ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.22-23

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

ARISS Contact is Scheduled with Students at

École Secondaire St. Marguerite d’Youville, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada

 

April 10, 2022—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between Axiom Mission-1 (Ax-1) astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and Canadian students at the École Secondaire St. Marguerite d’Youville in St. Albert. Ax-1 is the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. 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.

 

École Secondaire St. Marguerite d’Youville is a French immersion Junior High School with about 240 students, grades 7-9. The school’s optional class program allows students to participate in STEAM-oriented activities including robotics, forensics, multimedia, leadership, enterprise and innovation. As a UNESCO School, the students are empowered to be guided by environmental stewardship, a concern for peace, inclusion and social justice.

 

 

This will be a telebridge contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask their questions of Ax-1 Astronaut Mark Pathy, amateur radio call sign KO4WFH. 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 telebridge station.

 

ARISS volunteer Fred Kemmerer, using his call sign AB1OC in New Hampshire, will serve as the ARISS relay amateur radio station (telebridge station).

 

The ARISS 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).

 

The public is invited to watch the live stream at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yra35iNmP4Q

 

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As time allows, students will ask these questions:

 

1. When you entered space, what surprised you the most that you hadn't learned or expected 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 zero gravity?

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 the spaceship? 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 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. 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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Media Contact:

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

                                                                              

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