The ARISS program was created and is managed by an international consortium of amateur radio organizations and space agencies including National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the USA, Rosaviakosmos in Russia, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) in Canada, Japan Aeronautics Exploration Space Agency (JAXA) in Japan and European Space Agency (ESA) in Europe.  Read More

Upcoming Contacts

A contact with students at Istituto Salesiano “G.  Bearzi”, Udine, Italy and at Intercultura Onlus, Milano, Italy is scheduled with for Sat 2015-01-31.  For more details Upcoming Contacts

A contact with students at Scuola Media Locatelli-Oriani, Milano, Italy and at Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado “Bachelet”, Cernusco sul naviglio, Italy is scheduled for Thu 2015-02-05.  For more details Upcoming Contacts

Latest News

Russian SSTV Images from the ISS This Weekend
Russian SSTV transmissions are planned from the International Space Station on January 31 and February 1.
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Television Report about ARISS produced by Italian RAI-3 TV captures video from the recent January 9, 2015 contact between astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti with three Italian schools and interviews with ARISS program AMSAT Italia ARISS leadership. Read more

A direct contact with students at Japanese Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) headquarters in Shibuya, Japan in connection with their “Masakame” event was successful Sat 2015-01-24. Read more

A direct contact with students at Richmond Heights Middle School and at BioTECH @ Richmond Heights 9-12 High School in Miami, Florida, USA was successful Thu 2015-01-15.  Read more

A contact with three Italian schools was successful Fri 2015-01-09.  Students at Scuola Santa Teresa del Bambin Gesù, Roma, Italy, Istituto Salesiano Villa Sora, Frascati, Italy, and at Scuola Pontificia Pio IX, Roma, Italy participated.   Read more