miSci – SMARA – Schenectady Museum Amateur Radio Association – W2IR https://smara.com Operating the Henry Primm Broughton Memorial Amateur Radio Station at the Schenectady Museum Mon, 13 Nov 2017 03:13:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 153367067 2016 ARISS Contact https://smara.com/2016/12/19/2016-ariss-contact/ Mon, 19 Dec 2016 04:55:05 +0000 http://smara.com/?p=289 On December 10th, 2016, SMARA hosted an ARISS contact for local high school students part of miSci’s Teen Science Cafe, giving them an opportunity to speak directly to astronauts aboard the International Space Station.  This comes after a year and a half of planning, including work on our satellite station.

See the videos and pictures below.  The contact was also featured on WRGB News, Albany.

 

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