With 25 years of experience connecting astronauts and cosmonauts to tens of thousands of kids and adults around the world via amateur radio, ARISS is plotting a course to continue our mission in the government and commercial space realm beyond the targeted...
Twenty years ago today, spacewalking International Space Station (ISS) cosmonaut Valery Tokarev and astronaut Bill McArthur hand-launched the largest “object” ever to be cast into open space from the ISS—the amateur radio experiment called SuitSat-1, or Radioskaf in...
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...
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...
