ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.21-40

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students in France at

Ecole publique de Bellême in Bellême, Pôlescolaire Igé/Le Gué de la Chaine in Belforêt en Perche, and Ecole de Nocé in Percheen Nocé

June24, 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 a Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio between the ISS and students fromthree schools in France. Students will take turns asking their questions of ISSAstronaut Thomas Pesquet, amateur radio call sign KG5FYG, during theARISS radio contact. French is the language expected to be used during thecontact. The downlink frequency forthis contact is 437.525 MHZ and may be heard by listeners that arewithin the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the ARISS radio telebridgestation.

The ARISS team in Casale Monferrato, Italy willuse call sign IK1SLD to serve as the ARISS relay amateur radio ground station.Each student asking a question on the ARISS radio will be conferenced in fromhome or social-distanced at school.

TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for June 26, 2021 at 11:25 am CEST (Bellême,France) (9:25 am UTC, 5:25 am EDT, 4:25 am CDT, 3:25am MDT, 2:25 am PDT).

Threeschools in France will participate in this ARISS contact: Ecole de Nocé, Pôlescolaire Igé/Le Gué de la Chaine and Ecole publique de Bellême. These are ruralschools about 90 miles west of Paris and will involve about 360 students, age 6– 15 years old. The schools have partnered with the amateur radio club(callsign F4KLQ) in preparation for this contact. Student-members of the hamclub receive training from the adult members who have knowledge in the fieldsof radio, aeronautical, and the space sciences. Ham radio workshops include thetopics: Orne Sky Sat, the Yaourtocom 2000, SSTV, Morse code, radiocommunication, and radio directional finding.

Starting about 15 minutesbefore AOS, watch livestream at: www.ariotti.com

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Astime allows, students will ask these questions:

1.Que faites-vous comme expérience en ce moment?

2.Quand vous étiez dans l’ISS lors de votre première mission, vous êtes-vous ditque vous y retourneriez un jour?

3.Comment se passe un ravitaillement?

4.Comment vit-on loin de sa famille?

5.Comment avez-vous réagi lorsque vous avez appris que vous retourniez dans l’ISSpour la deuxième fois?

6.Quelle place y a-t-il pour l'écologie lorsque l'on part dans l'espace?

7.Qu’aimez-vous le plus dans le fait d’aller dans l’espace?

8.Votre préparation a-t-elle été différente pour cette deuxième mission?

9.Est-ce que c'est d'avoir parlé à un astronaute lorsque vous étiez petit quivous a donné envie de devenir astronaute à votre tour?

10.Combien de temps mettez-vous à vous habituer à l’impesanteur?

11.Dans l’ISS, avez-vous déjà ressenti le besoin de redescendre sur Terre?

12.Avez-vous déjà croisé des astéroïdes et comment les éviter?

13.Accepteriez-vous de donner votre nom à notre école?

14.Lorsque vous êtes dans l’ISS, qu’est-ce qui vous manque le plus?

15.Est-ce que l'impesanteur est dangereux pour le corps si on y reste troplongtemps?

16.Avez-vous déjà été en danger pendant une de vos missions?

17.Qu’est-ce qui est le plus difficile à vivre dans l’ISS?

18.Relèverez-vous le défi de jouer aux dés lors de cette mission?

Translation

1.What experiments are you working on currently?

2.When you were in the ISS on your first mission, did you think you would ever goback there?

3.What is refueling about? How does it work?

4.How is it to live away from your family?

5.What was your reaction when you were told you were returning to the ISS?

6.Is ecology something you take into account when you go into space?

7.What do you like the most about going in space?

8.Was the preparation different for this second mission?

9.Did talking to an astronaut when you were young inspire you to become anastronaut yourself?

10.How many times do you take to get used to the zero gravity / weightlessness?

11.In the ISS, have you ever felt the need to come back down to Earth?

12.Did you ever come across asteroids and what would you do to avoid them?

13.Would you agree to give your name to our school?

14.What do you miss most when you're in the ISS?

15.Does weightlessness impact your body in a dangerous way if you stay in thiscondition for too long?

16.Have you ever been in danger during a mission?

17.What's the hardest thing to live with in the ISS?

18.Will you accept the challenge of playing dice while you're on this mission?

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

About ARISS:

AmateurRadio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture ofinternational amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support theInternational Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the RadioAmateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL),the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers, and NASA’s Space communicationsand Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration ofscience, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS doesthis 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 take part in hands-on learning activitiestied to space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, seewww.ariss.org

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