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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

(Updated 01.08.2024)

Schools and Youth organizations, interested in setting up an ARISS radiocontact with an astronaut onboard the International Space Station, are invited to submit an Application and an educational project.

From August 1, 2024 an updated Application Form (AF) version is online on the ARISS EU website (see sidebar).
From August 1, 2024 a testing period has been started for a completely online version of the application form (see sidebar).

The next submission window extends from September, 1 to October 27, 2024.

The school selection will take place in November 2024.

The space conversation will tentatively be scheduled in the period extending from June to December 2025.

The Application is to be addressed by email to : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

IMPORTANT: ...do not wait till the deadline of the Application Window to submit your requests! Your application could be not accepted !!!

An ARISS Mentor will guide you through the selection process. If your project is selected, he will help you prepare for the contact and a successful event. He will assist you all along the procedure.

DECLARATION: ARISS cannot guarantee that the contact will be operated

General

The space agencies entrust ARISS with the task of implementing amateur contacts for schools, allowing students to put questions to astronauts on board the International Space Station and receive their answer direct from space.

Candidate schools shall prepare a space oriented educative and submit it, together with an "Application" document, to the ARISS School Selection Manager Francesco De Paolis, IKØWGF.

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