ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.21-30

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

ARISS Contact is Scheduled with Students at

Lycée Jean Moulin, Les Andelys, France

 

May 18, 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 Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio between the ISS and students from Lycée Jean Moulin. Students will take turns asking their questions of ISS Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, amateur radio call sign KG5FYG, during the ARISS radio contact. French is the language that will be used for this contact.  The downlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHZ and may be heard by listeners that are within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the ARISS radio telebridge station.

 

ARISS team member David Payne, using call sign NA7V in Portland, Oregon will serve as the relay amateur radio station. Each student asking a question on the ARISS radio will be conferenced in from home or social-distanced at school.

 

The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for May 20, 2021 at 10:38 am CEST (Les Andelys, France) (8:38 UTC, 4:38 am EDT, 3:38 am CDT, 2:38 am MDT, 1:38 am PDT).

 

Lycée Jean Moulin (LJM) is a rural, vocational school with about 1000 students ages 15 to 20 years. Students in the local primary and junior high schools will also participate in the ARISS contact. LJM’s educational programs include STEM courses that lead to vocational baccalaureate degrees in various science and technology fields. The school also offers internship opportunities in the aeronautics and space industry. LJM partners with ArianeGroup, an aerospace company, and the Normandy Aerospace Club that has supported the school’s students in various aerospace and engineering projects. Some of these include building and programming a Mars Rover, developing scale models of Ariane rockets, robotic programing, and developing star-tracking technology for a telescope. LJM also partners with members of the Radio Club de Vernon who will be supporting the ARISS contact.  

 

 

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As time allows, students will ask these questions:

 

1. Cela vous fait quoi d'être le premier français nommé commandant de bord de l'ISS?

2. Quelles sont vos préparations physique et mentale pour votre mission sur l'ISS?

3. Quels sont les impacts de l’apesanteur sur le corps à long terme?

4. Quels sont les impacts psychologiques de la vie dans l'espace?

5. Quelle est le déroulement de vos journées?

6. Comment sont les lits dans l'ISS?

7. Quel est le type d'expériences scientifiques que vous faites durant votre mission?

8. Comment peut-on identifier les étoiles dans L'ISS? 

9. Le corps vieillit plus vite dans l’espace. Avez-vous eu des problèmes lors de votre précédente mission?

10. L’espèce humaine peut-elle se reproduire en Impesanteur?

11. Y'a-t-il des points communs personnels entre les astronautes?

12. Comment vivez-vous le fait d'être loin de votre famille?

13. Comment se passe le retour sur terre? 

14. Qu’avez-vous envie de faire en premier quand vous redescendez sur terre?

15. En tant que Normand quelle est votre fromage préféré?

16. Est-ce que vous avez  du fromage déshydraté? Et si oui il est aussi bon que sur terre?

17. Que répondez-vous aux théories des « Platistes »?

18. Qu'est ce qui est le plus difficile de faire comme mission dans l'espace?

19. Avez-vous vu la Terre se dégrader au fur et à mesure du temps passé dans l'ISS?

20. En 2023 Vernon est la présidente des villes Ariane à quelques kilomètres de notre lycée. Pourriez-vous venir nous voir et nous raconter votre expérience?

 

Translation

 

1. How does it feel to be the first Frenchman to be appointed as ISS captain?

2. What are your physical and mental preparations for your mission on the ISS?

3. What are the impacts of weightlessness on the body in the long term?

4. What are the psychological impacts of living in space?

5. What is your day like?

6. What are the beds like in the ISS?

7. What kind of science experiments do you do during your mission?

8. How can we identify the stars from the ISS?

9. The body ages faster in space. Did you have any problems on your previous mission?

10. Can the human species reproduce in Zero-gravity?

11. Are there any personal common points between astronauts?

12. How do you feel about being away from your family?

13. How is the return to earth going? 

14. What is the first thing you want to do when you come back down to earth?

15. As a Norman, what is your favourite cheese?

16. Do you have dehydrated cheese? And if so, is it as good as on earth?

17. How do you respond to the theories of the "platists"?

18. What is the most difficult thing about doing a mission in space?

19. Have you seen the Earth deteriorate as you spend time on the ISS?

20. In 2023 Vernon is the president of the Ariane cities a few kilometres from our high school. Could you come and tell us about your experience?

 

 

 

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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. 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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