ARISS News Release No. 21-45
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ARISS Contact is Scheduled for Participants in the
1st Ono Group, Hyogo Council Scout Association, Ono, Japan
August 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 direct contact via amateur radio between scouts with the 1st Ono Scout Group, Ono, Japan and Astronaut Shane Kimbrough, amateur radio call sign KE5HOD. The scouts will take turns asking their questions. Appropriate 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, using the call sign 8J3ONO, will operate the ham radio ground station for this contact.
The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for August 11, 2021 at 5:05 pm JST (Ono, Japan), (8:05 UTC, 4:05 am EDT, 3:05 am CDT, 2:05 am MDT and 1:05 am PDT).
Ono Scout Group has 50 scouts (Elementary school students, junior high school students, high school students, and university students). The Ono Scout Group consists of 40 leaders, and this year marks the 40-year anniversary of its founding. This ARISS contact with the scouts is intended to help their scouts develop an interest in space and science and technology.
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As time allows, students will ask these questions:
1. Do you feel any stress during your long stay on the ISS?
2. Can you see the aurora from space?
3. Did you find aliens?
4. Please tell us the most fun thing in space.
5. How do you sleep on the ISS?
6. Is there any physical change in space?
7. What do you do with the garbage on the ISS?
8. What happens if the spacesuit gets torn?
9. What happens when you use an abacus in zero gravity?
10. Why did you become an astronaut?
11. Is there any water outside space craft?
12. What devices do you have around you?
13. Do sunflowers bloom in the ISS, when day and night switch every 45 minutes?
14. What do you do when there is a problem with the ISS?
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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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Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
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