ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.23-11

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at

Lana’i High and Elementary School, Lana’i City, Hawaii,USA

March20, 2023—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 Lana’i High andElementary School located in Lana’i City, Hawaii.  ARISS conducts 60-80 of these special amateurradio contacts each year between students around the globe and crew memberswith ham radio licenses aboard the ISS.

Lāna’i High and Elementary School is the main school on thesmall island of Lāna’i, west of Maui. Lāna’i is the sixth largest Hawaiianisland with an area of 140 square miles and a population of around 3,200residents. The school (with 572 students in Pre-K to 12th grade) engagesstudents in STEM/ PBL (project-based-learning) curriculum. In preparation forthis ARISS contact, their curriculum is supplemented with studies that includeamateur radio equipment, Earth and space science, radio astronomy, and amateurradio licensing. The school has enlisted community support from EverestInnovation Lab (in Hawaii), Emergency Amateur Radio Club Hawaii, Ohana KiloHoku, Kekulamamo, the Canada-France-Hawaii-Telescope Corporation, the HawaiiDept of Education, and the Manele Koele Charitable Fund.  Amateur radio operators are providing supportfor this event as well as presentations on the ARISS program.

This will be a telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask theirquestions of Astronaut Warren Hoburg, amateur radio call sign KB3HTZ. 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 Aartselaar, Belgium. The amateurradio volunteer team at the ground station will use the callsign ON4ISS, toestablish and maintain the ISS connection.

TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for March 23, 2023 at 8:22:52 am HST (HI) (18:22:52UTC,2:22 pm EDT, 1:22 pm CDT, 12:22 pm MDT, 11:22am PDT).

Thepublic is invited to watch the live stream at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxm5Ca2y0HD_NxXlZWXv11A

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Astime allows, students will ask these questions:

1.How do astronauts celebrate their birthdays?

2.How long does it take to repair stuff in space?

3.What is your suit made out of?

4.What is one of the most exciting discoveries you have made?

5.What type of work is the ISS currently doing?

6.How do the suits produce air?

7.Are all the disadvantages such as working out so much, missing your family, andeating that crazy food worth being up in space that long?

8.  What are the ISS walls made out of?

9.What kind of experiments do you perform on the outside platform?

10.What are some of the effects that happen to your body once you arrive on Earthfrom space?

11.How do you store air in the ISS?

12.Do you miss anyone?

13.Do you notice the days/time passing by?

14.How long does it take to get to space?

15.  How long do astronauts usually stay in space?

16.  What was one major event that causeddifficulty in space?

17.  What would happen if an asteroid hit thespace station?

18.What is the most difficult part of putting on your suit?

19.How does earth look from the ISS?

20.What have you learned from being 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 (SCaN). The primary goal ofARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts,and mathematics 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 http://www.ariss.org

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