NOTA 2023 Scheduled Events
2023 Co-chairs: Jayant Ramadrishnan KG5LJZ/JSC and Michael Seay WA4ECT/KSC
| Month | Anniversary | Historic Date | Suggested NOTA ops Weekend | Event | Significance |
| Feb | 1st | 2/26/23 | 2/25-26 | SpaceX Crew-6 mission | Hams aboard |
| Mar | 65th | 3/17/58 | 3/18-19 | Vanguard 1 | Oldest manmade object still in orbit |
| Apr | 1st | TBD | Boeing CST-100 | 1st Boeing Commerical Crewed Vehicle | |
| May | 50th | 5/13/73 | 5/13-14 | Skylab Launch | 1st US Space Station |
| June | 40th | 6/18- 24/83 | 6/17-18 | Sally Ride STS-7 | 1st US Woman in Space |
| Jul | |||||
| Aug | 40th | 8/30-9/5/83 | 8/26-27 | Guy Bluford STS-8 | 1st African-American in Space |
| Sep | 10th | 9/6/13 | 9/9-10 | LADEE (Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer ) small spacecraft launch | Consequential Ames led small spacecraft launch of newengineering and technology. |
| Oct | 65th | 10/1/58 | 9/30-10/1 | NASA begins operation | Eisenhower signs NASA into existence in response to Sputnik crisis |
| Nov | 30th | 11/17/93 | 11/18-19 | Announcement of International Partnership to build the International Space Station | Unprecedented collaboration across international partners; Boeing is prime contractor |
| Dec | 55th | 12/21-27/68 | 12/23-24 | Apollo 8 | 1st crewed spacecraft to leave LEO and to moon. |
Every year, the consortium of 12 NASA centers activate their respective NASA amateur radio club stations to support a year long operating event called NOTA (NASA On The Air). NOTA’s objective is to foster collaboration among NASA ham radiostations to interact with the amateur radio communityopportunity by commemorate significant milestones in NASA space history. W5RRR, the JSCARC station, is an active participant of NASA On the Air (NOTA).
Checkout the nasaontheair.wordpress.com site here
NASA Centers Amateur Clubs
- Ames Research Center (ARC) NA6MF — California
- Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) NA6SA — California
- Glenn Research Center (GRC) NA8SA — Ohio
- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) WA3NAN — Maryland
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) W6VIO — California
- Johnson Space Center (JSC) W5RRR – Texas
- Kennedy Space Center (KSC) N1KSC — Florida
- Langley Research Center (LARC) KG4NJA — Virginia
- Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) NN4SA — Alabama
- Stennis Space Center (SSC) N5SSC — Mississippi
- Wallops Flight Facility (WWF) W4WFF — Virginia
- White Sands Complex/Mesilla Valley Radio Club(MVRC) N5BL — New Mexico
NOTA operating events have previously included:
2017 45th Anniversary of Apollo 17
2018 60th Anniversary of the NASA agency, 50th Anniversary of Apollo 8
2019 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11
2020 50th Anniversary of Apollo 13
2021 50th Anniversary of Apollo 17
2022 50th Anniversary of Apollo 16, 1st Launch of Artemis-1