISS-USA incorporation on May 21,2020. This change in status allowsARISS-USA to solicit donations and grants.
As a new entity, ARISS-USA will continue to promote studentinvolvement with the astronauts on the International Space Station via amateurradio. Working with educationalorganizations, ARISS provides exciting opportunities to inspire, engage andeducate our next generation of space explorers through STEAM (science,technology, engineering, arts and math) activities and content. ARISS-USA ExecutiveDirector, Frank Bauer, commented, “The educational scope and reach of whatARISS accomplishes has grown significantly since our beginnings in 1996. We areactively working to extend student’s reach even further. This, through the pursuit of potentialstudent opportunities on human spaceflight missions beyond low Earth orbit, aspart of our Amateur Radio Exploration (AREx) Program. First AREx destination: the Moon!”
ARISS-USA continues its collaborative work with ARISS Internationaland US sponsors, partners, and interest groups. The ARISS-USA TEAM remains deeplyindebted to its partners ARRL and AMSAT, who enabled the birth of ARISS, and toits steadfast sponsors, NASA Space Communication and Navigation (SCaN) and theISS National Lab (INL).
Gifts from those wishing to support ARISS-USA goals aretax-deductible to the extent allowed by law and can be made by going to theARISS website: www.ariss.org The ARISS-USA team thanks its sustainingdonors for their continuing support!
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ARISS– Celebrating 20 Years of Amateur Radio Continuous Operations on the ISS
About ARISS:
Amateur Radio on the InternationalSpace Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radiosocieties and the space agencies that support the International Space Station(ISS). In the United States, sponsorsare the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio RelayLeague (ARRL), the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers, and NASA’s SpaceCommunications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISS is to promoteexploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematicstopics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew membersaboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students,educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org
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That is great news. Congratulations Frank.
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On Apr 7, 2021, 18:33, at 18:33, David Jordan n4csitwo@bellsouth.net wrote:
ARISS News Release No.21-21
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@amsat.org
FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE
ARISS-USA Now a Non-profitOrganization
ARISS-USA, the US-basedorganization connecting students with astronauts in space
Towson, Maryland
April 7, 2021
ARISS-USA, a Maryland not-for-profit corporation, is nowrecognized by the United States Internal Revenue Service as a Section 501(c)(3)charitable, scientific, and educational organization. ARISS-USA is the USsegment of the ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) internationalworking group. With this IRS determination, donations to ARISS-USA becometax-deductible in the US, retroactive to the ARISS-USA incorporation on May 21,2020. This change in status allowsARISS-USA to solicit donations and grants.
As a new entity, ARISS-USA will continue to promote studentinvolvement with the astronauts on the International Space Station via amateurradio. Working with educationalorganizations, ARISS provides exciting opportunities to inspire, engage andeducate our next generation of space explorers through STEAM (science,technology, engineering, arts and math) activities and content. ARISS-USA ExecutiveDirector, Frank Bauer, commented, “The educational scope and reach of whatARISS accomplishes has grown significantly since our beginnings in 1996. We areactively working to extend student’s reach even further. This, through the pursuit of potentialstudent opportunities on human spaceflight missions beyond low Earth orbit, aspart of our Amateur Radio Exploration (AREx) Program. First AREx destination: the Moon!”
ARISS-USA continues its collaborative work with ARISS Internationaland US sponsors, partners, and interest groups. The ARISS-USA TEAM remains deeplyindebted to its partners ARRL and AMSAT, who enabled the birth of ARISS, and toits steadfast sponsors, NASA Space Communication and Navigation (SCaN) and theISS National Lab (INL).
Gifts from those wishing to support ARISS-USA goals aretax-deductible to the extent allowed by law and can be made by going to theARISS website: www.ariss.org The ARISS-USA team thanks its sustainingdonors for their continuing support!
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ARISS– Celebrating 20 Years of Amateur Radio Continuous Operations on the ISS
About ARISS:
Amateur Radio on the InternationalSpace Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radiosocieties and the space agencies that support the International Space Station(ISS). In the United States, sponsorsare the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio RelayLeague (ARRL), the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers, and NASA’s SpaceCommunications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISS is to promoteexploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematicstopics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew membersaboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students,educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org
.
MediaContact:
DaveJordan, AA4KN
ARISSPR
Likeus on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. Search on Amateur Radio on the ISS and@ARISS_status.
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