ARISS News Release No. 23-20

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

11 US Schools Moved Forward in ARISSSelection Process

May17, 2023: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is pleasedto announce the schools/host organizations selected for the January-June 2024 window.A total 11 of the submitted ARISS Education Proposals during the recentproposal window have been accepted to move forward in the processes of planningto host a scheduled amateur radio contact with crew on the ISS. The primarygoal of the ARISS program is to engage young people in Science, Technology,Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) activities and raise their awareness ofspace communications, radio communications, space exploration, and relatedareas of study and career possibilities.

TheARISS program anticipates that NASA will be able to provide schedulingopportunities for these US host organizations. They are now at work completingan acceptable equipment plan that demonstrates their ability to execute the hamradio contact. Once their equipment plan is approved by the ARISS operations team, the finalselected schools/organizations will be scheduled as their availability andflexibility match up with the scheduling opportunities offered by NASA inJanuary through June 2024.

Theschools and host organizations are:

| Belmont Elementary School

| Woodbridge, VA

| | Mountain View Elementary

| Marietta, GA

| | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

| Daytona Beach, FL

| | Lilburn Elementary School

| Lilburn, GA

| | Tooele County School District

| Tooele, UT

| | Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering

| Huntsville, AL

| | Thrive Home School Academy

| Colorado Springs, CO

| | Pleasant Knoll Middle School

| Ft. Mill, SC | | Centennial Campus Magnet Middle School Center for Innovation | Raleigh, NC | | Washington State Science and Engineering Fair

| Bremerton, WA | | Girl Scout Troop 1089

| Sacramento, CA |

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), Amateur RadioDigital Communications (ARDC), NASA’s Space Communications and Navigationprogram (SCaN), and the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers.  The primary goal of ARISS is to promoteexploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematicstopics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radiobetween crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radiocontacts, students, educators, parents, and communities take part in hands-onlearning activities tied to space, space technologies, and amateur radio. Formore information, see http://www.ariss.org

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