ARISS News Release No. 22-07
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ARISS Contact is Scheduled for
Students at FH Aachen, University of Applied Sciences, Aachen, Germany
February 12, 2022—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 direct contact via amateur radio between students at the FH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, and Astronaut Matthias Maurer, amateur radio call sign KI5KFH. Students will take turns asking their questions. 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 that also encompasses the radio relay ground station.
Amateur radio operators, using the call sign DLØFHA, will operate the ham radio ground station for this contact.
The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for February 14, 2022 at 12:40 pm CET (Aachen, DE), (11:40 UTC, 6:40 am EST, 5:40 am CST, 4:40 am MST and 3:40 am PST).
FH Aachen, University of Applied Sciences (FHAUAS), offer a bachelor’s and master’s education in STEM subjects that include: aerospace engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, power engineering, bioengineering, and computer engineering. Their aerospace engineering program focus on areas of study that include: aircraft engineering, aircraft operations engineering, propulsion engineering, and astronautical engineering.
FHAUAS’s Space Operations Facility is a permanent institution that teaches students the fundamentals of satellite operations by operating an amateur-radio-based spaceflight operations facility. This facility offers students the opportunity to gain insight into various aspects of a ground station and mission control center with most of the equipment built and programmed by students. Students at the Space Operations Facility also perform mission operations for other radio satellite missions such as capturing/decoding satellite data of weather satellites, CubeSats and amateur radio satellites. This ARISS contact is a project that has been organized by students in the Space Operations Facility. For this ARISS event, FHAUAS has partnered with the Yuri´s Night Deutschland e.V., Deutscher Amateur-Radio-Club e.V. (DARC), and Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR).
The public is invited to watch the live stream at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mngrV2DzZAQ
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As time allows, students will ask these questions:
For translations of these questions in German, please contact Rita DeHart, Director of Public Engagement at [email protected].
Translation
1. Do you have to prick yourself during the physical experiments or do your colleagues do it?
2. How did it feel when the rocket was launched?
3. How did you feel the first time on the ISS in microgravity?
4. How did you feel the first time when you slept on the ISS?
5. On which former space mission would you have liked to work?
6. What three things do you miss most aboard the ISS?
7. Is there something special for Christmas or some kind of flat share evening with the crew?
8. What is the most difficult activity you have performed in microgravity?
9. How do you keep track of time on the ISS when you see a sunrise 16 times a day?
10. In what way does CIMON ease your work on the ISS?
11. What is the background noise on the ISS, in the space capsule and during a spacewalk?
12. What tips can you give to a person who wants to become an astronaut?
13. How did the post-nomination come up in 2015 and how did you feel about it?
14. Are Thomas Pesquet's slime mold blobs still on the ISS and if so, who is taking care of them?
15. What has been the biggest challenge in space so far?
16. If you had a choice, which planet would you most like to fly to?
17. Is the food on the ISS as delicious as on Earth?
18. Is there a special moment that happened to you in space?
19. What training session helped you the most regarding life on the ISS?
20. What are you most looking forward to on the ISS?
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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, 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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