ARISS News Release No.24-16
DaveJordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@amsat.org
FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE
ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, DaytonaBeach, Florida, USA
April 1, 2024—AmateurRadio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received scheduleconfirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboard theInternational Space Station (ISS) and students at the Embry-Riddle AeronauticalUniversity located in Daytona Beach, FL. ARISS conducts 60-100 of these special amateur radio contacts each yearbetween students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboardthe ISS.
Embry-RiddleAeronautical University (ERAU) is a suburban, private school in Daytona Beach,Florida. ERAU provides for aviation and aerospace education, and maintains closeties with its space neighbors (Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and theKennedy Space Center). Its College of Engineering offers an engineeringundergraduate program with more than 2,000 students enrolled. In February2024, the college’s EagleCam project also became the first universitystudent-built payload to land on the Moon. ERAU has partnered with VolusiaCounty Public Schools with over 300 studentsfrom Creekside Middle School, Deltona Middle School, Heritage Middle School,Ormond Beach Middle School and River Springs Middle School attending thison-campus ARISS contact event. Participating amateur radio organizationsinclude the Daytona Beach Amateur Radio Association (DBARA) and the ERAUAmateur Radio Association (NN4ER), helping with technical operation of theamateur satellite radio station for this ARISS contact.
This will be adirect contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask theirquestions of astronaut Matthew Dominick, amateur radio call sign KCØTOR. Thedownlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHz and may be heard bylisteners that are within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the relayground station.
The amateur radio ground station for this contact is in DaytonaBeach, FL. Amateur radio operators using call sign NN4ER, will operate theground station to establish and maintain the ISS connection.
The ARISS radiocontact is scheduled for April 3, 2024 at 11:22 am EDT (Florida, USA) (15:22 UTC,10:22 am CDT, 9:22 am MDT, 8:22 am PDT).
The public isinvited to watch the live stream at: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/eraudaytona/
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As time allows,students will ask these questions:
1. How do youclean the ISS when someone or something makes a mess?
2. What doastronauts study while in space for long periods of time?
3. What is yourdegree(s) in and how do they correlate to your research?
4. How aredisagreements resolved on board?
5. What wouldyou have to do if the ISS lost all communication connection with Earth?
6. How has yourexperience living on the ISS shaped your perspective on the importance ofinternational cooperation in space exploration?
7. Whatinspired you to be an astronaut?
8. Do you doart in space and what kind of projects?
9. What is themost beautiful thing you have seen on Earth?
10. What arethe most significant challenges astronauts face in maintaining physical andmental health during long duration space trips?
11. Did anycertain person, teacher or event help inspire you to become an astronaut?
12. Is the viewof the starry sky from space different from that on Earth, and how?
13. What aresome of the most unexpected things you’ve seen or heard in space?
14. What ismost fun experiment you have done on board the ISS?
15. What do youguys do in case of a solar storm?
16. What is onething that is more fun to do on the ISS than on Earth?
17. What mightyou have done with your life if you never became an astronaut?
About ARISS:
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) isa cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the spaceagencies that support the ISS. In the United States, sponsors are the AmericanRadio Relay League (ARRL), Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), RadioAmateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), NASA’s Space Communications andNavigation program (SCaN) and the ISS National Lab—Space Station Explorers. Theprimary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering,the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduledcontacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students.Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, andcommunities take part in hands-on learning activities tied to space, spacetechnologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see http://www.ariss.org
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