ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.22-52

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

Call forProposals

Message to US Educators:

AmateurRadio on the International Space Station

ContactOpportunity

New Proposal Window isOctober 1, 2022 to November 13, 2022

Oct 3, 2022 — The Amateur Radio on the International SpaceStation (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutionsand organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radiocontact with a crew member on board the ISS.  ARISS anticipates that thecontact would be held between July 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023. Crewscheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximizethese radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that willdraw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into awell-developed education plan.

The deadline to submit a proposalis November 13, 2022.

Proposal information and more details such asexpectations, proposal guidelines and the proposal form can be found at https://ariss-usa.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact-in-the-usa/. AnARISS Introductory Webinar session will be held on October 13, 2022, at 8:00 PMET.  TheEventbrite link to sign up is: https://ariss-proposal-webinar-fall-2022.eventbrite.com

The Opportunity Crew members aboard the International SpaceStation will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radiocontacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interactwith the astronauts through a question-and-answer session.

An ARISS contact is a voice-only communicationopportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard thespace station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford educationaudiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like tolive and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS.Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication,wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of humanspaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS,organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates andtimes of the radio contact.

Amateur Radio organizations around the worldwith the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europepresent educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radioorganizations’ volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational supportto enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the worldusing Amateur Radio.

Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education@gmail.com .

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, sponsors are the Radio Amateur SatelliteCorporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS NationalLab-Space Station Explorers, Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) andNASA’s Space communications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISSis to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, andmathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts viaamateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before andduring these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities takepart in hands-on learning activities tied to space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org.

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