Over the past several months, I’ve been working as an ARISS Technical Mentor with Colorado University, the Boulder Amateur Radio Club, and the University of Colorado Amateur Radio Club to have 16 students from the 4th grade classes of Northridge Elementary School contact Astronaut Nick Hague aboard the Internal Space Station.
The contact was a complete success, with all student questions asked and answered by Nick Hague KG5TMV. Today happened to be Nick’s birthday, and his mission will be completed in about 10 days. The contact began at 17:43 UTC and was completed at 17:55 UTC.
Claudio Ariotti IK1SLD and his team was the ground station for today’s contact as the ISS was flying over Italy. Claudio live-streamed the event along with great visuals of what was going on at his end. He recorded the event and it can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAyW4RVUnCU
The contact audio program begins at about 23min41sec
Screen capture from Claudio’s Live Feed of the Northridge Elementary School contact with the ISS
Congratulations to all involved from Northridge Elementary, Colorado University Aerospace, BARC, UCARC, and all the ARISS members all over the world that work mostly in the background to help these contacts happen. And a special thanks and Happy Birthday wishes to Nick Hague.
