ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.23-62

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at

Orangeburg Christian Academy, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA

December2, 2023—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboardthe International Space Station (ISS) and students at Orangeburg ChristianAcademy in Orangeburg, SC.  ARISSconducts 60-80 of these special amateur radio contacts each year betweenstudents around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboard theISS.

Orangeburg Christian Academy (OCA) is a small private school ofabout 250 students, ranging from grades K to 12th. Studentslearn about space travel at various grade levels and learn about electronicsand radio communication in high school. OCA will use the ARISS radio contact tostrengthen and reinforce the areas of their STEM curriculum while alsodemonstrating the use of radio technology. Topics include space science,astronomy, science on the ISS, and electronics and amateur radio. Students havepreviously listened to a ARISS contacts with other schools via ham radio.Members of the Edisto Amateur Radio Society are supporting OCA for this ARISScontact.

This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask their questions ofAstronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, amateur radio call sign KI5WSL. The downlinkfrequency for this contact is 145.800 MHz and may be heard by listeners thatare within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the ground station.

The amateur radio ground station for this contactis in Orangeburg, SC. Amateur radio operators using call sign N7GZT, willoperate the ground station to establish and maintain the ISS connection.

TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for December 5, 2023 at 10:19:30 am EST (SC,USA) (15:19:30 UTC, 9:19 am CST, 8:19 am MST, 7:19 am PST).

Thepublic is invited to watch the live stream at: https://www.facebook.com/orangeburgchristianacademy

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Astime allows, students will ask these questions:

1.How do you talk to your family from space?

2.How do you stay safe?

3.What do you drink in space?

4.What does it feel like to be in space?

5.Does food taste and smell different?

6.Can you see eclipses from space?

7.Can you go outside the ISS?

8.What is the hardest training you have to do?

9.What was it like to experience zero gravity for the first time?

10.What do you do if someone has a serious medical emergency?

11.Are astronauts able to shower?

12.Do you ever get homesick?

13.Do you ever have to make repairs?

14.Why did you choose to become an astronaut?

15.What do astronauts do in their free time?

16.What happens if someone cries in space?

17.Are there any animals on the ISS?

18.How do you get a haircut?

19.Did you bring a phone to the space station?

20.What does the sunset look like from 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 American Radio Relay League(ARRL), Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), Radio Amateur SatelliteCorporation (AMSAT), NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program (SCaN)and the ISS National Lab—Space Station Explorers. The primary goal of ARISS isto 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 http://www.ariss.org

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