ARISS News Release                                                                                               No.   21-18  

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

ARISS Contact Scheduled for Students at Goodwood Primary School

in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

 

March 15, 2021—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts. ARISS is the group that puts together special amateur radio contacts between students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses on the International Space Station (ISS).

 

This will be a telebridge contact via amateur radio and students will take turns asking their questions of Astronaut Victor Glover, amateur radio call sign KI5BKC. English is the language that will be used for this contact. The downlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHZ.

 

ARISS team member David Payne, using call sign NA7V in Portland, OR will serve as the relay amateur radio station.

 

The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for March 17, 2021 at 7:02 pm ACDT (Adelaide), (08:32 UTC, 4:32 am EDT, 3:32 am CDT, 2:32 am MDT and 1:32 am PDT).

 

Goodwood Primary School has a student population of 490 students in the main school (Preschool through Year 7). Teachers used the ARISS contact event as a focus in the development of a curriculum and learning activities. The key themes were: Science and Technology in space (including the use of telecommunication equipment on the ISS, such as ham radio) and Human Cohabitation in Space (with specific focus on the ISS). Another theme was Earth and Space Sciences (including modeling Earth’s solar system and studying the country’s aboriginal understanding of the night sky and its use for timekeeping through their oral cultural records, petroglyphs, paintings and stone arrangements).

 

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As time allows, students will ask these questions:

 

1. What inspired you to become an astronaut?

2. How do you stay fit and exercise in space because it is easier to do things up there?

3. What was one of your favourite experiences that you had going into space?

4. What are some of the tasks astronauts have to complete in space and on the International Space Station?

5. What is the biggest thing you have to conquer when in space and why is it so challenging?

6. What was the most unexpected thing you felt in your body when you travelled into space?

7. Do you think there is another planet that humans can live on besides Earth?

8. When a supply ship is dropping off supplies, how do they align and slow down the ship for docking?

9. If you could take only one thing to the space station what would it be?

10. What research are you doing up there and how does it benefit mankind?

11. How long do you get to stay in the space station each time?

12. What diets are you on and what can you eat?

13. Do you have any quotes or messages to give our generation today?

14. After returning back to Earth, how would an astronaut physically and mentally feel?

15. What does an average day in the space station look like and what do you enjoy about it?

16. What do you think you’ll miss the most about space when you leave the International Space Station?

17. Is there an exercise program you have to follow in order to help you recover when returning to Earth?

18. How exactly do air locks stop all the air from escaping?

19. What is your favourite thing to do in zero gravity on the space station?

20. What is the future of the International Space Station and are you going to build anything?

 

ARISS – Celebrating 20 Years of Amateur Radio Continuous Operations on the ISS

 

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, 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 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 learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org.

 

Media Contact:

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

                                                                              

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