September 3, 2026—ARISS-USA is excited to introduce our new Director of Operations, Daryl Young, K4RGK. Daryl is a long-time Technical Mentor with ARISS-USA, supporting many of our direct and telebridge contacts. His responsibilities in this new role will include leading all ARISS Technical Mentors along with heading up other activities related to STEM contacts.Most recently, Daryl led our operations initiative to develop a consortium of ground stations around the world to track Artemis II [...]

September 3, 2026—ARISS-USA is pleased to announce three “people moves” that will strengthen the core functions of the organization.Ryan Krenzischek, formerly the ARISS-USA Director of Operations, will take on the newly created role of Chief Information Officer, where he and his team will manage ARISS’s websites and other backend systems to ensure the seamless, efficient and secure flow of information. An ARISS-USA Technical Mentor since 2013, Ryan’s background also [...]

Call for Proposals Proposal Window Open Now through September 30, 2026 August 25, 2026 --- 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 January 1, 2027 – June 30, 2027. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contac [...]

August 4, 2026—ARISS-USA is pleased to announce that Jackie Blumer, KC9LEH, has been appointed Associate Director of ARISS-USA (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station). Jackie is a nationally recognized science educator with an emphasis on space education. In her work as an educator, she has often incorporated amateur radio into her curriculum as a teaching tool. In addition to her many responsibilities at ARISS-USA, Jackie has recently served as Business Development Co [...]

May 8, 2026 — Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) announces a Slow Scan TV (SSTV) event to be held this weekend. The event is scheduled to begin Friday, May 8  at 10:30 UTC | 6:30 AM ET and end on Tuesday, May 12 at 16:30 UTC | 12:30 PM ET and using a transmit power of 10 W. Images will be transmitted at 437.55 MHz (+/- Doppler Shift) using SSTV set at Robot36 mode. The transmission sequence will be 36 seconds on and then 2 minutes off before the next image t [...]

ARISS News Release No. 26-15 Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for ProposalsNew Proposal Window is April 6, 2026 – May 22, 2026 March 31, 2026 --- 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 a [...]

November 11, 2025 — Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) announces a Slow Scan TV (SSTV) event to be held this week in recognition of Scouting and in celebration of 25 years of the International Space Station. This event will feature 12 images that will be transmitted at 145.800 MHz using SSTV and using mode PD120. The transmissions will be the standard 2 minutes on and then 2 minutes off before the next image transmission begins.     The operat [...]

Nov. 7, 2025: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is pleased to announce the US schools/host organizations newly selected for 2026 ARISS contacts. A total of 4 of the submitted proposals during the recent proposal window have been accepted to move forward in the processes of planning to host a scheduled amateur radio contact with crew on the ISS. The primary goal of the ARISS program is to engage young people in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) activit [...]

New Proposal Window is October 6th, 2025 – November 14th, 2025 October 6, 2025 --- 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 July 1, 2026 and December 31, 2026. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will deter [...]

October 4, 2025 — Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) announces an SSTV event to be held this week in recognition of the 68th anniversary of the launch of the world’s first satellite, Sputnik-1 on October 4, 1957. This event will feature 12 images that will be transmitted at 145.800 MHz using SSTV mode PD120.The operation times are as follows and are tentative:Oct. 3 Start time: 12:20 UTC / 08:20 AM ETOct. 9 End time: around 7:30 UTC / 3:30 AM ET(Expect interrupt [...]