ARISS News Release                                                                                                       No. 21-02

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSContact is Scheduled for

Students at Hisagi Junior High School, Zushi, Japan

January18, 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 direct contact via amateur radio between students at the Hisagi JuniorHigh School and astronaut Shannon Walker radio call sign KD5DXB. Both onsite and remote access will be provided tothe student body at the time of the contact per Covid-19 guidelines. Amateur radio operators, using the callsign 8N1ZH will operate the hamradio ground station for this contact. Students will take turns asking their questions. English is thelanguage to be used during the contact. The downlinkfrequency for this contact is 145.800 MHz.

The ARISS radio contact isscheduled for January 20, 2021 at 5:17 pm JST (Zushi), (08:17 UTC, 3:17 amEST, 2:17 am CST, 1:17 am MST and 12:17 am PST).

The public is invited to watch the live stream at: https://youtu.be/94C9pVIvO6I .

Hisagi Junior High School is a publicschool (about 480 students, grades 7 – 9) in the central part of Japan, about50 km southwest of Tokyo. This ARISS contact will be a hands-on activity thatwill allow the students to learn more about the ISS and its purpose, and other space-travelrelated topics such as orbital mechanics. Students asking questions during thiscontact will be licensed amateur radio operators.

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Astime allows, students will ask these questions:

1. What kind of infection countermeasures are you taking againstthe COVID-19?

2. What was your driving force for the challenges?

3. I think it takes a lot of effort to become an astronaut, but isthere any way to continue the effort?

4. What is the most beautiful view you have ever seen in space?

5. What can we do only in space?

6. What was scary in space?

7. What is the inconvenience of the Space Station?

8. What kind of space food do you like the best?

9. What do you want to do when you return to Earth?

10. What was the hardest part of training to become an astronaut?

11. What can only be seen from space?

12. What is the hardest work in space?

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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, sponsorsare the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio RelayLeague (ARRL), the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers, and NASA’s SpaceCommunications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISS is to promoteexploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematicstopics 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 learn about space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org

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