ARISS News Release No. 22-24

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISS Contact is Scheduled with Students at

Rakia - Herzliya Science Center, Herzliya, Israel

April 11, 2022—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between Axiom Mission-1 (Ax-1) astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and Israeli students at the Rakia - Herzliya Science Center located in Herzliya, Israel. Ax-1 is the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. ARISS conducts 60-80 of these special amateur radio contacts each year between students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboard the ISS.

The Rakia - Herzliya Science Center (HSC) is an educational institute that promotes STEM studies for students (about 1,500) in kindergarten to high-school (K-12). It has diverse enrichment programs, in a variety of scientific and technological fields including space, robotics, physics, computer sciences, and life sciences. One of the educational programs, a joint project with Herzliya Science Center and ARISS, gives 200 Israeli high-school students the opportunity to manage all ARISS contacts between the school’s students and Astronaut Eytan Stibbe. The 'Tuval' program in which the students attend, teaches radio transmissions and satellite operations. The students, with help from professional guides, will be operating the ground station for this contact and have spent the last few months preparing to take their place as part of the Rakia mission. In 2011, Herzliya Science Center successfully participated in a direct ARISS contact as callsign 4X4HSC with Astronaut, Mike Fossum KF5AQG. The Space Laboratory of HSC operates an amateur radio satellite station (call sign 4X4HSC) that is used as part of the HSC educational activities and for tracking of LEO satellites. The HSC amateur radio satellite station is supported by local radio amateurs of the Israel Amateur Radio Club (IARC).

This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask questions of Ax-1 Astronaut Eytan Stibbe, amateur radio call sign 4Z9SPC. Local Covid-19 protocols are adhered to as applicable for each ARISS contact. The downlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHZ and may be heard by listeners that are within the ISS-footprint of the Rakia-Herzliya ground station.

Amateur radio operators in Herzliya, Israel will use call sign 4X4HSC while operating the amateur radio ground station.

The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for April 14, 2022 at 4:32 pm IDT (Herzliya) (13:32UTC, 9:32 am EDT, 8:32 am CDT, 7:32 am MDT, 6:32 am PDT).

The public is invited to watch the live stream at:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1gJRBkNXyv5tbMZkmjzi4g (Rakia-Herzliya)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ_Bvr_z-FQ (ARISS YouTube)

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As time allows, students will ask these questions:

1. מה חשבת ואיך הרגשת כשראית את כדור הארץ מהחלל בפעם הראשונה?

2. האם אתה תומך במשימה של ספייס איקס למאדים? אם יכריזו על משימה למאדים האם תסכים להשתתף ולמה ?

3. אתה חושב שיש חיים ביקום הזה חוץ מאיתנו? מהי צורתם והאם לדעתך נגלה אי פעם אם הם קיימים?

4. איך זה מרגיש להיות באפס כבידה? האם סבלת ממחלה מסוימת או עייפות במהלך שהייתך בחלל? אם כן, איך אתה מסתדר? אתה מוטרד מזה שהשהות בחלל יכולה לפגוע בגוף?

5. אנחנו אנו מודעים להשקעה העצומה של העולם בהקמת תחנות חלל ומאמצים מאוד גדולים. מה לדעתך התמורה והתרומה של זה לאנושות? האם זה שווה את זה?

6. איך הזמן עובר עליך כשאתה נמצא בתחנת החלל הבינלאומית?

7. מה האימון הכי קשה שעברת כדי להכין אותך לטיסה חלל?

8. האם אתה חושב שצריך להפוך חלל למגמה בבתי ספר? (שיעורים שלומדים בהם להיות אסטרונאוטים)

9. האם תמיד רצית להיות אסטרונאוט? איך היה התהליך של הפיכה לאחד?

10. מה היית אומר לעצמך בגיל 15-16? האם דמיינת שתגיע לאן שהגעת?

11. כיצד אתה רוצה או מצפה שהמשימה שלך תשפיע על החברה?

12. האם אתה חושב שיום אחד יהיה אפשר להשתמש בתחנות כאלה כתחנות מעבר כדי להגיע למקומות אחרים ביקום, או כבית חלופי לכדור הארץ ?

13. אתה חושב שיש לנו כבני אדם תפקיד ביקום הזה?

14. אם היית יכול לקחת עוד אדם אחד (חיי או מת) את מי היית לוקח ולמה?

15. האם לוקח זמן להתרגל לזה שאין לך יכולת לעשות פעולות בסיסיות?

16. במה תתרום לך הטיסה הזו מבחינה אישית וחברתית?

17. באילו מכשירים אתה מתאמן בתחנת החלל?

18.מה מחשבות שעולות לך כשאתה מסתכל החוצה מהחלון ורואה את החלל? האם זה מפחיד? מעניין? דמיוני?

19.אתה חושב שתיירות חלל תתפתח בשנים הבאות?

Translation

1. What did you think and how did you feel when you first saw Earth from space?

2. Do you support SpaceX's mission to Mars? If they announce a mission to Mars, will you agree to participate and why would you be able to do it?

3. Do you think there's life in this universe besides us? What is their shape and do you think we will ever find out if they exist?

4. How does it feel to be zero gravity? Did you suffer from a particular illness or fatigue while in space? If so, how are you doing? Are you concerned that being in space can damage the body?

5. We are aware of the world's huge investment in the construction of space stations and very great efforts. What do you think the reward and contribution of this to humanity is? Is it worth it?

6. How time passes on you when you are on the International Space Station?

7. What's the hardest workout you've ever had to get you ready for space flight?

8. Do you think space should be turned into a major subject (megama) in schools? (lessons learned to be astronauts)

9. Have you always wanted to be an astronaut? How was the process of becoming one?

10. What would you say to yourself when you were 15 or 16? Did you imagine you'd get where you are?

11. How do you want or expect your mission to affect society?

12. Do you think that one day such stations could be used as transit stations to reach other places in the universe, or as an alternative home to Earth?

13. Do you think we as human beings have a role to play in this universe?

14. If you could take one more person (alive or dead) who would you take and why?

15. Does it take time to get used to not being able to do basic actions in space?

16. What will this flight do to you personally and socially?

17. What instruments do you train on at the space station?

18. What thoughts do you have when you look out the window and see the space? Is it scary? Interesting? Imaginary?

19. Do you think space tourism will evolve in the years to come?

About ARISS:

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers, Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) and NASA’s Space communications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities take part in hands-on learning activities tied to space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org

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Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

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