ARISS News Release No. 20-12

ARISS News Release                                                                                                 No.   20-12      

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

ARISS Contact Scheduled for Students, Faculty at i-Educate Conference,

Hosted by Queensland Government Department of Education, Brisbane, Australia

 

August 20, 2020—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 telebridge contact via amateur radio and students will take turns asking their questions of ISS Commander Chris Cassidy, amateur radio call sign KF5KDR. There will be a live closed video link, and 500 educators tied into the conference will watch the students. Fred Kemmerer, call sign AB1OC, in New Hampshire (USA) will serve as the relay ground station. Shane Lynd, call sign VK4KHZ in Australia will be the moderator. Bob Pitman, call sign VK4DA in Australia will distribute live audio via Echolink *HAM*  69556, IRLP 9556, and AllStar 48820 49903.

 

The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for August 24, 2020 at 7:32 pm in Brisbane (09:32 UTC, 5:32 am EDT, 4:32 am CDT, 03:32 am MDT and 02:32 am PDT).

 

This contact is in conjunction with the online i-Educate 2020 Conference sponsored by the Department of Education, Queensland Government in Brisbane, Australia. The purpose of the weeklong conference is for school digital leaders to present interactive solutions in online workshop settings to demonstrate to educators and school staff how to enrich technology-learning outcomes in classrooms and increase STEM availability awareness in schools.     

    

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As time allows, students will ask these questions:

 

1. What was the main ambition or reason for going to the ISS in the first place?

2. What was it like see space for the first time?

3. Do you ever have arguments?

4. Did you have any issues (personal, technical) whilst flying up towards the ISS?

5. Was your childhood dream being a pilot and this is the progression, or did you always dream of going into space?

6. What mindset do you need to have to be an astronaut?

7. How did you become interested in being an astronaut?

8. Circa what year do you predict space hotels will be physically possible to achieve? And do you think these space stations are the first steps towards developing said hotels?

9. When you are in space, you orbit the Earth incredibly fast. Because of this, has your perception of time changed since being in space? If so, how is it different?

10. How do you keep personal hygiene up to standards e.g. how you go for a shower/bath, toilet, and shaving?

11. Have you had a life threatening experience on the space station?

12. How does it feel to be isolated in space, knowing there isn't anyone else around you except yourself and fellow crew mates?

13. During your launch windows there have been several technical delays, how do you deal with the build-up and then let down of your emotions in these events?

14. What will you miss the most about life on the ISS when you return to Earth?

15. You were a Navy Seal, what brought you across to NASA and spaceflight?

16. What is it like going on a spacewalk for the first time?

17. How do you maintain a positive mindset and good mental health in space, for example with the global pandemic of COVID-19 how are you coping with being such a distance away from the people you love and care about?

18. What were your emotions during lift off?

 

 

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 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 more information, see www.ariss.org.

 

Media Contact:

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

Os melhores cumprimentos.

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ARISS News Release No. 20-11

ARISS News Release No. 20-11
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@amsat.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ARISS Contact is Scheduled with

Kopernik Observatory & Science Center, Vestal, NY

August 17, 2020—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 Kopernik Observatory & Science
Center in Vestal, NY and ISS Commander Chris Cassidy, amateur radio call sign KF5KDR. Kopernik's
amateur radio station K2ZRO will serve as the relay ground station for this contact. Students at their
homes will be taking turns asking Cassidy their questions.
The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for August 19, 2020 at 2:21 pm EDT (18:21 pm UTC, 1:21 pm
CDT, 12:21 pm MDT and 11:21 am PDT).
The Kopernik Observatory & Science Center is a non-profit informal educational institution that promotes
interdisciplinary education in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
The center offers strong STEM-based summer camp experiences for students between 2 nd and 12 th
grades. Amateur Radio has been integrated into four previous summer camps where middle and high
school students designed and built a weather balloon payload with three high-definition video cameras
and temperature monitoring instrumentation along with an amateur radio APRS tracking system. The
payloads were successfully recovered and allowed the students to examine recorded videos along with
temperature data and tracking history.
ARISS invites the public to view the livestream of the upcoming ARISS radio contact and to watch pre-
programming 20 minutes beforehand; the livestream is at: https://youtu.be/1Pwcc2rilz0
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As time allows, students will ask these questions:
1. Are there any germs in space?
2. Could you see the launch of Perseverance or fireworks from the ISS?
3. Do astronauts carry smartphones with them in the ISS?
4. What sort of people work with astronauts?
5. What is the temperature like in the space station and outside?
6. How long have you been on the ISS?
7. Becoming an astronaut is an amazing life goal and accomplishment. What do you think you are going
to do next?
8. If the ISS is traveling at over 17,000 miles per hour, it would seem very hard for ships to dock with it.
It's hard enough to hit a ping pong ball going 10 mph! How do scientists and astronauts plan and execute
these dockings?
9. Do astronauts work on experiments from scientists from different countries?
10. What are your views of Earth from the space station? What else do you see when you look out?
11. How do you do liquid science experiments when you are working in space?
12. What happens when you have to sneeze while on a spacewalk?
13. Do you have seats that you sit in and how do you stay in it?
14. How do you chose what experiments you do?
15. Kopernik is in Upstate New York. Did Doug Hurley tell you lots about our area?
16. What do astronauts do in their free time?
17. How long did you have to train to become an astronaut?
18. If there is one, what does sunset look like in space?
19. When did you get interested in space?
20. Who inspired you to be an astronaut? What qualities did they demonstrate that you most admire?
21. I'm interested in growing plants in space. Have astronauts found that certain plants are easier to grow
in zero gravity environments? If so, which ones? And why do we think some plants are easier to grow
than others?
22. Do the different countries that go to the ISS have a spot just for them in different areas?
23. What is your most important job aboard the space station?
24. What do you do if you get sick?
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 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 more information, see www.ariss.org.

Media Contact:
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
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ARISS Multi-point Telebridge Contact with school in Spain

REMINDER

An ARISS educational school contact is planned for Chris Cassidy KF5KDR with students at I.E.S. Pedro de Valdivia, Villanueva de la Serena, Spain.
The students will be talking with the ISS from their homes over phone lines. The link to the ISS will be operated by the amateur radio ground station ON4ISS, located in Belgium.

The contact is scheduled on Tuesday June 16, 2020 at approximately 12:25  UTC, which is 14:25 CEST.

Downlink signals will be audible over Western Europe on 145.800 MHz narrowband FM.
Watch for live stream at: https://youtu.be/PyNqsTMqAoQ 

This ARISS-Europe News Bulletin is sent to 2832 subscibers.

73,
aston Bertels ON4WF

ARISS Release: ARISS-USA

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Team in the United States Creates a New Organization: ARISS-USA ARISS-USA is now the US-based organization connecting students with astronauts in space.

Towson, Maryland –June 4, 2020
In late May, the USA team of the ARISS International working group became an incorporated non- profit entity in the state of Maryland, officially becoming ARISS-USA. This move allows ARISS-USA to work as an independent organization, soliciting grants and donations. They will continue promoting amateur radio and STEAM—science, technology, engineering, arts, and math within educational organizations and inspire, engage and educate our next generation of space enthusiasts.
ARISS-USA will maintain its collaborative work with ARISS International as well as with US sponsors, partners, and interest groups. The main goal of ARISS-USA remains as connecting educational groups with opportunities to interact with astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). ARISS-USA will expand its human spaceflight opportunities with the space agencies, beyond low Earth orbit, starting with lunar opportunities including the Lunar Gateway. ARISS-USA will continue to review and
accept proposals for ISS contacts and expand its other educational opportunities to increase interest in space sciences and radio communications.
Becoming an independent organization has been discussed for quite some time. ARISS-USA lead Frank Bauer, KA3HDO said "The scope and reach of what ARISS accomplishes each year has grown significantly since its humble beginnings in 1996. Our working group status made it cumbersome to establish partnerships, sign agreements and solicit grants. These can only be done as an established organization." Bauer further elaborated, "The ARISS-USA team remains deeply indebted to our
working group partners—ARRL and AMSAT, who enabled the birth of ARISS—and our steadfast sponsors, NASA Space Communication and Navigation (SCaN) and the ISS National Lab (INL)." ARISS-USA aims to keep earning high regards from all these partners and sponsors.
While ARISS-USA is now an incorporated non-profit entity, we are in the process of applying for tax exemption as a Section 501 (c) (3) charitable, scientific or educational organization. Until that status is approved by the USA Internal Revenue Service, donations made directly to ARISS-USA will not be tax deductible for taxpayers in the USA. Those wanting to make a tax deductible donation for the benefit of ARISS-USA can, in the meantime, continue to make donations to ARISS sponsor AMSAT-NA through
the ARISS website at: www.ariss.org.
As ARISS-USA begins a new era as a human spaceflight amateur radio organization, it acknowledges those who were so instrumental in the formation of human spaceflight amateur radio. These include Vic Clark, W4KFC and Dave Sumner, K1ZZ from the ARRL; Bill Tynan, W3XO and Tom Clark, W3IO from AMSAT; Roy Neal, K6DUE a major guide for SAREX and ARISS; and NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, W5LFL. Also remembered is Pam Mountjoy, NASA education, who had the vision to develop the
ARISS working group as a single amateur radio focus into the space agencies. All of these giants' shoulders are what ARISS-USA rests upon.
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ARISS News Release (ANR) No. 20-05

ARISS News Release                                                                                                   No.   20-05     

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Coming Soon!!

Mid-Altitude Balloon Race Planned for June 1

Three Space Station Explorer teams participate in an exciting

distance learning—social distanced balloon race to be held during Pandemic

May 27, 2020—ARISS educator, Joanne Michael is an amateur radio operator with callsign KM6BWB.  Joanne is also a science coach at the Wiseburn Unified School District in Los Angeles, California where she leads her students in several balloon launch attempts from the Los Angeles area each year.  With this year different because of the pandemic, Joanne wanted to "shake things up a bit" and give students, world-wide, a unique distance learning treat while keeping all safe during the pandemic.  So Joanne challenged Ted Tagami, KK6UUQ, from Magnitude.io to a mid-altitude cross-continent balloon race and Ted accepted the challenge!  Ted plans to launch his balloon from Oakland, California.  ISS Above inventor, Liam Kennedy, KN6EQU, from Pasadena, California, got "wind" of the idea and he asked to participate, too.  All three organizations: ARISS, Magnitude.io and ISS Above are ISS National Lab Space Station Explorer (SSE) partners that work to inspire, engage, and educate students in Science Technology Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) topics and to pursue STEAM careers. 

The three SSE teams plan to launch their balloons simultaneously on June 1^st.  The winner will be the first one to cross the "Finish Line"—the Eastern Time zone.  Launch time is planned for 15:00 UTC/11:00 EDT/10:00 CDT/9:00 MDT/8:00 PDT.  A live video feed of the launch is planned to start approximately 5 minutes prior to the event.

Once the balloons are airborne, students can track each balloon's location, altitude, and temperature via amateur radio APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) which is fed automatically to the aprs.fi web site.  Educators and parents around the globe can excite at-home youth with this initiative. Students can tally and track the states each balloon travels through and plot altitude versus temperature, etc. Also, by researching weather patterns, students can make assumptions from their own data.  This could include speed variations due to weather.  They also can predict each balloon's flight path and when they might cross the finish line!

For more information on the balloon launch, lesson plans, and the livestream video link (when the livestream URL is available), please go to:  https://www.ariss.org/mid-altitude-balloon-race.html

Enjoy the Race!  May the best ballooner win!!

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 and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics 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 more information, see www.ariss.org

Media Contact:

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR