ISS Fan Club

Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contact
2. Armada Area Schools – ARISS Contact Postponed
3. ARISS Founder Ron Parise Passes on
4. ARISS Member Interviewed on Australian TV
5. NASA Tool Aids Amateur Radio Operators
6. Wings over the Rockies Amateur Radio Event
7. ARISS Presentation at Dayton Hamvention
8. Ron Parise Memorial

1. Upcoming School Contact
Delta Researchers Schools 2008, Space Expo in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact via telebridge station WH6PN in Hawaii. The contact will take place on Friday, May 23 at 15:01 UTC. Twelve Dutch primary schools which participate in the Delta project will be represented at Space Expo. The project is a cooperation of the Dutch ministry of Education, Culture and Science, the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA. The schools participating in the project use the themes of space and space exploration to teach science and technology. Three children (ages 7 – 12) from each school will be present.