ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.23-19

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at

Council Rock High School South, Holland, Pennsylvania,USA

April28, 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 Council Rock HighSchool South located in Holland, PA. 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.

Council Rock High School South (withabout 2,000 students) is located in Lower Bucks County, PA. The school has extensiveSTEM-based clubs and activities that are preparing students for careers inScience and Mathematics. Two of these clubs will be heavily involved in thisARISS contact, the Council Rock South Radio Club (KC3JND) and HUNCH.  HUNCH (High schools United with NASA toCreate Hardware) is an effort to bring students new educational experiences byhaving them design products for NASA. The amateur radio club allows students tostudy for their ham license, and participate in club events including radio contactswith other high schools, Morse code battleship, foxhunting, and smallelectronic soldering projects.

The school’s Technology Club (of which HUNCH is a division) willhelp promote this ARISS contact by providing audio/video equipment for livestreaming and recording the event as well as providing knowledge of theengineering aspect of the ISS and its communications systems. Many STEM-relatedactivities prior to this contact will be a collaboration between Tech Club andAmateur Radio Club such as receiving data from a NOAA weather satellite. Forthis ARISS contact, students in the school’s amateur radio club are workingwith HAM radio engineers, (and members of the Warminster Amateur Radio Club,K3DN) who are helping students to prepare for this radio contact.

This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask their questions ofAstronaut Steve Bowen, amateur radio call sign KI5BKB. The downlink frequencyfor this contact is 145.800 MHz and may be heard by listeners that are withinthe ISS-footprint that also encompasses the relay ground station.

The amateur radio ground station for this contactis in Holland, PA. Amateur radio operators using call sign KC3JND, will operatethe ground station to establish and maintain the ISS connection.

TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for May 1, 2023 at 8:43 am EDT (PA) (12:43 UTC,7:43 am CDT, 6:43 am MDT, 5:43 am PDT).

Thepublic is invited to watch the live stream at: http://www.crsarc.org/live

_______________________________

Astime allows, students will ask these questions:

1.  How does your companionship and cooperationon the ISS serve as a lesson for how to solve problems in society?

2.  Are there skills that you have learned fromacquiring your amateur radio license that have helped you as an astronaut?

3.  Do you think that living in space has givenyou a unique perspective on life on this planet and our role as stewards of it?

4.  How has your education helped you become theastronaut that you are today and what advice would you give to someone looking topursue that career?

5.  How hard was it for you to adjust toexperiencing night and day every 45 minutes?

6.  In your experience in space, what stood outthe most as being different compared to your training?

7.  What experiments will you be conducting thatyou believe could have significant scientific impact?

8.  What challenges if any did you encounterduring this mission and how did you handle them?

9.  Have language barriers presented anyobstacles during your time on the ISS?

10.  How does traveling in the Space X vehiclecompare to the Soyuz spacecraft?

11.  How has your wilderness training benefittedyou during your tenure in space?

12.  Has being an astronaut always been a dream ofyours, or is it something that you learned you wanted to pursue along the way.

13.  Who was most influential in helping youbecome an astronaut?

14.  What is the best and worst experiencesrelated to being in microgravity?

15.  Working alongside astronauts from manycountries, why do you think it is important for the advancement of science andspace exploration to be an international effort.

16.  How does the duration of exercise inmicrogravity compare to that on Earth in order to get the same results?

17.  Are there any values or views that you’vedeveloped that you don’t think you would have without your experiences?

18.  What is your favorite thing to do during yourfree time on the ISS?

19.  Do you think living away from civilizationhas changed your outlook on life or relationships?

20.  How has microgravityaffected your sense of smell and taste?

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.