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09/08/2011 | Report Calls on NASA to Hire More Astronauts

Even as the space shuttle era has come to a close, a NASA-commissioned report says the space agency needs to hire more astronauts to maintain its presence on the International Space Station and prepare for the next generation of spaceflight. The report wa
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08/01/2011 | ARISS Excited by New Proposal Process

Earlier this year, the education office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) sent a message to more than 18,000 US educators, describing the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program. This kicked off the first step in a new process
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06/29/2011 | ISS Survives Near Miss of Space Junk

Just after 8 AM (EDT) on Tuesday, June 29, the six residents of the International Space Station (ISS) climbed into two Soyuz space capsules as an unidentified object hurtled past them at a speed of 29,000 miles per hour, missing the space station by only
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05/20/2011 | NASA and ARISS Reach Out to Educators

On May 19, the Education Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) notified almost 20,000 US educators about the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Project. According to ARRL ARISS Program Manager Rosalie White, K1STO, this kicks
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05/06/2011 | Surfin’: Two Weeks ’til Dayton

This week, Surfin’ gets ready for the Dayton Hamvention.
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01/28/2011 | NASA’s Nanosatellite Heard by Hams

When a NASA nanosatellite -- NanoSail-D -- ejected unexpectedly on January 17 from the Fast Affordable Scientific and Technology Satellite (FASTSAT), the agency called upon Amateur Radio operators to help track it. NASA asked radio amateurs to listen on 4
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01/20/2011 | NASA Seeks Amateur Radio Operators’ Aid to Listen for Nanosatellite’s Beacon Signal

On Wednesday, January 19 at 1630 UTC, engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama confirmed that the NanoSail-D nanosatellite ejected from Fast Affordable Scientific and Technology Satellite (FASTSAT). According to NASA, the ejection
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11/22/2010 | ARISS Aiming to Raise Its Educational Profile

Meeting at ARRL HQ Brings Changes to ARISS Program
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