ARISS News Release No.23-27
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ARISS Contact is Scheduled with Students at
Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
May 29, 2023—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and students at the MBRSC located in Dubai, UAE. 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 MBRSC is a Dubai government organization working on the UAE space program, which includes various space satellite projects, the Emirates Mars Mission, the Emirates Lunar Mission, and the UAE astronaut program. The MBRSC actively works to promote space science and research in the region with educational programs designed to promote a culture based on discovery and exploration in future generations of all education levels. MBRSC is hosting this ARISS contact for high school students who will be asking questions in Arabic and/or English.
This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask their questions of Astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi, amateur radio call sign KI5VTV. 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 relay ground station.
The amateur radio ground station for this contact is at MBRSC, Dubai, UAE. Amateur radio operators using call sign A68MBR, will operate the ground station to establish and maintain the ISS connection.
The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for May 31, 2023 at 12:42:20 pm GST (Dubai, UAE) (8:42:20 UTC, 4:42 am EDT, 3:42 am CDT, 2:42 am MDT, 1:42 am PDT).
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As time allows, students will ask these questions:
1. How do you feel like living in zero gravity?
2. How do you communicate with family and friends from space?
3. What are the experiments you are conducting on ISS now?
4. How do you keep track of time in space?
5. What are the challenges you face while living in space?
6. What do you miss most about life on Earth?
7. How do you stay physically fit and healthy in space?
8. What does the view of Earth look like from space?
9. How does space travel affect the human body?
10. How do you sleep in zero gravity?
11. What kinds of food do you eat in space?
12. How does your work in space benefit humanity?
13. What advice would you give to someone who wants to become an astronaut?
14. What kind of training do you receive to prepare for a spacewalk?
15. How did you feel when you first walked out of ISS?
16. What is the most difficult part of spacewalks?
17. How did you feel when you finished your spacewalk and went back inside 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, Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) and NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program (SCaN). 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 http://www.ariss.org
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Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
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