- 1,800+ Youth organization contacts successfully completed since 1983 when we started operations on the Space Shuttle
- Contacts conducted on a variety of space vehicles: Space Shuttle, Mir, ISS, Crew Dragon)
- 1.25 million students reached through ARISS educational programs
- 100 Countries (all continents) have participated in an ARISS educational contact
- For the ISS, we have conducted more than 1,800 radio contacts since 2000
- 90% of the private astronauts on the ISS have participated in ARISS contacts during their flights
- We schedule 60-100 radio contacts with space vehicles every year
- For 2025, we engaged with more than 220,000 participants through our radio contacts with the ISS and Crew Dragon
- We’ve made contacts from 49 U.S. states and 2 U.S. territories
