ARISS News Release No. 21-43

ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.   21-43   

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISS Contact is Scheduled for Students at

Seinan Gakuin Junior Senior High School, Fukuoka, Japan

 July 20, 2021—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact with astronauts. ARISS is the group that puts together special amateur radio contacts between students around the 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 Seinan Gakuin Junior Senior High School, Fukuoka and Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, amateur radio call sign KE5DNI. Students will take turns asking their questions. Japanese is the language expected to be used during the contact, however students want to communicate in English, therefore they request that replies be in English when possible. Onsite access will be provided to the student body at the time of the contact, and following Covid-19 guidelines. The downlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHZ and may be heard by listeners that are within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the radio relay ground station.

Onsite access will be provided to the student body at the time of the contact, and following Covid-19 guidelines.

Amateur radio operators, using the 8N6SW call sign will operate the ham radio ground station for this contact.

The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for July 22, 2021 at 6:14 pm JST (Fukuoka, Japan), (09:14 UTC, 5:14 am EDT, 4:14 am CDT, 3:14 am MDT and 2:14 am PDT).

Seinan Gakuin Junior Senior High School is a private, six-year coeducational school and is among the oldest private schools in the Fukuoka area. In 2003 the school moved to the new campus in the Momochihama area of Fukuoka. The school events that are tied into the ARISS contact include satellite operations, space research, and ham radio's historical function. The school's ham radio club will be participating/supporting this contact.

The public is invited to watch the live stream at: https://nasatosw.space/

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As time allows, students will ask these questions:

1. What is the best space food that you have ever had?

2. Do you have any personal routines that you do before you do something important?

3. Can you prove that you are actually in space and not just in some NASA base?

4. What made you want to become an astronaut?

5. What do you think when you see Japan from space?

6. What are the most amazing natural phenomena that you have ever seen from space?

7. Is there anything in the universe that cannot be seen from earth?

8. What would be the biggest challenge if people decide to move to Mars?

9. What is the most inconvenient thing about living in space?

10. You have been on several missions to space. On your first trip, what was the hardest part about coming back to earth?

11. What was the hardest part of your training and tests on earth?

12. What does the aurora borealis look like from space?

13. Many different countries and companies are trying their best to explore space, but I don't think they should compete with each other. Instead, we need to unite together, because we are all human beings; we are all on one team. Mr. Hoshide, what do you think about it?

14. As the captain of the ISS, what do you think is the most important part of your job?

15. I want to major in "space engineering" at university. So, could you please tell me what kinds of. technology you would want to be developed in the future.    

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ARISS – Celebrating 20 Years of Continuous Amateur Radio Operations on the ISS

About ARISS:

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab-Space Station Explorers, and NASA's Space communications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities take part in hands-on learning activities tied to space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org.

Media Contact:

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

  

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73 Carlos Nora, CT1END

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ARISS contact with youngsters in Florida, USA

An ARISS educational  contact is planned for Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD with youngsters at SpaceKids Global, Winter Park, Florida, USA.

The contact is scheduled on Wednesday July 21, 2021 at approximately 17:47:21 UTC, which is 19:47:21 CEST.
The link to the ISS will be operated by the amateur radio telebridge station IK1SLD, located in northern Italy.
The contact will be conducted in English.
Downlink signals will be audible in Europe on 145.800 MHz narrow band FM.
Moreover, the telebridge groundstation IK1SLD will web stream operations on:
www.ariotti.com

School Information:
The Making Space for Girls Program platform aims to engage and inspire girls around the world to explore aerospace industry professions. This special joint program was born in 2019 of a partnership between two youth-serving not-for-profit organizations: SpaceKids Global and Girl Scouts of Citrus Council. 
SpaceKids Global, headquartered in Winter Park, FL, proudly serves their mission is to inspire students in STEAM+ Education--Science, Technology, Engineering Art, and Mathematics + the Environment, with a focus on empowering young girls. Founder and CEO, Sharon Hagle, launched her program in 2015 with a goal to inspire 1 million of youth to consider STEAM+ careers and has successfully reached thousands of youth in the U.S. and Europe.
Girl Scouts of Citrus Council serves nearly 20,000 members in a 6-county Central Florida region, to include Brevard County, home of Kennedy Space Center. The national mission of Girl Scouts is to build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place. Citrus Council is committed to the Girl Scout STEM Pledge aimed at encouraging 2.5 million girls in the U.S. to take their place as future leaders in STEM; empowering girls to take lead in developing innovations designed to improve outcomes for all.
The Making Space for Girls STEAM Challenge launched online in the summer of 2020. As a result, hundreds of girls submitted their ideas and artwork in hopes of sending their experiment, art design, or space-themed essay to the International Space Station (ISS). Due collaboration with and the generous support of STEAM Challenge partner, ProXops, the selected projects will launch in a Faraday Box to the ISS on a SpaceX flight in the Fall of 2021. The platform currently hosts monthly interactive virtual programs around space and space careers reaching over 700 girls around the world.


Students First Names and Questions (grade shown):
1. Annalise (1):  What is your favorite outer space food? Do you have lots of different things to eat?
2. Phailani (3):  In Girl Scouts, we are taught to use resources wisely. How could this concept be applied to NASA and the space industry?
3. Mackenzie (4):  What do you do for fun on the ISS?
4. Kiley (5):  What is your favorite piece of experiment/research that you have worked on in space?
5. Lauren (10):  What does it feel like in space? 
6. Annalise (1):  Do astronauts get sick when they're in space and how would they handle it if so?
7. Phailani (3):  What would happen if you brought a compass to outer space with you? 
8. Mackenzie (4):  How high can you jump on the moon?
9. Kiley (5):  What is Oobleck like in space? Would it act the same as on Earth? Would it firm up when hit or thrown or would it stay all oozy? 
10. Lauren (10):  What do you do for fun during your free time when you are on the International Space Station?
11. Annalise (1):  Do you have any live animals on the International Space Station?
12. Phailani (3):  What kinds of food have you been able to grow in space so far?
13. Mackenzie (4):  What math did you take and use on the International Space Station?
14. Kiley (5):  Would you be excited to meet an alien while you were in space and what would you want them to know about Earth?
15. Lauren (10):  Which is more fun- the ride to the ISS or the trip home? What does it feel like?
16. Annalise (1):  What's your favorite piece of research you've worked on while in space? 
17. Phailani (3):  What is your favorite Girl Scout cookie?
18. Mackenzie (4):  What are some challenges that you have to face trying to readjust back to your normal life after being in space?
19. Kiley (5):  Do you take social media photos or videos in space and how do you post them?
20. Lauren (10):  When was a time that you had failed at something in your journey in becoming an astronaut, why did you decide to keep pushing through?
21. Annalise (1):  What are some major hurdles to make it to Mars?
22. Phailani (3):  How much training and what kind?
23. Mackenzie (4):  How would you describe weightlessness?
24. Kiley (5):  Does astronaut height increase in Space and come back to normal after returning to earth?
25. Lauren (10):  What is your advice to a female that is looking to get into the space industry?

ARISS CALENDAR
The ARISS Operations Team meets weekly by telephone conference and much more frequently via e-mail and telephone. Activities coordinated by the ARISS operations team will be announced in this public Google Calendar. These are the ARISS school contacts, HamTV activities (other than blank transmission) and SSTV activities.
Calendar integration features
On this page we show the ARISS contacts calendar in a Google Calendar format.
This calendar allows you to share ARISS contacts with other calendars or it allows you to integrate info about ARISS activities into your own calendar.
https://www.amsat-on.be/ariss-calendar-with-scheduled-contacts-by-the-ariss-operation-team/


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About ARISS
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation(AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For further information, please see www.ariss.org.

73,
Gaston Bertels ON4WF

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73 Carlos Nora, CT1END

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