Welcome to ARISS
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
ARISS is an international working group that supplies turn-key global engagement and mission safety capabilities to space stations and space vehicles using amateur radio, also known as ham radio. Our specialty is connecting kids with astronauts in space over these radio links, sparking an interest in STEM/STEAM fields.
With ARISS onboard, a space vehicle carries with it a space career promotional tool that is also a proven, independent, platform-agnostic backup communications link and crew morale booster.
ARISS is global: We are governed by delegates from 15 nations including several in Europe as well as Japan, Russia, Canada, and the USA. We operate almost entirely by volunteers from amateur radio organizations including the American Radio Relay League and AMSAT.
Blogs and News Releases
ARISS Facebook Posts
Upcoming Educational Contacts
Weekly Reports
SuitSat-1: The Legend Endures – 20 Years and Counting
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...
ARISS News Release No. 25-20 ARISS Contact is Scheduled with Participants from the Pan-African Citizen Science e-lab in more than 50 countries in Africa
April 15, 2025—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and participants that are part of the Pan-African Citizen Science...
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