ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.22-64

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at

British School in the Netherlands (Junior School Leidschenveen), The Hague, TheNetherlands

December6, 2022—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 British School in theNetherlands located in The Hague, The Netherlands.  ARISS conducts 60-80 of these special amateurradio contacts each year between students around the globe and crew memberswith ham radio licenses aboard the ISS.

The British School in the Netherlands (Junior School,Leidschenveen Campus) is an international primary school composed of a studentbody with ages 4 to 11 years and who represent 43 nationalities.  In preparing for this ARISS contact, theschool incorporated space exploration/technology into its STEM curriculum. In addition,students have been working together on space-related projects andage-appropriate activities. Students are learning about radio communicationsand what it is like to live and work in the ISS and the training required. Intheir STEM program, first year students have been learning about space relatedchallenges such as building robotic arms like the Canadian-made robotic arm (Canadarm2)installed on the ISS. Students are also being supported by the school’sspecialist Science and Technology Lab. Guest expert speakers have alsopresented different aspects of space-related topics two of which included the spacetrash (space debris) orbiting Earth to the science-fiction writings of JulesVerne.

This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask their questions ofAstronaut Josh Cassada, amateur radio call sign KI5CRH. 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.

The amateur radio ground station for this contactis in The Hague, The Netherlands. Amateur radio operators using call sign PE1RXJ,will operate the ground station to establish and maintain the ISS connection.

TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for December 8, 2022 at 12:09:54 pm CET (TheHague)

(11:09:54UTC, 6:09 am EST, 5:09 am CST, 4:09 am MST, 3:09am PST).

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Astime allows, students will ask these questions:

1.Why do you need a helmet?

2.What is the moon made of?

3.In space, is there a toilet and can you use a telephone?

4.Is there weather in space?

5.Is it relaxing in space?

6.If this planet is destroyed can we set up on other planets?

7.What would you do if one of the astronauts were sick or injured?

8.Are you happy to live in the space station?

9.What inspired you to be an astronaut?

10.What did you feel when you found out that you were going to space?

11.Have you ever seen a volcano explode from space, and how was it?

12.What happens if the oxygen runs out?

13.How well do plants grow in space?

14.How often do you do space walks?

15.What is the strangest thing you have ever said to mission control?

16.Why does the sun shine on earth but not the rest of space?

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

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DaveJordan, AA4KN

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