ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.24-13

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at

IES Pedro Simón Abril High School, Alcaraz, Spain

March 01, 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 IES Pedro Simón AbrilHigh School located in Alcaraz, Spain. 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.

IESPedro Simón Abril High School provides secondary education, including a STEMcurriculum, for students from 14 different towns in the area. The schoolestablished a Space Science-oriented cooperation program with Universidad deCastilla-La Mancha. Four years of hands-on activities have allowed students to learnabout ARISS and prepare for this ARISS contact. Students (with help from localham operators) have built and maintained a local FM amateur radio station(Studio21 project), allowing them to learn about radio science and radioequipment. Students have also tracked the ISS to download SSTV images during ISSSSTV events, and listen to contacts between ham operators transmitting through theISS. Students are also setting up a school amateur radio ground station.

This will be atelebridge Contact via AmateurRadio allowing students toask their questions of astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, amateur radio call sign KI5WSL.The downlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHz and may be heard bylisteners that are within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the telebridgestation.

The ARISS amateur radio ground station (telebridge station)for this contact is in Greenbelt, Maryland, U.S. The amateur radio volunteerteam at the ground station will use the callsign K6DUE, to establish andmaintain the ISS connection.

The ARISS radiocontact is scheduled for March 4, 2024 at 12:21 pm CET (Alcaraz, Spain) (11:21 UTC,6:21 am EST, 5:21 am CST, 4:21 am MST, 3:21am PST).

The public isinvited to watch the live stream at:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xgk4YZT5w4

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As time allows,students will ask these questions:

1. How does ageomagnetic storm affect the ISS?

2. Can theARISS radio be used as an emergency backup in case other communication linksfail?

3. What is youropinion on space tourism?

4.  How did you spend your time as yourspacecraft was on its way to the ISS?

5.  What did you feel when the launch vehiclestages separated?

6. Are thevegetables you grow there as tasty as the ones we grow on Earth?

7. If you wentto the Moon or Mars, would you like to still be able to communicate withstudents from all around the world as we are doing now?

8. Is itpossible to observe or photograph our village from the Cupola?

9. Do youlisten to music using streaming services as we do? What genres do you and therest of the crew like?

10. How do youadapt your sleeping patterns to the 16 sunrises and sunsets you experience eachday?

11. Which isyour favorite spacesuit?

12. What is themost unexpected thing you have learned during your time in space?

13. Are thereany practices that you do on the ISS that you think could be applied foreveryday life on Earth?

14. How do thestars and other celestial bodies appear different when viewed from the ISScompared to Earth?

15. Isunderwater spacewalk training accurate?

16. Do youthink Mixed Reality could be some day applied to EVA spacesuit helmets?

17. Do youbelieve the speed of light will limit deep space travel and communications?

18. Arehelicopters such as Ingenuity the future for robotic planetary exploration?

19. Could youtell us one everyday life thing that is easier to do in space than on Earth?

20. IsArtificial Intelligence used on the ISS as of today?

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 and Navigationprogram (SCaN) and the ISS National Lab—Space Station Explorers. The primarygoal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering,the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduledcontacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students.Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, andcommunities 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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