*ARISS NEWS RELEASE * *no. 15-03*
*Friday, Jan.30, 2015*
*David Jordan, AA4KN*
*ARISS PR*
*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*
*15 US Schools Move Forward Into the Next Stage of ARISS Selection*
*JANUARY 30, 2015* — Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) and the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), US managing partners of Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS), are pleased to announce that 15 of the schools/organizations that submitted proposals during the recent proposal window have been accepted to move forward into the next stage of planning to host a scheduled contact with crew on the ISS during 2015. This is a significant step in ARISS’ continuing effort to engage young people in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) activities and raise their awareness of Human Space Flight. ARISS-US was encouraged by the high level of interest in the education community evidenced by the significant number of submitted proposals and the quality of the submissions.
The ARISS program anticipates that NASA will provide 12 scheduling opportunities for US host organizations for the May – December 2015 time period. These 15 schools/organizations must now complete an acceptable equipment plan that demonstrates their ability to execute the ham radio contact. Once their equipment plan is approved by the ARISS technical team, the final selected schools/organizations will be scheduled as their availability and flexibility match up with the scheduling opportunities offered by NASA. ARISS does not expect to be able to schedule all 15 schools on the list.
The schools and organizations are:
Bay View Elementary School, Burlington, WA
Corpus Christi Catholic School, Chambersburg, PA
Daggett Montessori School K-8, Fort Worth, TX
Dearborn Public Schools, Dearborn, MI
Grady High School Robotics Team, Atlanta, GA
Kopernik Observatory & Science Center, Vestal, NY
Maconaquah School Corporation, Bunker Hill, IN
Moon Day/ Frontiers of Flight Museum, Dallas, TX
New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, NM
Pima County 4H/Vail Vaquero's 4H Club, Tucson, AZ
Space Jam 9, Rantoul, IL
Ste. Genevieve du Bois Catholic Elementary School, Warson Woods, MO
Tulsa Community College, NE Campus, Tulsa, OK
United Space School, Seabrook, TX
West Michigan Aviation Academy, Grand Rapids, MI
*ABOUT ARISS*
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the United States, and other international space agencies and international amateur radio organizations around the world. The primary purpose of ARISS is to organize scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers from amateur radio clubs and coordination from the ARISS team, the ISS crew members speak directly with large group audiences in a variety of public forums such as school assemblies, science centers and museums, Scout camporees, jamborees and space camps, where students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies and Amateur Radio.
Find more information at *www.ariss.org* http://www.ariss.org, *www.amsat.org* http://www.amsat.org and *www.arrl.org http://www.arrl.org*.
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