ARISS News Release No.23-36
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@amsat.org
FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE
ARISSContact is Scheduled with Scouts at
Camp William B. Snyder, Haymarket, Virginia, USA
July19, 2023—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboardthe International Space Station (ISS) and young campers at Camp William B.Snyder located in Haymarket, VA. ARISSconducts 60-80 of these special amateur radio contacts each year betweenstudents around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboard theISS.
Camp William B. Snyder encompasses 350-acres, including amanaged wetland, about 50 miles West of downtown Washington DC, in Haymarket,Prince William County, Virginia. TheCamp hosts nearly 5,000 youth and adults each year that include resident andday camps for Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts (Boy Scouts of America). The breadth of activities at Camp include;aquatics, shooting sports, handicrafts, hiking on nature trails, simulated rockclimbing, model rocketry, woodworking and STEM learning. During the week of July 17-21, scouts havealso been honing their skills and mastering tasks to earn multiple merit badges.In preparation for this ARISS contact, scouts have been learning about operatingan amateur radio satellite station that is installed at the camp.
This will be a telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask theirquestions of Astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi, amateur radio call sign KI5VTV. 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 Casale Monferrato, Italy. Theamateur radio volunteer team at the station will use the callsign IK1SLD, toestablish and maintain the ISS connection.
TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for July 21, 2023 at 1:54 pm EDT (VA) (17:54:29UTC, 12:54 pm CDT, 11:54 am MDT, 10:54 am PDT).
Thepublic is invited to watch the live stream at: https://www.facebook.com/NCACSTEM/
IK1SLD will begin its live stream about 15minutes before AOS at http://www.ariotti.com/
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Astime allows, students will ask these questions:
1.Have the skillsets desired by the astronaut selection committee changedovertime?
2.Did you have to learn all the languages spoken by the individual crew memberson the ISS?
3.What would you like to do when you retire from being an astronaut?
4.Have you seen any objects like debris in space – if so, what was that like?
5.Have you or your colleagues ever gotten sick while in space? How do you takecare of yourself or get better?
6.Do you have time to pursue any hobbies while at ISS?
7.We raced blastcars in STEM Scouts this year. These are basically pinewood derbycars, with a CO2 cartridge (engine) attached to them. How would that workaboard the ISS?
8.How do you stay in touch with your family and friends while on missions?
9.Do you see more stars from the space station, than looking at them from Earth?
10.What is the long term impacts to your health by living on the ISS?
11.What does a day in the life of an astronaut look like?
12.What are some of the science experiments you have worked on while at the ISS?
13.Do you get regular time off while aboard the ISS, and what do you do duringyour time off?
14.Do you have any advice for young people who may be interested in becoming anastronaut?
15.Will the mission to the moon open the door for different scienceexperiments? How so?
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 (SCaN). The primary goal ofARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts,and mathematics 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 http://www.ariss.org
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