[sarex] ARISS News Release 14-08

[David H Jordan]

*ARISS NEWS RELEASE *
*no. 14-08*

*Sunday,  Nov. 16, 2014*

*David Jordan, AA4KN*

aa4kn at amsat.org





*Message to US Educators *

A Reminder that the Deadline for submitting your ARISS school contact
Proposals is *December 15, 2014*



(details follow)



The following is a repost of an ARRL release by

Debra Johnson, K1DMJ

Education Services Manager

ARRL, the national association for Amateur Radio®

*Message to US Educators *

*Amateur Radio on the International Space Station *

*Contact Opportunity *

*Call for Proposals *

*Proposal Window October 17 – December 15, 2014 *

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is
seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations,
individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a
crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be
held between

*May 1, 2015 and December 31, 2015*. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will
determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact
opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large
numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed
education plan.

*The deadline to submit a proposal is December 15, 2014. *

*The Opportunity *

Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in
scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10
minutes in length and allow students and educators to interact with the
astronauts through a question-and-answer session.

An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur
Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and
classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the
opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live 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 human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities
aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate
changes in contact dates and times.

Amateur Radio organizations around the world, NASA, and space agencies in
Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe sponsor this educational opportunity by
providing the equipment and operational support to enable direct
communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world via
Amateur Radio. In the US, the program is managed by AMSAT (Radio Amateur
Satellite Corporation) and ARRL (American Radio Relay League) in
partnership with NASA.

*More Information *

Interested parties can find more information about the program at
www.ariss.org and www.arrl.org/ARISS. More details on expectations,
audience, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of
Information Sessions are available at www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact.
Please direct any questions to ariss at arrl.org.