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On Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 21:30, David H Jordan via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:

ARISS News Release                                                                                            No. 24-62

DaveJordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at

Greenville Jr High School, Greenville, Illinois, USA

October 9, 2024—Amateur Radio onthe International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation foran ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboard the International SpaceStation (ISS) and students at the Greenville Jr HS located in Greenville,Illinois, USA.  ARISS conducts 60-100 ofthese special amateur radio contacts each year between students around theglobe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboard the ISS.

Greenville Junior High School (GJHS) and GreenvilleElementary is within the rural Bond County Community Unit School District 2.GJHS is hosting this ARISS contact for both the high school students and theelementary students. Encouraged by their previous 2011, ARISS contact (with 484th grade students having earned their Ham licenses at that time),ten students from GJHS STEM Club have earned their ham licenses in 2024. Theschool is again partnering with the Okaw Valley Amateur Radio Club (AD9OV) forthis ARISS contact. Students are preparing for the contact, which involvesearth/space mini-lessons, Ham Radio workshops, and STEM Nights that are ongoingin the months leading up to the contact.

This will be adirect contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask theirquestions of astronaut Don Pettit, amateur radio call sign KD5MDT. The downlinkfrequency for this contact is 145.800 MHz and may be heard by listeners thatare within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the relay ground station.

The amateur radio ground station for this contact is in Greenville,IL. Amateur radio operators using call sign AD9OV, will operate the groundstation to establish and maintain the ISS connection.

The ARISS radiocontact is scheduled for October 11, 2024 at 9:30 am CDT (Greenville, IL) (14:30UTC, 10:30 am EDT, 8:30 am MDT, 7:30 am PDT).

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

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As time allows,students will ask these questions:

1. Why should students today consider a role for themselvesin the future of space exploration?

2. What was it like when your rocket left the launch pad?

3. What advice would you give a kid who wants to be anastronaut?

4. How did being in space the first time compare to learningabout space and seeing pictures of it?

5. What happens to the trash on ISS?

6. What are some daily struggles that happen in space, butnot on Earth?

7. What is one thing that you’ve always wanted to achieve asan astronaut?

8. What is the most challenging part of your job?

9. What do you do for fun on the station?

10. What is astronaut training like?

11. What is one food you have had in space that you wish youcould take home?

12. Is it physically or emotionally painful getting to andfrom space?

13. What encouraged or inspired you to be an astronaut?

14. Was experiencing zero gravity the first time how youexpected it?

15. Does it feel like the days are longer or time movesslower in space?

16. If you had to choose one word to describe space, whatwould it be?

17. What do you do if a member of the team gets sick orinjured up there?

18. How long does it take for a radio signal to get down to Earth?

19. What is food like on the ISS?

20. Do you personally think humans will live on otherplanets someday?

21. Do stars look different in space?

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.

Media Contact:

Dave Jordan,AA4KN

ARISS PR

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