ARISS News Release No.22-32
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@amsat.org
FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE
ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at
Old St. Mary's School, Chicago, Illinois, USA
May29, 2022—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between astronauts aboard theInternational Space Station (ISS) and students at the Old St. Mary's School locatedin Chicago, IL. ARISS conducts 60-80 ofthese special amateur radio contacts each year between students around theglobe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboard the ISS.
Old St. Mary’s School (OSM) (est. 2004) has about 500 studentsin preschool through eighth grade and is located next to the museum campus,which includes the planetarium, natural history museum, and aquarium. Old St. Mary’s School, which is sponsored bythe Archdiocese of Chicago, began a partnership in 2018 with the Museum ofScience and Industry (MSI) in Chicago. For the last four years, MSI's Science Leadership School PartnersProgram has provided support to improve OSM’s scienceprogram by developing partnerships and communication with families andstakeholders, and promoting whole-school projects, including this ARISScontact. In preparation for this contact, students have been learning about awide range of STEM-related topics that address space habitation, our solarsystem, orbital motions, low gravity conditions, and radio wave properties(including RF digital communications). Studentsparticipate in various hands-on activities that apply an understanding ofscience, math, and engineering to various types of model building, as well asattending field-trips to the Challenger Learning Center.
This will be a Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to askquestions of Astronaut Bob Hines, amateur radio call sign KI5RQT. LocalCovid-19 protocols are adhered to as applicable for each ARISS contact. Thedownlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHZ and may be heard bylisteners that are within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses thetelebridge station.
The ARISS amateur radio ground station(telebridge station) for this contact is in Aartselaar, Belgium. The amateurradio volunteer team at the ground station will use the callsign ON4ISS, toestablish and maintain the ISS connection.
TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for May 31, 2022 at 11:32 am CDT (Chicago, IL)(16:32:31UTC, 12:32 pm EDT, 10:32 am MDT, 9:32 am PDT).
Thepublic is invited to watch the live stream at: https://www.osmschool.com/
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Astime allows, students will ask these questions:
1.How does it feel when you are blasting off during the first moments in space?
2.What is the most satisfying or amazing thing that you've seen in space?
3.Is it lonely being in space away from your family for so long? How do you handleyour emotions?
4.Who is your bestie on the crew?
5.What personal items did you bring to the ISS?
6.What is your favorite thing to do in space? Do you play board games or videogames?
7.What has been the most difficult day you have had in space? Why?
8.What experiments are you working on right now?
9.What would you do if someone got injured or is sick in space? Is it differentthan on Earth?
10.Has anyone baked cookies in space? If so, is it easier or harder? Do you have afavorite type of cookie?
11.What is the best meal in space?
12.Why did you want to become an astronaut?
About ARISS:
Amateur Radio on the InternationalSpace Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radiosocieties and the space agencies that support the International Space Station(ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur SatelliteCorporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS NationalLab-Space Station Explorers, Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) andNASA’s Space communications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISSis to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, andmathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts viaamateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before andduring these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities takepart in hands-on learning activities tied to space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org
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