ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.   21-17

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISS Press Conference on Columbus Radio System March 10, 2021 at 1900 UTC (1400 Eastern Standard Time)

March 9, 2021—The ARISS team will conduct a 45-minute press conference formedia this Wednesday March 10 at 1900 UTC (1400 Eastern Standard Time). Thispress conference will focus on the ARISS Radio system mounted in the Columbusmodule.

As a reminder, the ARISS team has been working very closely with NASA and ESAto identify potential causes of an ARISS radio anomaly first observed after theEVA (spacewalk) conducted on January 27.  No transmissions or receptionshave been heard from this radio since the EVA.  During the spacewalk,cabling was installed to support the commissioning of the Bartolomeo attachedpayload capability mounted on Columbus.  Part of this effort rerouted theARISS antenna cable through one of the Bartolomeo cables.

The press conference will provide insight into some of the cabletroubleshooting that has occurred.  It will also discuss the EVA(spacewalk) planned for Saturday March 13 where astronauts Michael Hopkins andVictor Glover will complete the connection of payload cables on the newBartolomeo platform. While at the Bartolomeo platform, the astronauts plan toreroute the ARISS cabling back to its original configuration prior to theJanuary 27 EVA.

Interested media can attend the upcoming press conference using the following GoTomeeting credentials:

ARISS Press Conference: ColumbusModule Hardware Status Wed, Mar 10, 2021 1900-1945 UTC/2:00PM - 2:45 PM (EST)

Please join from your computer,tablet or smartphone. https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/229563437

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Frank H. Bauer,KA3HDO

ARISS-USA ExecutiveDirector

ARISS InternationalChair

ISS Ham RadioProgram Manager & PI

e-mail:  ka3hdo@gmail.com

NASAe-mail:  Frank.Bauer@nasa.gov

Cell Phone: 301-873-0890

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