ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.21-31

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at

Ecole Elémentaire de Saint Leu Centre, Saint-Leu, France(Reunion Island)

May22, 2021—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts. ARISS is thegroup that puts together special amateur radio contacts between students aroundthe globe and crew members with ham radio licenses on the International Space Station (ISS).

This will be a Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio between the ISS and students fromEcole Elémentaire de Saint Leu Centre. Students will take turns asking theirquestions of ISS Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, amateur radio call sign KG5FYG.French is the language that will be usedduring the contact. The downlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHZ andmay be heard by listeners that are within the ISS-footprint that alsoencompasses the ARISS radio telebridge station.

ARISS team member John Sygo in Paardekraal, SouthAfrica, call sign ZS6JON will serve as the relay amateur radio station. Each student asking a question onthe ARISS radio will be conferenced in from home or social-distancedat school.

TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for May 24, 2021 at 3:06 pm RET (Saint Leu,Reunion Island) (11:06 UTC, 7:06 am EDT, 6:06am CDT, 5:06 am MDT, 4:06 am PDT).

EcoleElémentaire de Saint Leu Centre (436 students), in the town of Saint-Leu, is apublic primary school located on the west coast of Reunion Island, a region ofthe French Republic and an Indian Ocean island. Saint-Leu with a population of35,000 is southwest of Reunion Island’s capital city, Saint-Denis. Members ofthe local amateur radio club (Association Réunionnaise des Radioamateurs) have supportedthe school.

Viewthe live stream of the upcoming ARISS radio contact at   (517) Space Chat - EcoleElémentaire de Saint Leu Centre, Saint Leu, France - YouTube .

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Astime allows, students will ask these questions:

1.Qu'est-ce qui vous a donné envie de devenir spationaute?

2.Lors du décollage du Crew 2, au mois d'avril, avez-vous ressenti les mêmessensations qu'en 2016?

3.Quelle sensation la plus intense ressentez-vous lors d'une sortieextravéhiculaire?

4.Lors des sorties extravéhiculaires, n'avez-vous pas peur d'être touché par undébris spatial?

5.A votre avis, combien de temps un homme peut-il rester au maximum dans l'ISS?

6.Comment faites-vous pour avoir toujours de l'air respirable dans l'ISS et quefaites-vous des gaz que vous expirez?

7.Comme nous, élèves, avez-vous un emploi du temps bien précis chaque jour?

8.Est-ce que l'utilisation du casque de réalité virtuelle vous apporte unbien-être psychologique lorsque vous faites du sport?

9.En plus du sport quotidien, les astronautes doivent-ils suivre un régimealimentaire spécial durant leur mission?

10.Est-ce qu'être commandant de bord de l'ISS vous amène des responsabilitéssupplémentaires?

11.Où en êtes-vous avec votre expérience sur le blob?

12.Lors de la mission Proxima, vous aviez fait des cultures de plantes enmicropesanteur. Les plantes se développent-elles plus vite ou moins vite dansl'espace?

13.En 2016, vous aviez emmené avec vous votre saxophone, un volant de badminton.Qu'avez-vous emmené de spécial cette fois-ci?

14.Pouvez-vous voir une île aussi petite que la Réunion à l'oeil nu depuis l'ISS?

15.Même si vous savez que vous êtes relié à l'ISS par un cable, lors des sortiesextravéhiculaires, avez-vous peur de lâcher l'ISS pour effectuer les réparations?

16.Avez-vous quelqu'un qui vous inspire dans la vie?

17.Après 6 mois passés dans l'ISS, combien de temps dure l'adaptation pour revenirà une vie normale?

18.Mis à part votre expérience sur les cellules du cerveau, sur quelle autreexpérience aimez-vous travailler?

19.Est-ce que vivre 16 couchers et levers de soleil par jour n'est pas perturbantpour le sommeil?

20.Etes-vous partant pour une troisième mission dans l'ISS ou ailleurs?

Translation

1.What gave you the most the desire of being an astronaut?

2.In April when the Crew 2 took off, did you feel the same sensations such as in2016?

3.Which sensations is the most intense for you during an extra vehicular exit?

4.During an extra vehicular exit aren't you afraid of being hurt by a space debris?

5.In your opinion how long can a man stay in the ISS to the maximum?

6.How can you still have breathable air in the ISS with the gas you expire?

7.Do you have a specific and tight schedule each day as we have as students?

8.Does the use of the virtual reality headset bring you psychological well-beingwhen you do sports?

9.In addition to daily exercise, do astronauts have to follow a special dietduring their mission?

10.Does the fact of being the captain of the ISS lead to additional responsibilities?

11.What are the results about experiments on blob?

12.During Proxima mission you made some plants grow in microgravity. Do theseplants grow faster or slower in space?

13.In 2016 you brought your sax and a badminton shuttlecock with you in the ISS.What have you brought with you this time?

14.Can you see a tiny island such as Reunion Island with the naked eye from theISS?

15.Even if you're linked with a cable to the space station, are you afraid ofbeing unhooked when you have to make any repairs?

16.Is there someone who is your inspiration in life?

17.After six months in the ISS, how long does it take to get back and adapt toyour usual common life?

18.Except from your experiments on brain cells, which experiment would you like towork on?

19.Aren't you disturbed to sleep with 16 sunrises and sunsets a day?

20.Are you ready to go for a third mission in the ISS or elsewhere?

ARISS– Celebrating 20 Years of Amateur Radio Continuous Operations on the ISS

About ARISS:

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) isa cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the spaceagencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the UnitedStates, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), theAmerican Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab-Space StationExplorers, and NASA’s Space communications and Navigation program. The primarygoal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering,the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduledcontacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students.Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, andcommunities take part in hands-on learning activities tied to space, spacetechnologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org

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