ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.21-10

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at

Red Hill Lutheran School, Tustin, California USA

February8, 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 an ARISS radio telebridge contact between theISS and students from Red Hill Lutheran School in Tustin, CA. Students willtake turns asking their questions of ISS astronaut Mike Hopkins, amateur radiocall sign KF5LJG, during theARISS radio contact. The downlinkfrequency for this contact is 145.800 MHz.

ARISS team member David Payne, using call signNA7V in Portland, OR will serve as the relay amateur radio station. Each student asking a question onthe ARISS radio will be at school following Covid-prevention guidelines.

TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for February 10, 2021 at 10:26 am PST (Tustin,CA) (18:26 UTC, 11:26 am MST, 12:26 pm CST, 1:26 pm EST).

Red HillLutheran School is a school with 345 students, grades K-8, with all of the studentsparticipating in the school’s STEAM program. During the year prior to thisARISS contact the school integrated their STEM classes with Space-relatedcontent. The classes were developed to stimulate student interest in thewonders of Space, teach new academic content, and inspire an interest in STEMcareers. Faculty also provided hands-on learning activities designed tomotivate students and inspire their curiosity in space exploration. Some of theseincluded: building a space station; activities on aeronautics and space flight;and, taking part in the Space Seeds program. Lessons on amateur radio operationand satellites are also provided by ARISS volunteers and those school staff whoare licensed amateur radio operators.

Viewthe live stream of the upcoming ARISS radio contact at https://youtu.be/rhfWvzOtnQM .

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Astime allows, students will ask these questions:

1.What kind of science do you do in space?

2.If animals could go to the space station with you which animal would you bringand why?

3.What was the hardest thing you had to do while training to be an astronaut?

4.How does your body feel when you are floating in space?

5.What is your favorite room in the ISS?

6.Who is one person that you are grateful for and why?

7.Why did the crew select baby Yoda to float around the spacecraft at launch?

8.If there happened to be a fire on the ISS, would the fire float? If so, would afire extinguisher work to set out the fire?

9.What are your goals for space exploration?

10.What is going through your mind when taking off?

11.When back on earth, what do you miss most about space and how long does it taketo re-adapt?

12.Does space feel like a second home to you?

13.What's your favorite food in space?

14.What do you do for fun in space?

15.What was the best experience you had in space?

16.How do you know when it is time to wake up and when it is time to go to sleep?

17.If you went back in time to talk to your younger self to prepare for somethingin space, what would it be?

18.While training for missions are there any sports that helped you prepare?

19.When you were young, did you dream of flying a space shuttle?

20.What was your first thought when you looked back at Earth from the ISS?

21.What inspired you to pursue being an astronaut and what steps did you take?

22.Do you get disoriented on the space station?

23.What has been your most dangerous mission in space?

24.When you go to space, are there things you value more on earth?

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

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, sponsorsare the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio RelayLeague (ARRL), the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers, and NASA’s SpaceCommunications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISS is to promoteexploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematicstopics 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 learn about space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org

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