首次与国际空间站进行的全非洲业余无线电联络实验
A First Africa Wide Amateur Radio Contact Experiment with the International Space Station
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中文总结 AI 辅助
本文以2025年4月18日泛非公民科学电子实验室组织的首次全非洲与国际空间站业余无线电联络实验为例，介绍ARISS项目。该项目通过与公民科学数字平台合作，克服后勤障碍，激励非洲新一代科学家，促进太空科学教育合作与能力建设。
中文摘要 AI 辅助
国际空间站上的业余无线电（ARISS）项目在科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）方面影响巨大，能让人与轨道上的宇航员及其他专业人员直接接触，将太空科学引入教育和推广活动。ARISS与公民科学数字平台的战略伙伴关系是强大的现实STEM激励因素，可克服后勤障碍。本文以2025年4月18日泛非公民科学电子实验室（PACS e-Lab）组织的首次全非洲ARISS联络实验为例，该实验连接了来自38个非洲国家及其他地区的300名学生、教育工作者和STEM爱好者与国际空间站72号远征队的美国国家航空航天局宇航员尼科尔·艾尔斯。在非洲背景下，这一举措不仅激励了新一代非洲科学家，还为整个非洲大陆在太空科学教育方面更广泛的合作开创了先例。ARISS与PACS e-LAB的战略伙伴关系通过国际和区域太空科学合作促进能力建设，并增添了强调太空与我们日常生活相互联系以及每个人都有可能参与其中的新“新太空”叙事。
英文摘要
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program is recognized by its great Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) impact: it brings space science to education and outreach initiatives by enabling direct contact with astronauts in orbit and other space savvy professionals. Strategic partnerships between ARISS and digital platforms for citizen science act as a powerful real-world STEM motivator and can overcome logistical barriers, demonstrating a scalable model for inclusive outreach, sparking curiosity in space exploration and STEM careers among underrepresented communities. As a case study, this article focus on the impact of an historic milestone: on April 18$^{th}$ 2025 the Pan-African Citizen Science e-Laboratory (PACS e-Lab) orchestrated the first Africa-wide ARISS contact experiment and connected 300 students, educators, and STEM enthusiasts from 38 African nations and beyond with NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers aboard the ISS Expedition 72. Within the African context, this initiative not only inspired a new generation of African scientists, but it also set a precedent for wider collaboration on space science education across the continent. Strategic partnership between ARISS and PACs e-LAB promotes capacity building through international and regional cooperation on space science and adds a new "New Space" narrative that emphasizes the interconnectedness of space with our daily lives and the possibility that everyone has to be a part of it.
