ARISS News Release                                                                                            No.24-21

DaveJordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at

Mrs Ethelston’s CE Primary Academy at AxminsterCommunity Academy Trust, Lyme Regis, United Kingdom

April 15, 2024—AmateurRadio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received scheduleconfirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboard theInternational Space Station (ISS) and students at the Mrs. Ethelston’s CEPrimary Academy located in Lyme Regis, UK. ARISS conducts 60-100 of these special amateur radio contacts each yearbetween students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboardthe ISS.

AcornMulti Academy Trust is a small trust of seven schools (Mrs Ethelstons, Axminster,Chardstock, Marshwood, Loders, Thorncombe and Membury) that are situated on thecoast of the English Dorset /Devon /Somerset border. MrsEthelston’s CE Primary Academy is hosting this ARISS contact and is directlyinvolved in this project, however children involved are from the 7 primaryschools within this Multi-Academy Trust and range in ages from 4-11 years.

This will be adirect contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask theirquestions of astronaut Matthew Dominick, amateur radio call sign KCØTOR. Thedownlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHz and may be heard bylisteners that are within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the relayground station.

The amateur radio ground station for this contact is in LymeRegis, UK. Amateur radio operators using call sign GB4ACA, will operate theground station to establish and maintain the ISS connection.

The ARISS radiocontact is scheduled for April 17, 2024 at 11:44:48 am BST (UK) (10:44:48 UTC, 6:44 am EDT, 5:44 am CDT, 4:44 am MDT, 3:44am PDT).

The public isinvited to watch the livestream at: https://live.ariss.org

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As time allows,students will ask these questions:

1. What was thehardest part of getting ready to go to space?

2. If you canmake the water from a bottle float, then how can you swallow it without itcoming up again?

3. Why dohumans want to go to Mars?

4. How will weget loads of water in space without running out?

5. How longdoes it take to transmit data from Earth to ISS?

6. How do younot get lost in space?

7. Why doesn’tthe ISS fall and hit the ground?

8. How muchexercise do you need and how do you get it?

9. Whattemperature is it in the ISS and is that the same outside?

10. What is itlike in zero gravity?

11. What isyour favorite part of the ISS and why?

12. How fastcan you move around in zero gravity?

13. How do youwash your hands?

14. Have youever seen any astronomical phenomenon?

15. What isyour favorite site every time you circle the Earth?

16. How big isthe ISS?

17. How do youcook food in space?

18. How do youvote in space?

19. Are thespace suits really heavy or light?

20. Which otherplanets can you see?

About ARISS:

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) isa cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the spaceagencies that support the ISS. In the United States, sponsors are the AmericanRadio Relay League (ARRL), Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), RadioAmateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), NASA’s Space Communications andNavigation program (SCaN) and the ISS National Lab—Space Station Explorers. Theprimary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology,engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizingscheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS andstudents. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents,and communities take part in hands-on learning activities tied to space, spacetechnologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see http://www.ariss.org

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Dave Jordan,AA4KN

ARISS PR

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