ARISS News Release                                                                                               No.24-18

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISS Contact is Scheduled with Students at

Tooele County School District, Tooele, Utah, USA

 

April 7, 2024—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 Tooele County School District located in Tooele, UT.  ARISS conducts 60-100 of these special amateur radio contacts each year between students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboard the ISS.

 

The Tooele Community Learning Center (CLC) is a rural, public education center south of the Great Salt Lake, Tooele County, Utah. The CLC houses four separate school entities within Tooele County School District: Career & Technical Education (grades 9-12, 500 students), Alternative High School (grades 9-12, 100 students), Special Needs Adult Program (40 students), and Digital Education Center (grades K-12, 800 students). CLC is supported by members of the Bridgerland Amateur Radio Club, with seven of the participating students recently passing their amateur radio technician license tests. The West Desert Amateur Radio Club facilitates and proctors an annual Amateur Radio Technician exam at the school and conducts Elmer sessions relevant to the exam and this ARISS contact.

 

This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask their questions of astronaut Matthew Dominick, amateur radio call sign KCØTOR. 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 Tooele, Utah. Amateur radio operators using call sign W7CBL, will operate the ground station to establish and maintain the ISS connection.

 

The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for April 8, 2024 at 11:45 am MDT (UT) (17:45 UTC, 1:45 pm EDT, 12:45 pm CDT, 10:45 am PST).

 

The public is invited to watch the live stream at: https://youtube.com/live/5z_zfRfwAMY?feature=share

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As time allows, students will ask these questions:

1. What was the hardest part of your training to become an astronaut?

2. What is the coolest tool or piece of technology you use on station?

3. What immediate physical effects did being in space for the first time have on you?

4. How would zero-g affect the flight of a paper airplane?

5. Which diseases or disorders are you at more risk for in space?

6. What is the strangest thing you've seen in space?

7. What happens when you cry in zero-g?

8. How does zero-g affect blood flow?

9. If you could design a new module for the ISS, what would its primary purpose be?

10. What challenges do you face on a daily basis that are unique to living in space?

11. What advice would you give to students aspiring to a career in space exploration?

12. How do you determine who gets to pick the movies on movie night?

13. What is the procedure if an unidentified being attempted to contact you?

14. How do you celebrate holidays on the ISS?

15. How long does it take to get used to sleeping in space?

16. How often do you get to hear from your families?

17. What is the most exciting thing that has happened for you on this expedition?

18. I run cross country, and the anticipation before the race is worse for me then the actual race. How does the anticipation of the launch differ from the actual launch?

19. What has been the biggest difference between your underwater training and space?

20. What is the plan if the ISS was to suffer a station-wide power outage?

21. How does aurora borealis look different from space?

22. How does space affect plant growth?

23. How do you protect yourself from the dangers of space?

24. Is there a protocol for the ISS if a catastrophic event happens on Earth?

25. What daily routines are crucial to maintaining physical and mental well-being?

26. Other than family and friends, what do you miss most about living on Earth?

 

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 ISS. In the United States, sponsors are the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program (SCaN) and the ISS National Lab—Space Station Explorers. 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

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Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

                                                                              

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