ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.22-44

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

[email protected]

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSContact is Scheduled with Scouts at The

Swiss National Scout Jamboree in the Goms Valley,Urlichen Switzerland

August1, 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 Swiss scouts at their national scoutjamboree occurring in Goms Valley.  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.

The Swiss Guide and Scout Movement, Bern, Switzerland is hostingthis ARISS contact for scouts that are attending the two-week-long Swissnational scout jamboree MOVA in the Goms Valley. About 35,000 scoutsparticipate in this jamboree, coming from all over the country. This ARISScontact will have an audience consisting of male and female scouts and leaders,ages ranging between 7 and 28 years with various educational levels and STEMdisciplines. Scouts will be participating in radio workshops (radio propagationand radio operation) during the jamboree. These workshops include Earth-Moon-Earthcommunication, and space communication technology. In the days that led up tothe ISS contact, scouts have participated in demonstrations of amateur radio onthe HF, VHF, and UHF ham bands that included their participated in amateurradio traffic. English, French, Italian and German are the languages expectedto be used during the contact.

This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask their questions ofAstronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, amateur radio call sign IZØUDF. 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 the relayground station.

The amateur radio ground station for this contactis in Goms Valley near Urlichen, Switzerland. Amateur radio operators usingcall sign HB9JAM, will operate the ground station to establish and maintain theISS connection.

TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for August 3, 2022 at 2:23 pm CEST (Switzerland)(12:23:28 UTC, 8:23 am EDT, 7:23 am CDT, 6:23 am MDT, 5:23am PDT).

Thepublic is invited to watch the live stream at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq64C8qJD-okYt-b_nwKUjA%C2%A0 and https://www.mova.ch/it/radio.

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Astime allows, students will ask these questions:

1.Are present ISS crew members in scouts?

2.Kann man das Lagergelände von da oben sehen?

3.À quelle fréquence êtes vous ravitaillés en aliments et boissons?

4.Questa e' la tua seconda missione, ce ne sara' una terza?

5.How do you prepare your meals?

6.Was passiert bei einem medizinischen Notfall?

7.Que ressentez-vous en voyant la Terre de loin et cela a-t-il changé votrevision de l'humanité ?

8.Com'e' stato indossare per la prima volta una tuta spaziale? E' accogliente?

9.Is it hard to sleep in Zero G?

10.Wie redundant sind die Lebenserhaltungssysteme in einem Raumanzug?

11.Est-il difficile de manger en apesanteur?

12.Come si rinnuova l’aria sulla ISS?

13.What is the coolest thing you can see from the ISS?

14.Haben Sie Freizeit? Was machen Sie in Ihrer Freizeit?

15.Les déchets sont-ils recyclés sur l'ISS?

16.Cosa ne pensi del turismo spaziale?

17.How much energy do the solar panels produce?

18.Was für ein Funkgerät benutzen Sie um mit uns zu sprechen?

19.Quelle est la chose la plus intéressante que vous avez faite sur l’ISS?

20.Ti piacerebbe volare sulla Luna?

Translation:

1.Are present ISS crew members in scouts?

2.Can you see the camp grounds from up there?

3.How often are you supplied with food and drink?

4.This is your second mission, will there be a third?

5.How do you prepare your meals?

6.What happens in a medical emergency?

7.How do you feel seeing the Earth from afar and has it changed your view ofhumanity?

8.What was it like wearing a spacesuit for the first time? Is it comfortable?

9.Is it hard to sleep in Zero G?

10.How redundant are the life support systems in a space suit?

11.Is it difficult to eat in weightlessness?

12.How is the air renewed on the ISS?

13.What is the coolest thing you can see from the ISS?

14.Do you have free time? What are you doing in your spare time?

15.Is waste recycled on the ISS?

16.What do you think about space tourism?

17.How much energy do the solar panels produce?

18.What radio are you using to speak to us?

19.What's the most interesting thing you've done on the ISS?

20.Would you like to fly to the Moon?

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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