ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.21-32

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at

Windsor School and Liceo Industrial de ValdiviaHigh School, Valdivia, Chile

May23, 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 fromWindsor School and Liceo Industrial de Valdivia High School. Students will taketurns asking their questions of ISS Astronaut Mark Vande Hei, amateur radiocall sign KG5GNP. English is the language that will be used during thecontact. The downlink frequency forthis contact is 145.800 MHZ and may be heard by listeners that are within theISS-footprint that also encompasses the ARISS radio telebridge station.

ARISS team member Jan Poppeliers, in Aartselaar,Belgium using radio call sign ON4ISS, will serve as the ARISS relay amateurradio station. Each student asking a question on the ARISS radio will be conferenced in and social-distanced at school.

TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for May 25, 2021 at 2:33 pm CLT (Valdivia,Chile) (18:33 UTC, 2:33 pm EDT, 1:33 pm CDT,12:33 pm MDT, 11:33 am PDT).

WindsorSchool and Liceo Industrial de Valdivia High School located in Valdivia, Chilewill involve about 500 students (ages 11 – 18 years) in this ARISS contact. Itwill be the first-ever Chilean ARISS contact. Both institutions have modifiedtheir STEM curricula to include studies related to space exploration/scienceand radio communications. Projects and activities engage students in astronomy,radio science, robotics, and satellite-tracking software. Selected studentsparticipated in the Houston Association for Space and Science Education STEMprogram. The schools have partnered with members of Radio Club Torreones(amateur call CE6RTV) who will support the activities during this contact.

Viewthe live stream of the upcoming ARISS radio contact at https://youtu.be/lS03hu-LI1E%C2%A0 .

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Astime allows, students will ask these questions:

1.Can you see any human building from space?

2.What are the most interesting things you have seen while in orbit?

3.Has been there any Latin American astronaut in ISS?

4.What strikes you about space and what is something that you can currently see?

5.What do you like most about being an astronaut?

6.Do you think it is possible that human beings will be able to overcome theirfeelings of isolation and loneliness in order to colonize another planet?

7.What was your reaction the first time you were in space?

8.Has being in space changed your perception on how people live on Earth? If so,how?

9.What is the longest time an astronaut has been on the ISS?

10.What motivated you to be an astronaut?

11.What should someone study to get the opportunity to go to space?

12.How does fire move in space?

13.We saw in the news that you cultivated greens in space, how did the saladtaste?

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

About ARISS:

AmateurRadio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture ofinternational amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support theInternational Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the RadioAmateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL),the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers, and NASA’s Space communicationsand Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration ofscience, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS doesthis by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew membersaboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students,educators, parents, and communities take part in hands-on learning activitiestied to space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, seewww.ariss.org

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