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January 14, 2026—Three of the four ham radio team members onboard the U.S. segment of the International Space Station will be returning to earth in a SpaceX Dragon potentially as soon as Thursday, likely causing a delay of some of the upcoming school contacts until at...

New Proposal Window is January 12th, 2026 – February 27th, 2026 January 12, 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...

January 2026—As part of the ARISS 25th anniversary year-long celebration, we are publishing a series of interviews with founding members and legends in the organization. Our first interviewee is Tony Hutchison, who has been an ARISS pillar since the beginning of the...

January 9, 2026: 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 2 of the submitted proposals during the recent proposal window have been accepted to...

December 24, 2025—Along with our Santa’s helper hams on the International Space Station, we’re wishing all ARISS volunteers, supporters and sponsors a very merry Holiday Season and an Adventurous New Year! As we celebrate 25 years of continuous operations on the ISS,...

December 2, 2025—ARISS today released a new NASA-produced video detailing how astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) use ham radio to talk to students in classrooms around the world. In the 4-minute video—filmed this summer during astronaut Nichole Ayers’...

November 20, 2025—Ryan Krenzischek (Kren-zis-shek), W4NTR, has been named the new ARISS-USA Director of Operations. In this role, Ryan will oversee the USA telebridge ground station teams, the USA technical mentors, ARISS-I operations website development and...

November 13, 2025—Today, the worldwide ARISS team and our global family of ham radio enthusiasts are celebrating a momentous achievement—25 years of continuous amateur radio operations on the International Space Station (ISS). ​It all started 25 years ago...

November 7, 2025 – ARISS has selected four educational organizations to host an amateur radio contact with astronauts on the International Space Station during the first six months of 2026: The Lewis Center for Educational Research in Apple Valley, California Hilltop...

November 5, 2025 - ARISS will begin continuously transmitting a series of 12 SSTV images from the International Space Station (ISS) starting November 12 and running through November 19, with two planned pauses for educational contacts. The images will highlight the...

October 22, 2025 – Imagine the excitement of having your K-16 students not only learning about space but getting to talk to an astronaut on the International Space Station! You can do it, and the time is now. ​ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station)...

October 13, 2025 – Amateur radio enthusiasts around the world helped make this year’s World Space Week a memorable global event, thanks in part to the enthusiastic response to the ARISS SSTV challenge. From October 3 through October 9 (with the exception of several...