ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.21-34

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at

College of Saint Pierre Marboz, Marboz, France

May29, 2021—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts. ARISS is thegroup that puts together special amateur radio contacts between students aroundthe globe and crew members with ham radio licenses on the International Space Station (ISS).

This will be a Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio between the ISS and students fromCollege of Saint Pierre, Marboz. Students will take turns asking theirquestions of ISS Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, amateur radio call sign KG5FYG.French is the language that will be used during the contact. The downlink frequency for this contact is145.800 MHZ and may be heard by listeners that are within the ISS-footprintthat also encompasses the ARISS radio telebridge station.

The ARISS team in Casale Monferrato, Italy willuse call sign IK1SLD to serve as the ARISS relay amateur radio ground station. Each student asking a question onthe ARISS radio will be conferenced in from home or social-distancedat school.

TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for May 31, 2021 at 3:49 pm CEST (Marboz,France) (13:49 UTC, 9:49 am EDT, 8:49 am CDT,7:49 am MDT, 6:49 am PDT).

Collegeof Saint Pierre Marboz (CSPM) is a rural secondary school located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpeson the border of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and within the Bresse Region ofeastern France. CSPM’s students in years 3rd - 6th willbe participating in the ARISS contact as well as students from surroundingelementary schools. In anticipation of this ARISS contact, CSPM integratedtopics into their STEM program that highlights space-habitation and space-exploration,the solar system, orbital mechanics, astronomical phenomena, and radio science.Students have also specifically studied/followed the experiments conducted onthe ISS. Student-field trips included a visit to the planetarium Vaulx-en-Velinand attending scientist-led presentations on the universe, the solar system,satellite links, and radio operation. Other student activities includedlearning basic printed circuit boards (e.g. Arduino). Members of the localamateur radio club (F5KBD) and ALTEC Association provided discovery workshopsin the field of radio and space science.

Viewthe live stream of the upcoming ARISS radio contact at https://youtu.be/HnPoFku7DXg%C2%A0and%C2%A0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J... .

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Astime allows, students will ask these questions:

1.Qu’est ce qui vous a poussé à devenir astronaute?

2.Quelle a été la différence de préparation entre les deux missions?

3.Quelles sont vos sensations quand vous quittez la Terre?

4.Est-ce facile de s’adapter à l’impesanteur?

5.Pourquoi est-on impatient et content de repartir dans l'espace quand on y estallé déjà une fois?

6.Si vous vous blessez ou faîtes un malaise dans l’Espace, comment faîtes vous?

7.Pourriez vous vivre toute votre vie dans l'espace?

8.Quelle est votre perception du temps dans la station? du jour et de la nuit?Votre horloge biologique est elle la même que dans l’Espace?

9.Vous préférez marcher sur la Terre ou voler dans la station spatialeinternationale?

10.Il existe le mal des montagnes quand on monte en altitude. Existe-t-il le mêmemal dans l’espace? A-t-on une sensation de vertige quand on sort de l’ISS?

11.Est-ce qu’il peut y avoir des collisions de la station avec des astéroïdes?

12.Quels sont les plus grands dangers auxquels vous êtes exposés?

13.En dehors de la Terre, que voyez-vous à travers les hublots de l’ISS?

14.Vous est il arrivé de ne plus avoir envie de revenir sur la Terre?

15.Qu'avez vous ressenti la première fois lorsque vous avez vu la Terre del'espace?

16.Est-ce qu’à partir de l’ISS, on peut voir les dommages sur l’environnementcausés par l’Homme sur la Terre?

17.Est-ce que l'espace est pollué?

18.Avez-vous noté des modifications dans l’ISS depuis votre dernier voyage?

19.Avez-vous réalisé votre rêve en allant dans la station internationale?

20.Est-ce que vous souhaitez aller sur Mars un jour?

Translation:

1.What made you become an astronaut?

2.What was the difference in preparation between the two missions?

3.How do you feel when you leave Earth?

4.Is it easy to adapt to weightlessness?

5.Why are we impatient and happy to go back to space when we’ve already beenthere once?

6.If you hurt yourself or faint, how do you handle it?

7.Could you spend your whole life in space?

8.What is your perception of time in the station? Of day and night? Is yourbiological clock the same as in Space?

9.Do you prefer to walk on Earth or fly on the International Space Station?

10.There’s mountain sickness when you climb high. Is there the same problem inspace? Do you feel dizzy when you leave the ISS?

11.Could there be any collisions of the station with asteroids?

12.What are the biggest dangers you face?

13.Outside of Earth, what do you see through the ISS portholes?

14.Have you ever felt like not wanting to come back on Earth?

15.What did you feel the first time you saw Earth from space?

16.From the ISS, can we see the damage to the environment caused by man on Earth?

17.Is the space polluted?

18.Have you noticed any changes in the ISS since your last trip?

19.Have you made your dream come true by going to the international station?

20.Would you like to go to Mars one day?

ARISS– Celebrating 20 Years of Amateur Radio Continuous Operations on the ISS

About ARISS:

AmateurRadio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture ofinternational amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support theInternational Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the RadioAmateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL),the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers, and NASA’s Space communicationsand Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration ofscience, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS doesthis by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew membersaboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students,educators, parents, and communities take part in hands-on learning activitiestied to space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, seewww.ariss.org

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