ARISS News Release No.23-26
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ARISS Contact is Scheduled with Students at
St. Francis Xavier High School, Gloucester, Ontario, Canada
May 24, 2023—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and students at the St. Francis Xavier High School located in Gloucester, CA. ARISS conducts 60-80 of these special amateur radio contacts each year between students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboard the ISS.
St Francis Xavier High School is a school of 2,150 students in grades 7 through 12. In anticipation of this ARISS contact, Grade 9 students will participate in specially designed lessons about the ISS, the astronauts, and radio communication. This contact will form a key part of the “Study of the Universe and Space Exploration” science curriculum for the 9th grade class.
This will be a telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask their questions of Astronaut Warren Hoburg, amateur radio call sign KB3HTZ. 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 telebridge station.
The ARISS amateur radio ground station (telebridge station) for this contact is in Andergrove, Mackay,
Queensland, Australia. The amateur radio volunteer team at the ground station will use the callsign VK4ISS, to establish and maintain the ISS connection.
The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for May 26, 2023 at 12:32:49 pm EDT (ON, CA) (16:32:49 UTC, 11:32 am CDT, 10:32 am MDT, 9:32 am PDT).
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As time allows, students will ask these questions:
1. What do you have to do to become an astronaut?
2. What does it feel like in microgravity?
3. Have you ever come across a situation you didn’t train for?
4. Do you have to clean surfaces of dust and debris like on Earth?
5. What if you get sick in space? How do you get treated?
6. How do you live in space? (Food, water, hygiene)
7. Do you have to wear those blue jumpsuits on the ISS or can you wear what you want?
8. What’s one of your favourite activities to do in space?
9. What was the most memorable moment you have had while in space?
10. Can astronauts lose their spaceship?
11. Do you think we will make it to Mars one day?
12. Is there a smell in space?
13. Can you bring your own food to the ISS?
14. How do you stay in shape while on the ISS?
15. Have you ever lost something during a spacewalk or lost any repairing part in space?
16. What are the human-made things you can see from space?
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, Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) and NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program (SCaN). 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 http://www.ariss.org
Media Contact:
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
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