ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.23-55

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at

Valley Stream South High School, Valley Stream, NewYork, USA

October14, 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 Valley Stream SouthHigh School located in Valley Stream, NY. ARISS conducts 60-80 of these special amateur radio contacts each yearbetween students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboardthe ISS.

Valley Stream South High School is a suburban, public middleschool and high school which serves about 1,260 students, grades 7 through 12.Students are following an Earth Science ARISS Lesson Plan that covers topicsthat include: astronomy and satellites, physics of rocket launches and orbitalmechanics, and how amateur radio communications are used on the ISS. Members ofthe Long Island Mobile Amateur Radio Club (LIMARC) and Valley Stream South HighSchool’s Falcon Report Club will assist with the telebridge preparation and ARISScontact.

This will be a telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask theirquestions of Astronaut Andreas Mogensen, amateur radio call sign KG5GCZ. 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 Casale Monferrato, Italy. Theamateur radio volunteer team at the station will use the callsign IK1SLD, toestablish and maintain the ISS connection.

TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for October 17, 2023 at 8:25 am EDT (NY) (12:25:03 UTC,7:25 am CDT, 6:25 am MDT, 5:25 am PDT).

Thepublic is invited to watch the live stream at: https://youtube.com/live/g74NbsTEvVw?feature=share

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Astime allows, students will ask these questions:

1.What influenced you to become an astronaut?

2.I understand that to become an astronaut, one of the requirements is to get adegree in the STEM field. Can you further explain other requirements that youneed to become an astronaut for students that would like to become one?

3.What training was required to become an astronaut?

4.What characteristics do you think NASA is looking for in future astronauts nowand in the future?

5.Can you further explain the space community that you live in on the ISS?

6.Can you further explain how you prepared for microgravity in space in yourtraining?

7.How does microgravity affect you?

8.What is the duration of time that you are permitted to be in space on the ISS?

9.What do you enjoy the most about being on the ISS?

10.Can you describe your daily activities?

11.How are you able to maintain homeostasis of your body systems while in space?

12.How are you able to maintain a productive, positive daily outlook being 400kmaway from Earth?

13.What strengths do you have that are important to the functioning of the crew onthe ISS?

14.What are the challenges do you experience working on ISS that are differentthan working on Earth?

15.What was your most exciting mission in space?

16.Are there any upcoming missions that you are excited about?

17.What potential do you think agriculture has aboard the ISS as a source oflong-term food supply?

18.There is exciting research on the ISS, what research are you involved in, andcan you explain how the researchers on Earth coordinate with those 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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