ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.   22-07

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSContact is Scheduled for

Students at FH Aachen, University of Applied Sciences, Aachen, Germany

February12, 2022—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 direct contact via amateur radio between students at the FH AachenUniversity, Aachen, Germany, and Astronaut Matthias Maurer, amateur radio callsign KI5KFH. Students will take turns asking theirquestions. LocalCovid-19 protocols are adhered to as applicable for each ARISS contact. The downlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHZ and may be heardby listeners that are within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the radio relayground station.

Amateur radio operators, using the call sign DLØFHA,will operate the ham radio ground station for this contact.

The ARISS radio contact isscheduled for February 14, 2022 at 12:40 pm CET (Aachen, DE), (11:40 UTC, 6:40am EST, 5:40 am CST, 4:40 am MST and 3:40 am PST).

FH Aachen, University of Applied Sciences (FHAUAS), offer a bachelor’s and master’s education inSTEM subjects that include: aerospace engineering, civil engineering,electrical engineering, power engineering, bioengineering, and computerengineering. Their aerospace engineering program focus on areas of studythat include: aircraft engineering, aircraft operations engineering, propulsionengineering, and astronautical engineering.

FHAUAS’s Space Operations Facility is a permanent institutionthat teaches students the fundamentals of satellite operations by operating anamateur-radio-based spaceflight operations facility. This facility offersstudents the opportunity to gain insight into various aspects of a groundstation and mission control center with most of the equipment built andprogrammed by students. Students at the Space Operations Facility also performmission operations for other radio satellite missions such as capturing/decodingsatellite data of weather satellites, CubeSats and amateur radio satellites. ThisARISS contact is a project that has been organized by students in the SpaceOperations Facility. For this ARISS event, FHAUAS has partnered with the Yuri´sNight Deutschland e.V., Deutscher Amateur-Radio-Club e.V. (DARC), and DeutschesZentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR).

The public is invited to watch the live stream at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mngrV2DzZAQ

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Astime allows, students will ask these questions:

Fortranslations of these questions in German, please contact Rita DeHart, Directorof Public Engagement at rmdehart@ariss-usa.org.

Translation

1. Do you have to prick yourself duringthe physical experiments or do your colleagues do it?

2. How did it feel when the rocket waslaunched?

3. How did you feel the first time onthe ISS in microgravity?

4. How did you feel the first time whenyou slept on the ISS?

5. On which former space mission wouldyou have liked to work?

6. What three things do you miss mostaboard the ISS?

7. Is there something special forChristmas or some kind of flat share evening with the crew?

8. What is the most difficult activityyou have performed in microgravity?

9. How do you keep track of time on theISS when you see a sunrise 16 times a day?

10. In what way does CIMON ease yourwork on the ISS?

11. What is the background noise on theISS, in the space capsule and during a spacewalk?

12. What tips can you give to a personwho wants to become an astronaut?

13. How did the post-nomination come upin 2015 and how did you feel about it?

14. Are Thomas Pesquet's slime moldblobs still on the ISS and if so, who is taking care of them?

15. What has been the biggest challengein space so far?

16. If you had a choice, which planetwould you most like to fly to?

17. Is the food on the ISS as deliciousas on Earth?

18. Is there a special moment thathappened to you in space?

19. What training session helped youthe most regarding life on the ISS?

20. What are you most looking forwardto on the ISS?

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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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