ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.22-14

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSContact is Scheduled with Youth Members of

Kids Star Club Sayama, Sayama, Japan

March15, 2022—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between astronauts on-boardthe International Space Station (ISS) and Japan youth members of the Kids StarClub Sayama in Sayama, Japan.  ARISSconducts 60-80 of these special amateur radio contacts each year betweenstudents around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses on-board theISS.

Prior to this ARISS event, the Kids Star Club has held anamateur radio licensing seminar for the youth members, as well as lessons aboutradio waves, electricity, and space. Those successfully licensed youth willparticipate in the Q&A portion of the ARISS event. English will be thelanguage used for this contact.

This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio allowing these youth to take turns asking theirquestions of Astronaut Mark Vande Hei, amateur radio call sign KG5GNP. 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 ground station.

Kids Star Club youth members in Sayama, Japanwill use the amateur radio ground station with call sign 8J1KSC to contact the ISSfor this ARISS contact.

TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for March 17, 2022 at 7:21:47 pm JST (JPN) (10:21:47UTC, 6:21 am EDT, 5:21 am CDT, 4:21 am MDT, 3:21am PDT).

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Astime allows, students will ask these questions:

1.What is the most beautiful constellation that you can see from the ISS?

2.What was your job before becoming an astronaut and how does it influence yourjob now?

3.Did you see a lot of space debris from the ISS?

4.What food do you like to eat while in space?

5.What is the most unusual phenomenon that can be seen from space? What kind ofphenomenon is it?

6.How does a paper airplane "fly" in the space station?

7.Can analog clocks work in space?

8.Do you think humans can really live in space?

9.How did you first feel when you got into space?

10.What do you want to do first when you return to Earth?

11.What do you enjoy the most in space?

12.How do you brush your teeth in space?

13.Which is easier, life with gravity or life without gravity?

14.How is the view of the sun rise from the ISS?

15.Is there any space food that can only be eaten in space?

16.What's the hardest thing you have ever done in space and how did you overcomethat?

17.How do you feel when you look at Earth from 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. 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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DaveJordan, AA4KN

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