ARISS News Release No.24-28
DaveJordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@amsat.org
FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE
ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at
Wireless Institute of Australia / Bundaberg High School Amateur Radio Club, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
May 2, 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 Wireless Institute ofAustralia / Bundaberg High School Amateur Radio Club, Bundaberg in Bundaberg,Queensland, Australia. ARISS conducts60-100 of these special amateur radio contacts each year between studentsaround the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboard the ISS.
BundabergState High School, operating since 1912, serves more than 1600 students ingrades 7-12. The science faculty regularly collaborate with other local highschools, feeder primary schools, TAFE (Technical and further educationtraining), local Universities and local community business and agencies todevelop curricular and extra-curricular programs, including STEM and ScienceAmbassador programs. Science courses include physics courses on Forces, energywaves, and electromagnetic radiation, and Earth Science courses on the SolarSystem (the Big Bang Theory).
This will be atelebridge Contact via AmateurRadio allowing students toask their questions of astronaut Mike Barratt, amateur radio call sign KD5MIJ.The downlink 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 Meadow Spring, Australia. The amateur radio volunteerteam at the ground station will use the callsign VK6MJ, to establish andmaintain the ISS connection.
The ARISS radiocontact is scheduled for May 4, 2024 at 8:28 pm AEST (Queensland) (10:28:24 UTC,6:28 am EDT, 5:28 am CDT, 4:28 am MDT, 3:28am PDT).
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As time allows,students will ask these questions:
1. What are thetraining requirements before going to space?
2. How fast doyou have to travel to go through Earth’s atmosphere and how did you feel whenyou were first taking off into space?
3. How do you maneuverin and outside of the ISS given there is no gravity?
4. What genericthings are surprisingly more difficult to do up there than down here on earth?
5. What do youhave to eat in space and have you noted any changes in your digestive systemsince your arrival on ISS?
6. How manyhours are you awake for in the international space station every day and howdoes the crew sleep at night with the very low gravity?
7. What is thecurrent mission, tasks and research being completed on the ISS?
8. What’s themost profound revelation you’ve had while looking at the stars?
9. What tasksare you doing immediately after talking with us?
10. Can youdescribe the moment you first saw Earth from space?
11. Do you havesense of direction in space and do you look up or down at Earth?
12. How longhave you been on the International Space Station and how much longer will youstay there, also do we know how long is it safe to be in space for?
13. What do youfind most exhilarating about spacewalks?
14. What madeyou want to be an astronaut and when did you discover this?
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 organizingscheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS andstudents. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents,and communities 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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