Bishop Guertin Students on Zoom for ISS Contact

Read All About it! Bishop Guertin ISS Contact

The Nashua Area Radio Society has partnered with Bishop Guertin High School for several years on STEM and Amateur Radio activities.  The latest activity is the Bishop Guertin ISS Contact.

Astronaut Shannon Walker, KD5DXB
Astronaut Shannon Walker, KD5DXB

The recent Bishop Guertin ISS Contact with Astronaut Shannon Walker has had quite a bit of media coverage.  There is news of the Contact everywhere that you look. You will find coverage of the students talking with Shannon Walker on the ISS on TV, in Newspapers, on the Radio, and on the Internet,

Television Coverage

WMUR Covered Bishop Guertin ISS Contact

After the conclusion of the Contact, a reporter from WMUR interviewed the BGHS students over Zoom. The story was on all of their evening news broadcasts on Friday as well as Saturday morning.  Readers can view the story below.

The Bishop Guertin Students were also interviewed for Boston TV.

The BGHS students and their partnership with the Nashua Area Radio Society were featured in a spot on WCVB News in Boston on Tuesday, February 23rd.  You can view the video and an article about the contact at this link on their website.

On Public Radio

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A story about the contact was featured on New Hampshire Public Radio.  You can find the article and the audio at this link.

In Newspapers

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The BGHS ARISS contact was also featured on the front page of the New Hampshire Union Leader newspaper.  Here is a link to the article on the Union Leader’s website.

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The Nashua Telegraph published an article announcing the contact on February 18th.  The article can be found at this link.

On YouTube

You can watch the Contact in its entirety below.  The video includes a great introductory program with a video made by the BGHS students.

We will keep an eye out for additional media coverage of the contact and add links to this article as we see them.

Anita, AB1QB

2 thoughts on “Read All About it! Bishop Guertin ISS Contact”

  1. I just watched the contact on Youtube. Kuddos to all for all your hard work! I took a late lunch hoping to be able to hear the contact on my ht but I couldn’t hear anything Maybe by next time I’ll have a yagi to point at it cuz the rubber duck just couldn’t pull it off.

    Jim

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