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The ARISS UK Operations team are delighted to announce that the ARISS Schools contact for the Powys Combined Schools has now been confirmed for Saturday 5th March 2016 at 1053UTC with Tim Peake on the International Space Station. This contact will be webcast on the...

NOTE UPDATED CONTACT TIME The ARISS UK Operations team are delighted to announce that the ARISS Schools contact for the City of Norwich Schools has now been confirmed for Friday 26th February 2016 at 1440UTC with Tim Peake on the International Space Station. This...

One of the things that Radio Amateurs worry about, especially when tracking  satellite in low earth orbit, is whether the antennas are really pointing in the right direction.  Yes, we use computer controlled equipment that interfaces to the antenna rotator...

At the ARISS Schools contact with the Royal Masonic School for Girls on Thursday 11th February 2016, HamVideo signals were received showing Tim Peake answering the questions put to him by the girls at the school. This was the first time that the HamVideo system has...

The complete video of the ARISS Schools contact between at the Royal Masonic School for Girls in Rickmansworth GB1RMS, and Tim Peake GB1SS on board the International Space Station is now available on the ARISS UK Team's YouTube channel. This was an amazing evening as...

The ARISS UK Operations team are delighted to announce that the ARISS Schools contact for the Oasis Academy, Brightstowe in Bristol has now been confirmed for Friday 19th February 2016 at 1423UTC with Tim Peake on the International Space Station. This contact will be...

After the original competition to find schools that could demonstrate a commitment to Space, STEM and outreach was launched by ARISS in the UK and the UK Space Agency, we announced that ten schools had been shortlisted but that not all of those school would have an...

The ARISS UK Operations team are delighted to announce that the next ARISS Schools contact will take place on Thursday 11th February 2016 at 1811UTC between Tim Peake on the International Space Station and the Royal Masonic School for Girls in Rickmansworth. This...

The UK ARISS Team are pleased to announce that the video of the Sandringham School has been made available on the "ARISS UK Team" YouTube channel. Over time, we will update this channel with videos of all the UK contacts that we have. Enjoy !

Sandringham School in St. Albans is due to take part in the first ARISS contact that Tim Peake will have with UK schools this Friday, 8th January 2016.  The ARISS team in the UK have been working with the school and the following are the details of the event with...