ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.22-64

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

ARISS Contact is Scheduled with Students at

British School in the Netherlands (Junior School Leidschenveen), The Hague, The Netherlands

 

December 6, 2022—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 British School in the Netherlands located in The Hague, The Netherlands.  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 British School in the Netherlands (Junior School, Leidschenveen Campus) is an international primary school composed of a student body with ages 4 to 11 years and who represent 43 nationalities.  In preparing for this ARISS contact, the school incorporated space exploration/technology into its STEM curriculum. In addition, students have been working together on space-related projects and age-appropriate activities. Students are learning about radio communications and what it is like to live and work in the ISS and the training required. In their STEM program, first year students have been learning about space related challenges such as building robotic arms like the Canadian-made robotic arm (Canadarm2) installed on the ISS. Students are also being supported by the school’s specialist Science and Technology Lab. Guest expert speakers have also presented different aspects of space-related topics two of which included the space trash (space debris) orbiting Earth to the science-fiction writings of Jules Verne.

 

This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask their questions of Astronaut Josh Cassada, amateur radio call sign KI5CRH. 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 relay ground station.

 

The amateur radio ground station for this contact is in The Hague, The Netherlands. Amateur radio operators using call sign PE1RXJ, will operate the ground station to establish and maintain the ISS connection.

 

The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for December 8, 2022 at 12:09:54 pm CET (The Hague)

(11:09:54 UTC, 6:09 am EST, 5:09 am CST, 4:09 am MST, 3:09 am PST).

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As time allows, students will ask these questions:

1. Why do you need a helmet?

2. What is the moon made of?

3. In space, is there a toilet and can you use a telephone?

4. Is there weather in space?

5. Is it relaxing in space?

6. If this planet is destroyed can we set up on other planets?

7. What would you do if one of the astronauts were sick or injured?

8. Are you happy to live in the space station?

9. What inspired you to be an astronaut?

10. What did you feel when you found out that you were going to space?

11. Have you ever seen a volcano explode from space, and how was it?

12. What happens if the oxygen runs out?

13. How well do plants grow in space?

14. How often do you do space walks?

15. What is the strangest thing you have ever said to mission control?

16. Why does the sun shine on earth but not the rest of 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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