ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No. 21-10

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

[email protected]

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISS Contact is Scheduled with Students at

Red Hill Lutheran School, Tustin, California USA

 

February 8, 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 an ARISS radio telebridge contact between the ISS and students from Red Hill Lutheran School in Tustin, CA. Students will take turns asking their questions of ISS astronaut Mike Hopkins, amateur radio call sign KF5LJG, during the ARISS radio 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. Each student asking a question on the ARISS radio will be at school following Covid-prevention guidelines.

 

The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for February 10, 2021 at 10:26 am PST (Tustin, CA) (18:26 UTC, 11:26 am MST, 12:26 pm CST, 1:26 pm EST).

 

Red Hill Lutheran School is a school with 345 students, grades K-8, with all of the students participating in the school’s STEAM program. During the year prior to this ARISS contact the school integrated their STEM classes with Space-related content. The classes were developed to stimulate student interest in the wonders of Space, teach new academic content, and inspire an interest in STEM careers. Faculty also provided hands-on learning activities designed to motivate students and inspire their curiosity in space exploration. Some of these included: building a space station; activities on aeronautics and space flight; and, taking part in the Space Seeds program. Lessons on amateur radio operation and satellites are also provided by ARISS volunteers and those school staff who are licensed amateur radio operators. 

 

View the live stream of the upcoming ARISS radio contact at https://youtu.be/rhfWvzOtnQM .

 

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As time allows, students will ask these questions:

 

1. What kind of science do you do in space?

2. If animals could go to the space station with you which animal would you bring and why?

3. What was the hardest thing you had to do while training to be an astronaut?

4. How does your body feel when you are floating in space?

5. What is your favorite room in the ISS?

6. Who is one person that you are grateful for and why?

7. Why did the crew select baby Yoda to float around the spacecraft at launch?

8. If there happened to be a fire on the ISS, would the fire float? If so, would a fire extinguisher work to set out the fire?

9. What are your goals for space exploration?

10. What is going through your mind when taking off?

11. When back on earth, what do you miss most about space and how long does it take to re-adapt?

12. Does space feel like a second home to you?

13. What's your favorite food in space?

14. What do you do for fun in space?

15. What was the best experience you had in space?

16. How do you know when it is time to wake up and when it is time to go to sleep?

17. If you went back in time to talk to your younger self to prepare for something in space, what would it be?

18. While training for missions are there any sports that helped you prepare?

19. When you were young, did you dream of flying a space shuttle?

20. What was your first thought when you looked back at Earth from the ISS?

21. What inspired you to pursue being an astronaut and what steps did you take?

22. Do you get disoriented on the space station?

23. What has been your most dangerous mission in space?

24. When you go to space, are there things you value more on earth?

 

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

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Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

                                                                              

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