ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.22-53

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at

Escuela #38 Raul Alfonsin, Esperanza Base,Argentina

ArgentineResearch Station in Hope Bay, Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica

October5, 2022—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between astronauts on-boardthe International Space Station (ISS) and students at the School #38 Raul Alfonsin, located on Esperanza Base,Argentina.  ARISS conducts 60-80 of thesespecial amateur radio contacts each year between students around the globe andcrew members with ham radio licenses on-board the ISS.

School #38 Raul Alfonsin was established in 1978 when thefirst families of the base personnel began to arrive at Base Esperanza, and themothers of the students served as teachers. In 1997 the school became part ofthe Ministry of Education of the Province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica andthe South Atlantic Islands. The Esperanza base is located at Punta Foca inEsperanza Bay on the Trinidad peninsula, about 1,100 kilometers from Ushuaiaand about 3,200 from Buenos Aires. The school serves 16 students (school year 2022)with ages ranging from 3 to 21 years.

This will be a telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio and students will take turnsasking their questions of Astronaut Kjell Lindgren, amateur radio call sign KO5MOS.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 bylisteners that are within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses thetelebridge station.

The ARISS amateur radio ground station(telebridge station) for this contact is in Aartselaar, Belgium. The amateur radiovolunteer team at the ground station will use the callsign ON4ISS, to establishand maintain the ISS connection.

TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for October 7, 2022 at 12:14 pm ART (EsperanzaBase)   (15:14:18 UTC, 11:14 am EDT, 10:14 am CDT, 9:14 am MDT, 8:14am PDT).

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Astime allows, students will ask these questions:

1.What does the Earth like from the space?

2.Do you remember your first day in space? Can you describe your emotions to us?

3.How do you go to the bathroom in the space? How does the space toilet work?

4.What are the most important activities of the day, or a working day?

5.  What do you do in your free time?

6.  How are the daily tasks divided with the restof the crew?

7.What do you usually have for lunch?  Whatdo you usually eat?

8.  In our Base in Antarctic, we call the powergeneration plant "the heart of the base".  What would you call the heart of the spacestation?

9.When are you coming back to the earth? How are you coming back?

10.  What was the root cause of your decision tobe an Astronaut?

11.Which message would you give to the people who dream to be an Astronaut?

12.What are the strangest things that have happened to you during your mission inSpace?

13.What happens if someone gets seriously ill, how do you send him back?

14.An Icebreaker ship brought us here, how did you get to the InternationalStation?

15.Have you even been to the Antarctic continent? Would you like to visit us, sometime?

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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DaveJordan, AA4KN

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