ARISS News Release No.22-23
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@amsat.org
FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE
ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at
École Secondaire St. Marguerite d’Youville, St.Albert, Alberta, Canada
April10, 2022—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between Axiom Mission-1 (Ax-1)astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and Canadian studentsat the École Secondaire St. Marguerite d’Youville inSt. Albert. Ax-1 is the first private astronaut mission to the InternationalSpace Station. ARISS conducts 60-80 of these special amateur radio contactseach year between students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licensesaboard the ISS.
École Secondaire St. Marguerite d’Youville is a French immersionJunior High School with about 240 students, grades 7-9. The school’s optionalclass program allows students to participate in STEAM-oriented activitiesincluding robotics, forensics, multimedia, leadership, enterprise andinnovation. As a UNESCO School, the students are empowered to be guided byenvironmental stewardship, a concern for peace, inclusion and social justice.
This will be a telebridge contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask theirquestions of Ax-1 Astronaut Mark Pathy, amateur radio call sign KO4WFH. LocalCovid-19 protocols are adhered to as applicable for each ARISS contact. Thedownlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHz and may be heard bylisteners that are within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses thetelebridge station.
ARISS volunteer Fred Kemmerer, using his callsign AB1OC in New Hampshire, will serve as the ARISS relay amateur radiostation (telebridge station).
TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for April 13, 2022 at 9:36 am MDT (Alberta, CAN)(15:36 UTC, 11:36 pm EDT, 10:36 am CDT, 8:36 am PDT).
Thepublic is invited to watch the live stream at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yra35iNmP4Q
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Astime allows, students will ask these questions:
1.When you entered space, what surprised you the most that you hadn't learned orexpected during your training?
2.How long does it take to recover from space after coming to earth?
3.Do you feel like your digestive and circulatory system are affected by zerogravity?
4.How do you think your life will change when you get back to earth?
5.What time zone is used while you are in space?
6.Do you find the ISS has a distinct smell of any sort?
7.What are some activities that astronauts take part in when there is"down" time?
8.How do you regulate your body temperature on the ISS?
9.Do you think that there is life on other planets?
10.How do you exercise in space, and where does your sweat go?
11.Why can’t you cry in space?
12.How does the spaceship keep air/oxygen?
13.How long is it safe for astronauts to leave the spaceship or can you leave thespaceship? How do you get from the spaceship to the ISS?
14.What kind of food are you eating and what does it taste like?
15.Can you cook in space?
16.Have astronauts grown any food in space?
About ARISS:
Amateur Radio on the InternationalSpace Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radiosocieties and the space agencies that support the International Space Station(ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur SatelliteCorporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS NationalLab-Space Station Explorers, Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) andNASA’s Space communications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISSis to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, andmathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts viaamateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before andduring these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities takepart in hands-on learning activities tied to space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org
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