ARISS News Release                                                                                               No.24-15

DaveJordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at

St. John’s School Authority, St. John's, Newfoundland,Canada

March 25, 2024—AmateurRadio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received scheduleconfirmation for an ARISS radio contact between an astronaut aboard theInternational Space Station (ISS) and students at the St. John’s SchoolAuthority located in St. John's, NL. ARISS conducts 60-100 of these special amateur radio contacts each yearbetween students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboardthe ISS.

Newfoundland(NL) Schools is an entity of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador which teachesEnglish-speaking students in K to 12 public schools in the province ofNewfoundland and Labrador. Currently NL Schools includes over 63,000 students,over 250 schools, and over 10,000 employees. This ARISS contact directly linksto the school’s Science 9 curriculum as students complete a full unit on space,including classes specific to the ISS. There are 4 schools (and associatedScience 9 classes) involved in this ARISS contact: Leary's Brook Junior High,St. Paul's Junior High, Mount Pearl Intermediate, and Amalgamated Academy.

This will be atelebridge Contact via AmateurRadio allowing students toask their questions of astronaut Loral O’Hara, amateur radio call sign KI5TOM.The downlink 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 Aartselaar, Belgium. The amateur radio volunteer team atthe ground station will use the callsign ON4ISS, to establish and maintain theISS connection.

The ARISS radiocontact is scheduled for March 27, 2024 at 1:55:27 pm NDT (Newfoundland) (16:25UTC, 12:25 pm EDT, 11:25 am CDT, 10:25 am MDT, 9:25am PDT).

The public isinvited to watch the live stream at: https://www.youtube.com/@fidlerville

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As time allows,students will ask these questions:

1. Can youdescribe what Earth looks like from your view?

2. Did youlearn anything in Junior High that is useful to your life as an astronaut?

3. How do yourespond to serious injury or illness while in space?

4. What kindsof experiments are being carried out on board the ISS these days?

5. How long didit take to become an astronaut?  What wasyour path/education that led to this career?

6. Does beingon the ISS give you the same feeling as pulling out of your driveway to go on atrip, or is there a different sense of homesickness?

7. Do youbelieve there could be life on another planet?

8. Is thereanything that surprised you about space?

9. What is moreuncomfortable on your journey into space - ascending into space or descendingback to Earth?

10. How do youkeep a daily routine without a single sunrise/sunset?

11. What is thetravel time to the space station?

12. How doesbeing on the ISS change your appreciation for planet Earth?

13. How do youuse the bathroom in space?

14. What advicedo you have for students who are interested in pursuing space science as apotential career?

15. How doesthe ISS protect itself from space debris?

16. Does yourphysical view and perspective on space change while you are on station?

17. How manypeople are in the space station right now? How big is the station itself?

About ARISS:

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) isa cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the spaceagencies that support the ISS. In the United States, sponsors are the AmericanRadio Relay League (ARRL), Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), RadioAmateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), NASA’s Space Communications andNavigation program (SCaN) and the ISS National Lab—Space Station Explorers. Theprimary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology,engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizingscheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS andstudents. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents,and communities take part in hands-on learning activities tied to space, spacetechnologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see http://www.ariss.org

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