ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.23-44

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at

Egemen Yildiz Secondary School, İzmir, Turkey

September4, 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 Egemen Yildiz SecondarySchool in İzmir, Turkey.  ARISS conducts60-80 of these special amateur radio contacts each year between students aroundthe globe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboard the ISS.

Egemen Yıldız Secondary School is a K-12 school with 500students and 35 teachers. All students ages 12 through 16 years and teachers areinvolved in this ARISS contact event. The school provides a STEAM curriculumand project-based programs as well as a student Space Club, and Science Club.Prior to this contact, students also learned about space in workshops using lego-robotics.

Members of the Turkish Amateur Ham Radio Association (TRAC) havepartnered with the school to support this ARISS contact and by providing aseminar on how to use Ham Radio and the importance of Ham Radio duringemergencies. Students participated in ham radio communications under the TRACteam guidance and their supplied equipment during after-school activities.

This will be a telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask theirquestions of Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, amateur radio call sign KI5WSL. 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 Greenbelt, Maryland, U.S. Theamateur radio volunteer team at the ground station will use the callsign K6DUE,to establish and maintain the ISS connection.

TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for September 6, 2023 at 1:35:27 pm TRT (Turkey)(10:35:27 UTC, 6:35 am EDT, 5:35 am CDT, 4:35am MDT, 3:35 am PDT).

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Astime allows, students will ask these questions:

1.How do you define the world from space?

2.What is the most enjoyable experience you had in space?

3.What do you usually miss in space?

4.What do you do in an emergency in space?

5.Aren't you afraid of being in space?

6.How do you feel when you are in space?

7.What is space like?

8.Is living in spacewas what youexpected?

9.What does the earth look like from space?

10.How did you feel leaving the atmosphere?

11.What would you do if you were out of your essential materials?

12.What experiments are you trying on ISS as your mission?

13.What are the differences between life in space and the life on Earth?

14.Does space smell?

15.Does space have an effect on your internal organs and what?

16.What is your favorite food on the space station?

17.How do you wash your clothes on ISS?

18.Which planet would you most like to visit in space?

19.Is it comfortable sleeping in space?

20.Do you have internet 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 American Radio Relay League(ARRL), Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), Radio Amateur SatelliteCorporation (AMSAT), NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation program (SCaN)and the ISS National Lab—Space Station Explorers. The primary goal of ARISS isto 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 http://www.ariss.org

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