# Connecting Classrooms to Space- Ham Radio Explainer by NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers (jsc2025m000040)

ARISS (Amateur Radio on the ISS). In this video, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers walks through the step-by-step p rocess of setting up a live ham radio contact, showing how schools and organizations bridge the gap between Earth and orbit. Learn how amateur radio technology makes these inspiring conversations possible and why ham radio is a powerful tool for sparking curiosity about STEM and space exploration. Learn more about ham radio in space: https://go.nasa.gov/3T3QHBk

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 3 min
- By: NASA Johnson Space Center
- Genres: Space
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Connecting_Classrooms_to_Space-_Ham_Radio_Explainer_by_NASA_Astronaut_Nichole_Ayers_(jsc2025m000040).webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: NASA Johnson Space Center
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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