ISS Fan Club

1. ARISS Space Day Contact Successful
On Saturday, May 3, the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) in Washington, D.C. participated in Space Day 2008, celebrating the 50th anniversary of NASA and NASA’s achievements through space exploration. Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) and Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) members manned an activity station during the event. A highlight of the event was an ARISS contact made possible through the assistance of telebridge station NN1SS in Greenbelt, Maryland. Thirty questions were put to Garrett Reisman, KE5HAE, live, by ten children as approximately 200 gathered in the gallery. The audio was fed into the EchoLink AMSAT (101 377) and JK1ZRW (277 208) Conference Room servers and received 25 connections. It was also fed into the IRLP Discovery Reflector 9010, receiving 4 connections from Canada and the U.S. Additionally, the event was taped by the NASM staff. Space Day draws crowds of thousands annually.