ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.23-26

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at

St. Francis Xavier High School, Gloucester, Ontario, Canada

May24, 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 St. Francis XavierHigh School located in Gloucester, CA. 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.

St Francis Xavier High School is a school of 2,150 students ingrades 7 through 12.  In anticipation ofthis ARISS contact, Grade 9 students will participate in specially designedlessons about the ISS, the astronauts, and radio communication. This contactwill form a key part of the “Study of the Universe and Space Exploration”science curriculum for the 9th grade class.

This will be a telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask theirquestions of Astronaut Warren Hoburg, amateur radio call sign KB3HTZ. 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 Andergrove, Mackay,

Queensland, Australia. The amateur radiovolunteer team at the ground station will use the callsign VK4ISS, to establishand maintain the ISS connection.

TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for May 26, 2023 at 12:32:49 pm EDT (ON, CA) (16:32:49UTC, 11:32 am CDT, 10:32 am MDT, 9:32 am PDT).

_______________________________

Astime allows, students will ask these questions:

1.What do you have to do to become an astronaut?

2.What does it feel like in microgravity?

3.Have you ever come across a situation you didn’t train for?

4.Do you have to clean surfaces of dust and debris like on Earth?

5.What if you get sick in space? How do you get treated?

6.How do you live in space? (Food, water, hygiene)

7.Do you have to wear those blue jumpsuits on the ISS or can you wear what youwant?

8.What’s one of your favourite activities to do in space?

9.What was the most memorable moment you have had while in space?

10.Can astronauts lose their spaceship?

11.Do you think we will make it to Mars one day?

12.Is there a smell in space?

13.Can you bring your own food to the ISS?

14.How do you stay in shape while on the ISS?

15.Have you ever lost something during a spacewalk or lost any repairing part inspace?

16.What are the human-made things you can see 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 (SCaN). The primary goal ofARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts,and mathematics 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

MediaContact:

DaveJordan, AA4KN

ARISSPR

Findus on social media at:

Twitter:ARISS_Intl

Facebook:facebook.com/ARISSIntl

Instagram:ariss_intl

Mastodon:ariss_intl@mastodon.hams.social

Checkout ARISS on Youtube.com.