NASA sponsored special programme for HAL School Students.

  

 11^th May is being celebrated as National Technology Day in India. The HAL School, Lucknow students celebrated this day in a very different manner.

 A programme was organised at School on 12^th May 2016 in coordination with HAL Scouts Group Amateur Radio Club Lucknow (VU2LKO) in which the students asked questions directly with Astronaut Tim Kopra KE5UDN who is on board International space Station. The briefing about the programme was started from Amateur Radio Club, Washington DC K6DUE by the programme mentor Mr Eskil SM5SRR from Sweden at 1240 Hrs IST through teleconferencing.

At 1341 Hrs IST (0811 UTC) when the ISS reached over Washington DC our contact was established with Astronaut Tim Kopra KE5UDN who was at ISS module NA1SS.  School teacher Mrs Shilpa Tripathi PGT Physics was coordinating the programme from School side and Mr Dinesh Chandra Sharma (VU2DCT) Secretary HAL Scout Group Amateur Radio Club (VU2LKO) Lucknow was ARISS programme coordinator for Lucknow region. The ASIA- Pacific coordinator of the programme was Mr Satoshi Yasuda 7M3TJZ from Japan.

To fulfill Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) goals for students education an unique programme for students has been started by NASA and other space agencies including Canada, Russia, the European Partners, and Japan & other international partners like AMSAT, ARRL, RAC etc. known as ARISS.  

ARISS (Amateur Radio on International Space Station) offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crew members onboard the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crew members on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology and learning.

  First time in Uttar Pradesh such scientific and highly technical event was organized for students.