1. Upcoming School Contact
Cittadella Mediterranea della Scienza in Bari, Italy has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Saturday, January 8 at 12:21 UTC. Cittadella Mediterranea della Scienza promotes technology and scientific knowledge in schools of all grades using projects that encourage academic research.

2. Astronaut Training Status
Astronauts Michael Fossum, KF5AQG and Satoshi Furukawa, KE5DAW are scheduled for ARISS prebrief sessions this month. Both are scheduled to fly with Expedition 28 in June 2011.

Topics in this report:
1. ISS Astronaut Sends Birthday Greetings to ARISS
2. ARISS International Team Meeting Held
3. AMSAT Article on 10th Anniversary of ARISS

1. ISS Astronaut Sends Birthday Greetings to ARISS

All,

My heartiest of congratulations to all the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) volunteers and their international sponsoring organizations on the 10th anniversary of the first Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) school group contact.

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming Contacts
2. Astronaut Training Status

1. Upcoming Contacts
The ARISS operations team is working to schedule school contacts for the next year. Paolo Nespoli, IZ0JPA and Cady Coleman, KC5ZTH arrived at the ISS on Friday, December 17. Both plan to be active in the ARISS program.

2. Astronaut Training Status
Astronaut Tom Marshburn, KE5HOC attended an ARISS introduction course this past week. Marshburn is slated to fly with Expedition 34 in November 2012.

On 21 December 2000, astronaut William Shepherd turned from his usual activities aboard the newly occupied International Space Station (ISS). Floating over to a “ham” radio attached to a station bulkhead, he called the Burbank School in Burbank, Illinois and was soon talking with 14 enthusiastic students from grades 1–8. This month, amateur radio operators world-wide celebrate the tenth anniversary of this first school contact from ISS.

Topics in this report:
1. AMSAT Covers ARISS Anniversary
2. Amateur Radio Newsline Reports on ARISS
3. Astronaut Training Status

1. AMSAT Covers ARISS Anniversary
The AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) News Service bulletin (ANS-346) included an article on the tenth anniversary of ARISS. See: http://amsat.org/pipermail/ans/2010/000468.html

2. Amateur Radio Newsline Reports on ARISS

Topics in this report:
1. ARISS Celebrates Ten Years of School Contacts
2. ARISSat-1 Shipped to Russia
3. ARRL Article on Expedition 24/25 Crew
4. AMSAT Provides Update on ARISSat-1
5. Amateur Radio Newsline Reports on ARISS

1. ARISS Celebrates Ten Years of School Contacts

Topics in this report:
1. Italian Students Question Astronaut via ARISS
2. Video of Wheelock Working Ground Stations

1. Italian Students Question Astronaut via ARISS

NASA, the US space agency, will assume more direct sponsorship of the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program as an educational project. Among its activities, ARISS oversees the project that enables schoolchildren to speak via ham radio with astronauts aboard the International Space Station. NASA also will embrace ARISSat as an educational project for the ISS National Lab. A reconfigured, yet-to-be-named education planning group will pick up the mission of the ARISS Communications Council (ACC).

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contact
2. Euro Space Center Contact Successful
3. Grand Junction Students Speak with ISS Astronaut
4. ARISS International Team Meeting Held
5. ARISSat-1 Approved for Shipping
6. QST Covers ARISS News

1. Upcoming School Contact