ARISS News Release                                                                                                   No.22-59

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at

Harel Educational Campus, Holon, Israel

November2, 2022—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboardthe International Space Station (ISS) and students at the Harel EducationalCampus located in Holon, Israel.  ARISSconducts 60-80 of these special amateur radio contacts each year betweenstudents around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboard theISS.

Harel Educational Campus (Harel) is a six-year boy's school, comprisingintermediate through high school levels (class 7 to class 12) and is located inHolon, a suburb of Tel-Aviv. Harel incorporates high spiritual, religiouseducation with studies that include; communication, graphic design, robotics, cinema,computers and literature. The school is sponsoring this ARISS contact in orderto inspire their students and boost their curiosity in science.

This will be a telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask theirquestions of Astronaut Josh Cassada, amateur radio call sign KI5CRH. LocalCovid-19 protocols are adhered to as applicable for each ARISS contact. Thedownlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHZ and may be heard bylisteners that are within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses thetelebridge station.

The ARISS amateur radio ground station(telebridge station) for this contact is in Andergrove, Mackay,

Queensland, Australia. The amateur radiovolunteer team at the ground station will use the callsign VK4ISS, to establishand maintain the ISS connection.

TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for November 4, 2022 at 11:43:51 am IST (Holon,Israel) (9:43:51UTC, 5:43 am EDT, 4:43 am CDT,3:43 am MDT, 2:43 am PDT).

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Astime allows, students will ask these questions:

1.I know you use animals in research. How many animals do you have in space withyou right now and how do you take care of them?

2.Do you practice emergency drills?  Can youdescribe some of the critical incidents that you need to prepare for?

3.What has been your greatest challenge so far and how did you respond to it?

4.What are the major research projects you are focusing on and what discoverieshave you made?

5.What do you think the biggest advances will be in the space program over thenext ten years?

6.Have any of the experiments failed or given you totally different results thanyou expected?

7.Please describe your years of education and training that led to yourassignment on the space station.

8.What has been the most exciting part of your mission so far?

9.Can you describe what zero gravity feels like?

10.Have you done a spacewalk and how does it feel?

11.Why should we continue to fund expensive space missions when we have morepressing problems on Earth?

12.How are your experiments helping to save our Earth?

13.Being in a microgravity environment causes a decrease in muscle mass and bonedensity. Other than exercise, what measures are you taking to protect yourhealth?

14.How many days supplies do you have on board should a resupply mission not comeon time?

15.Can you describe the automatic systems on board the ISS to keep you in yourcurrent orbit?

16.Do you ever feel sudden vertigo or claustrophobia whilst you are up in space?

17.Can you describe how you get into and leave the ISS without losing any air?

18.How long does it take to prepare for a spacewalk?

19.Does gravity affect time and ageing?

20.What is the most amazing thing you have seen in space?

21.Is the sun more powerful in space?

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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DaveJordan, AA4KN

ARISSPR

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