ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.23-37

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISS Contact is Scheduled with Students at

Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates

 

July 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 MBRSC located in Dubai, UAE.  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.

 

The MBRSC is a Dubai government organization working on the UAE space program, which includes various space satellite projects, the Emirates Mars Mission, the Emirates Lunar Mission, and the UAE astronaut program. The MBRSC actively works to promote space science and research in the region with educational programs designed to promote a culture based on discovery and exploration in future generations at all education levels.  MBRSC is hosting this ARISS contact for high school students who will be asking questions in Arabic and/or English.

 

This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask their questions of Astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi, amateur radio call sign KI5VTV. 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 relay ground station.

 

The amateur radio ground station for this contact is at MBRSC, Dubai, UAE. Amateur radio operators using call sign A68MBR, will operate the ground station to establish and maintain the ISS connection.

 

The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for July 27, 2023 at 1:57:42 pm GST (Dubai, UAE) (9:57:42 UTC, 5:57 am EDT, 4:57 am CDT, 3:57 am MDT, 2:57 am PDT).

 

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As time allows, students will ask these questions:

1. What training have you had before going to Space you find now the most important while on ISS?

2. How did you prepare for your spacewalk on ISS?

3. Were you able to hear any sounds in space (during the spacewalk)?

4. How does it feel to be weightless? How would it affect you when you are back to earth after a long time of weightlessness?

5. What is your most enjoyable experience you had in space?

6. Can you see stars and planets clearly from the ISS?

7. How do you recycle resources on ISS, such as water and oxygen?

8. Can you explain the process of growing plants or food in space and why do you do it?

9. Is the ISS protected from Space Debris and how?

10. When studying the human body in space, do you do experiments on each other or just yourself and why?

11. Do you use 3D printing on ISS, how and what do you use it for?

12. Are there any Artificial Intelligence equipment on ISS and do you think they are useful in space exploration and studies?

13. How many robotic arms are there on ISS and what do you use them for? Are they hard to operate?

14. Do you run out of supplies on ISS and how do you manage the amount you have? Is there a specific amount of food that you are allowed to use daily?

15. When you are back from ISS, how long do you need to adapt to earth gravity and what treatments do you go through?

16. Does ISS need fuel to operate and if yes, how do you fill it with fuel?

17. Does space have an effect on your internal organs and what?

 

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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