ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.22-17

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at

Leonardo-Da-Vinci Campus Nauen, Nauen, Germany

April4, 2022—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between astronauts aboard theInternational Space Station (ISS) and German students enrolled at the Leonardo-Da-VinciCampus in Nauen, Germany. ARISS conducts 60-80 of these special amateur radiocontacts each year between students around the globe and crew members with hamradio licenses aboard the ISS.

Leonardo-Da-Vinci Campus (Campus) offers students STEM coursesin mathematics, computer science, and physics as well as astronomy classes. Studentsat the Campus that will be participating in this ARISS contact are in highschool, ages 14-17 years. Forty students have been directly involved in questionselection and in workshops, and 100 students have attended space-related science(ISS as a topic) lectures and other events. The Campus has partnered with the DLRSchool Lab of the German Aerospace Center in Neustrelitz (DLR School Lab) wherestudents will be participating in the radio contact. Local amateur radiooperators in the DLR School Lab are providing technical support in the way ofworkshops, and lectures and the radio equipment for this ARISS radio contact.

This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio that will allow students to ask their questions ofAstronaut Matthias Maurer, amateur radio call sign KI5KFH. Local Covid-19protocols are adhered to as applicable for each ARISS contact. The downlinkfrequency for this contact is 145.800 MHZ and may be heard by listeners thatare within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the relay ground station.

Amateur radio operators in Neustrelitz, Germanywill use call sign DC1RSN to serve as the amateur radio ground station.

TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for April 6, 2022 at 1:48 pm CEST (Nauen/Neustrelitz, DE) (11:48UTC,7:48 am EDT, 6:48 am CDT, 5:48 am MDT, 4:48am PDT).

Thepublic is invited to watch the live stream at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk3nn3CYKoM

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Astime allows, students will ask these questions:

1.Wie wirkt sich die Schwerelosigkeit auf ihren Körper aus?

2.Vermissen Sie etwas, wenn Sie nicht mehr auf der ISS sind?

3.Was vermissen sie am meisten?

4.Welches einfache Experiment auf der Erde wollten Sie schon immer einmal auf derISS tun?

5.Welches ist die wichtigste Voraussetzung um Astronaut zu werden?

6.Wie ist das, wenn man die Raumstation zum ersten Mal betritt?

7.Was war die größte Umstellung als Sie das erste Mal im Weltraum waren?

8.Was machen Astronauten bei enormen medizinischen Notfällen?

9.Wie oft sehen Sie Polarlichter?

10.Wie schläft man im Weltall?

11.Wie ist die Luft zum Atmen?

12.Wie ist das Essen im Weltall?

13.Was ist bisher das faszinierendste Ereignis, dass sie auf der ISS erlebt haben?

14.Können Sie Kontakt zu Ihrer Familie aufnehmen?

15.Was machen sie gegen Heimweh?

16.Welche Gedanken hatten Sie bei dem Start mit der Dragon-Rakete?

17.Wie treiben Sie Sport auf der ISS?

18.Verspüren Sie nach sportlicher Aktivität im Orbit Muskelkater wie auf der Erde?

19.Haben Sie einen Talisman mit auf die ISS genommen?

20.Wie geht man auf Toilette?

21.Züchten Sie ihr eigenes Gemüse auf der ISS?

Translation

1.What is the impact on your body done by zero gravity?

2.  Are you going to miss something when youleave the ISS?

3.What are you missing the most?

4.Which simple experiment done on earth did you always try on board the ISS?

5.What is the most important requirement to become an astronaut?

6.How was it when you enter the space station for the first time?

7.What is the biggest adjustment for being the first time in space?

8.What do astronaut do in case of a big medical emergency?

9.How often do you see polar lights?

10.How do you sleep in space?

11.How is the air for breathing?

12.How is the food on board of the ISS?

13.What was the biggest incidence so far during your stay on the ISS?

14.Is there a way for you to get into contact with your family?

15.What do you do against homesickness?

16.What went through your mind during your launch with the Dragon-rocket?

17.How do you do sports in space?

18.Do you feel any muscle pain after sport, similar to your experience on earth?

19.Did you take a mascot with you?

20.How do you go to toilet in space?

21.Do you grow your own vegetable on board the ISS?

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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