ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.21-66

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

[email protected]

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

ARISS Contact is Scheduled with Students at

DLR School Lab Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

 

December 9, 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 Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio between the ISS and students in Braunschweig, Germany. Students will take turns asking their questions of ISS Astronaut Matthias Maurer, amateur radio call sign KI5KFH, during the ARISS radio contact. 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 ARISS radio telebridge station.

 

Amateur Radio Operators using call sign DN2DLR in Braunschweig, Germany, will serve as the relay amateur radio station.

 

The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for December 10, 2021 at 2:50 pm CET (Braunschweig, DE) (13:50 UTC, 8:50 am EST, 7:50 am CST, 6:50 am MST, 5:50 am PST).

 

The DLR School Lab Braunschweig (of the German Aerospace Center [DLR]) is an

extracurricular learning institution supported by the state of Lower Saxony. The DLR School Lab Braunschweig invites students, age 11 to 18, to participate in hands-on experiments in many of DLR’s research fields such as aeronautics, space (satellite navigation), energy, transport, and radio communication/ham radio. DLR also offers students hands-on experience in professional fields such as air traffic controller, pilot and engineer. In preparation for this ARISS contact, students were provided virtual reality tools that allow the user to conduct a virtual spacewalk on the ISS, and a virtual tour of the ISS (both inside and outside). More than 2,000 students have participated in the STEM activities in the months leading up the ARISS contact. The school will be supported on the contact by a team of ham radio operators from the radio clubs VFDB and AKAFunk (Technische Universität Braunschweig) and two school staff who are licensed ham operators. These radio operators will provide more in-depth training on ham radio equipment for those students selected to ask questions during the contact.

 

View the live stream of the upcoming ARISS radio contact at           

https://youtu.be/0cGJuwnhaSI or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cGJuwnhaSI

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As time allows, students will ask these questions

 

1. Wird die ISS zu Geburtstagen oder Weihnachten dekoriert? (HvF)

2. Bei den Fotos von der ISS sieht man immer nur die Erde. Wie sieht der Blick in den Sternenhimmel aus? (IGSFF)

3. Was werden Sie als Erstes tun, wenn Sie wieder auf der Erde sind? (RC)

4. Was macht man während des Fluges zur ISS? (GrS)

5. Was finden Sie am Leben auf der ISS am besten? (WG)

6. Was passiert, wenn ein Astronaut im Weltall davonschwebt? (HvF)

7. Können Sie in der ISS ihr Smartphone normal benutzen? (IGSFF)

8. Ihre Mission heißt "Cosmic Kiss" als Liebeserklärung an den Weltraum.  Was haben Sie bisher am meisten daran geliebt, auf der ISS zu sein?

9. Was hat dir beim Astronautentraining am meisten und was am wenigsten Spaß gemacht? (GrS)

10. Wie schläft es sich da oben? (WG)

11. Was war bisher die größte Komplikation während Ihres Aufenthalts auf der ISS und wie haben Sie diese gelöst? (HvF)

12. Kann man Einschläge von kleinen Teilchen auf die ISS wahrnehmen, zum Beispiel hören oder spüren? (IGSFF)

13. Was würde passieren, wenn man ohne Raumanzug ins Weltall geht? (RC)

14. Welches Essen von Zuhause vermisst du am meisten? (GrS)

15. Wie ist die Luft da oben? (WG)

16. Haben Sie schon einen Außeneinsatz auf der ISS durchgeführt? Wenn ja, was haben Sie dort gemacht? (HvF)

17. Wie wäscht man seine Wäsche auf der ISS? (IGSFF)

18. Wie riecht der Weltraum? (RC)

19. Wie wird der Müll auf der ISS entsorgt? (GrS)

20. Was ist Ihr Liebligsplanet? (WG)

 

(Translated from German):

 

1. How is the ISS decorated for birthdays or Christmas?

2. Many pictures that were taken on board the ISS show our planet Earth. What does space look like from the ISS?

3. What is the first thing you are going to do when you are back on Earth?

4. What do you do during the flight to the ISS?

5. What do you like best about living on board the ISS?

6. What would happen if an astronaut floats away in space?

7. Does your mobile phone work on board the ISS like it does on Earth?

8. Your mission is named ‘Cosmic Kiss’ as a declaration of love for space.  What have you loved most of all about being on the ISS so far?

9. What did you enjoy the most and the least during astronaut training?

10. How is sleeping up there?

11. What was your biggest difficulty on board so far and how did you solve it?

12. Can you hear or feel the impact of small particles on the ISS?

13. What would happen when an astronaut goes on space walk without a spacesuit?

14. Which meal from home do you miss most?

15. How is the air up there?

16. Have you already carried out a space walk? If yes, what did you do?

17. How do astronauts do laundry in space?

18. How does space smell?

19. How do you dispose waste on the ISS?

20. Which is your favourite planet?

 

ARISS – Celebrating 20 Years of Amateur Radio Continuous 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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Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

                                                                               

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