Encouraging Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
First US Woman Astronuat Sally Ride on STS-7 - Image Credit NASA The Women in STEM High School Aerospace Scholars (WISH) project is sponsoring two six-day summer camps for rising high school seniors...
View ArticleVideo of ISS Ham Radio contact with WISH students
International Space Station Flight Engineer Joe Acaba KE5DAR used amateur radio to speak with high school students participating in a summer program called Women in STEM High School Aerospace...
View ArticleUpcoming ARISS contact-Sunday, August 5, 2012
Space Jam 6 at the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, Illinois, USA – Akihiko Hoshide, KE5DNI Sunday, August 5, 2012. Station WB9SA in Illinois, USA will call NA1SS at approximately 10:06 UT....
View Article.Oculus-ASR Microsatellite
Close-up of the Oculus-ASR in the Lab – Image credit Michigan Tech Aerospace Enterprise Oculus-ASR is a 70 kg satellite 45.72 cm by 78.74 cm by 45.72 cm. It consists of two modules that are permanently...
View ArticleSatellites in a box – Radio Aurora Explorer Video
In this video radio amateur Professor Jamie Cutler KF6RFX highlights the ability of CubeSats to test new technology in space at low cost. The Radio Aurora Explorer (RAX) mission has proven that...
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