ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.   21-67   

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

[email protected]

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

ARISS Contact is Scheduled for Students at

Technisches Bildungszentrum Mitte, Bremen, Germany And

Carl Prueter Oberschule, Sulingen, Germany

 

 

December 14, 2021—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 two schools in 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 at two separate amateur radio ground stations will use the callsigns, DN3HB in Bremen, Germany and DN6OE in Sulingen, Germany for this contact.

 

The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for December 16, 2021 at 11:45 am CET (Germany), 10:45 UTC, 5:45 am EST, 4:45 am CST, 3:45 am MST and 2:45 am PST).

 

Technisches Bildungszentrum Mitte (TBZ Mitte) offers students (ages 14 to 22) programs designed to prepare students for university and university in applied science. TBZ Mitte also provides a part-time, dual technical vocational education and training program for high school and college levels. TBZ Mitte is STEM-certified with high school students enrolled in one of their technical vocational subjects that include Information Technology, Mechatronics, Aerospace, Engineering, or Technology and management. For this ARISS contact, students have built essential parts of the school’s amateur radio station that will be part of a permanent radio station for future use by the students. The area’s local amateur radio club will be supporting the school during this contact.

Carl-Prüter-Oberschule Sulingen is a secondary school (about 400 student ages 11 to 18). The school offers technical (electronics), environment and amateur radio-oriented study groups. The school’s amateur radio station (club callsign DL0CPS) involves students in grades 7 – 9 and will be supporting the contact in addition to the area’s local amateur radio club.

 

Separate live streams are planned from each school.

The public is invited to watch the live streaming as follows:

 

From Bremen:  Technisches Bildungszentrum Mitte - Bremen DN3HB:  https://funkfreun.de/tbz and

                         https://www.youtube.com/c/Hackerspace-bremenDe

 

From: Sulingen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES2CxsRCv5A

 

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As time allows, students will ask these questions:

 

1. Warum forschen Sie bestimmte Dinge im Weltraum und nicht (nur) auf der Erde?

2. Wie lange dauert es, sich an die Schwerelosigkeit zu gewöhnen?

3. Wie hat die Familie reagiert, als sie erfahren hat, dass sie zur ISS fliegen?

4. Wie finden Sie kleine Löcher oder Risse in der Außenwand?

5. Welcher Geräuschpegel herrscht auf der ISS?

6. Wie entsorgen sie ihren Müll?

7. Welche (rechtlichen) Gesetze gelten auf der ISS?

8. Sind die Simulationen zur Vorbereitung auf der Erde mit der tatsächlichen Mission zu vergleichen?

9. Hat man auf der ISS Handynetzversorgung?

10. Was war die erste bemerkbare Veränderung im Weltall?

11. Wie werden Streitigkeiten in der ISS-Besatzung geschlichtet?

12. Mussten sie bei dem Flug zu der ISS eingreifen?

13. Wieviel Freizeit haben Sie für sich persönlich?

14. Schmeckt das Essen anders?

15. Sehen Mond und Sterne von der ISS aus anders aus als von der Erde?

16. Was war bisher ihre spannendste Aufgabe?

17. Ist die Beziehung zwischen den ISS-Teammitgliedern nur arbeitsbezogen oder gibt es Freundschaften?

18. Was würden sie einem Schüler raten, der sich vorstellen kann Astronaut zu werden?

19. Wie riecht es auf der ISS?

20. Welche persönlichen Gegenstände haben sie mitgeführt?

 

     Translation

 

1. Why do you research certain things in space and not (only) on Earth?

2. How long does it take to get used to weightlessness?

3. What was the reaction of your family as you told them that you will go to space?

4. How do you find small holes or cracks in the outside wall of the space station?

5. What is the noise level on the ISS??

6. How do you dispose your rubbish?

7. Which (legal) laws are on ISS?

8. Are the simulations for preparation on Earth comparable to the actual mission?

9. Do you have mobile phone network coverage on the ISS?

10. What was the first noticeable change in space?

11. How are disputes solved on ISS?

12. Did you have to intervene on the flight to the ISS?

13. How much free time do you have for yourself personally?

14. Does the food taste different?

15. Do the moon and stars look different from the ISS than from Earth?

16. What has been your most exciting job so far?

17. Is the relationship between the ISS team members strictly work related or are there friendships?

18.  How would you advise a student who wants to become an astronaut?

19. What does it smell like on the ISS?

20. What personal items did you bring with you?

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ARISS – Celebrating 20 Years of Continuous Amateur Radio Operations on 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, 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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