ARISS News Release                                                       No. 21-39
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@amsat.org
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
ARISS Contact is Scheduled with Students in France at
Collège Albert Camus in La Norville and Université Paris-Saclay in Saint-Aubin
 
June 15, 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 Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio between the ISS and students from these two schools. Students will take turns asking their questions of ISS Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, amateur radio call sign KG5FYG. French is the language expected to be used during the contact. The downlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHZ and may be heard by listeners who are within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the ARISS radio telebridge station.
 
ARISS team member Jan Poppeliers in Aartselaar, Belgium using radio call sign ON4ISS, will serve as the ARISS relay amateur radio station. Each student asking a question on the ARISS radio will be conferenced in from home or social-distanced at school.
 
The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for June 17, 2021 at 1:40 pm CEST (La Norville, France) (11:40 UTC, 7:40 am EDT, 6:40 am CDT, 5:40 am MDT, 4:40 am PDT).
 
Course preparations and learning activities prior to this ARISS contact have been a combined effort between two schools: Collège Albert Camus (Middle School) and Université Paris-Saclay; and members of the amateur radio club of Viry-Châtillon (F5KEE).
 
Collège Albert Camus (about 300 students ages 11-15) is in La Norville in a rural area, about 40 km south of Paris.  The school provides students a classical STEM French curriculum with additional courses/activities focused on space-related sciences.
 
Université Paris-Saclay, in the Orsay/Gif/Saclay area offers Bachelor, Master and Doctorate programs, including mathematics, physics, medicine, and agriculture. The University internal colleges offer programs in science and engineering, life sciences and health, social sciences and humanities. Its 275 labs shared with CEA, CNRS, ONERA (French research labs) involve 48,000 students, 9,000 teachers and teacher-researchers, and 11,000 technical and administrative staff.
Members of the amateur radio club of Viry-Châtillon offer students instruction on radio communication—activities/workshops on radio theory/practice, intro to Morse code, antenna-building, fox-hunting, radio receiver building, and amateur radio regulations. The club will support the school during the contact.
 
View the live stream of the upcoming ARISS radio contact at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04k4RGNxlgU&list=TLPQMTUwNjIwMjGIS3GJchfc6g&index=2
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As time allows, students will ask these questions:
 
1. Avez-vous ressenti au second décollage les mêmes émotions qu’au premier?
2. A votre retour dans l’ISS avez-vous retrouvé vos réflexes?
3. Qu’est-ce que vous trouvez compliqué en apesanteur?
4. Quelle est l’influence de l’apesanteur sur les 5 sens?
5. Dans l’Espace rêve-t-on qu’on est en apesanteur?
6. Quelles sortes d’expériences réalisez-vous dans l’ISS?
7. Quelles responsabilités aurez-vous en tant que commandant de bord?
8. Qu’est ce qui est le plus important pour vous derrière le nom de votre mission ALPHA?
9. Faites-vous des choses différemment lors de votre 2eme mission?
10. Quand on est en sortie extra véhiculaire, est-ce qu’on pense à l’Espace autour de soi?
11. Appréciez-vous de la même manière les plats de Thierry Marx et Raphaël Haumont qui ont été préparés pour vous dans l’Espace?
12. Qu’est-ce qui vous émerveille le plus dans l’Espace?
13. Quel principal conseil pouvez-vous donner à la future sélection des astronautes?
14. Quelle influence espérez-vous avoir sur la jeunesse?
15. Vu de l’espace, qu'observez-vous de la présence de l’Homme et de ses dégâts?
16. Pensez-vous que l'on pourra trouver les moyens d'une alimentation durable lors d'un long voyage spatial, par exemple avec des micro-algues?
17. En quoi votre expérience sur l'ISS permet de préparer les prochaines missions vers Mars?
18. Quelles compétences de votre formation vous sont utiles aujourd’hui pour commander cette mission?
19. Comment gérez-vous psychologiquement la présence du vide?
 
Translation
 
1. Did you feel the same emotions on the second launch as you did on the first one?
2. When you returned to the ISS, did you get back into your old habits?
3. What do you find complicated in zero gravity?
4. What is the influence of weightlessness onto the five senses?
5. In space, do we dream that we are weightless?
6. What kind of experiments do you perform on the ISS?
7. What responsibilities will you have as the ISS captain?
8. What is the most important thing for you behind the name of the mission ALPHA?
9. Are you doing things any differently on your second mission?
10. When you're on an EVA, do you think about the space all around you?
11. Do you enjoy Thierry Marx’s and Raphaël Haumont’s dishes as much in space as you do on the ground?
12. What amazes you most about Space?
13. What advice would you give to the future selection of astronauts?
14. What influence do you hope to have on the younger generation?
15. As seen from space, what can you make of the presence of humankind and its damage?
16. Do you think we will be able to find a type of sustainable food which could be grown or cultivated during a long space trip, such as micro-algae?
17. How does your experience on the ISS help prepare for future crewed missions to Mars?
18. What skills acquired through your educational background and training are useful to you today to command this mission?
19. How do you psychologically deal with the presence of emptiness of space?

ARISS News Release                                               No.   21-38  
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@amsat.org
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
ARISS Contact Scheduled for Students at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School,
Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
 
June 8, 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 telebridge contact via amateur radio and students will take turns asking their questions of Astronaut Shane Kimbrough, amateur radio call sign KE5HOD. English is the language that will be used during this contact.  Both onsite and remote access will be provided to the student body at the time of the contact per Covid-19 guidelines. The downlink frequency for this contact is 437.525 MHZ and may be heard by listeners that are within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the telebridge station.
 
The ARISS team in Casale Monferrato, Italy will use call sign IK1SLD to serve as the ARISS relay amateur radio ground station.
 
The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for June 10, 2021 at 8:45 pm AEST (Bombala, NSW, Australia), (10:45 UTC, 6:45 am EDT, 5:45 am CDT, 4:45 am MDT and 3:45 am PDT).
 
St. Joseph’s Catholic Primary School is a rural school (Kindergarten to Year 6, with 62 students enrolled) located between the Snowy Mountains and the Far South Coast, in the southern tablelands of NSW Australia. The school has a focus on developing student interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Student activities include an introduction to coding, robotics, virtual reality and 3D printing. Students will also learn about the Universe by participating in a field trip to the Canberra Deep Space Communication Centre.
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As time allows, students will ask these questions:
 
1. What is the process for getting up and down from the International Space Station?
2. Does zero gravity up there affect the way you are when you come back down to earth?
3. How long have you all been on the space station for?
4. What do the shooting stars look like when they go past your space station?
5. How does a satellite provide internet?
6. What made you want to be an astronaut?
7. How do you keep warm?
8. How long has the space station been around for/ when was it built and who by?
9. Does outside in space always look the same?
10. Have you seen any space junk?
11. Thank you for answering our questions, to finish up we would like to know what advice you would give to someone who wanted to be an astronaut.

ARISS News Release                                                      No. 21-37
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
ARISS Offers More Fun to ARRL Field Day Operators
 
June 7, 2021—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has decided to keep its ARISS InterOperable Radio System (IORS) in crossband repeater mode until after ARRL Field Day ends. The IORS ham station is located in the Columbus Module of the International Space Station. 
 
ARRL Hq Contest Program Manager Paul Bourque, N1SFE, has confirmed that successful radio contacts made through the ARISS IORS, in crossband repeater mode, will count for an ARRL Field Day QSO point, but also for Field Day bonus points! Another fun opportunity for points. Don’t forget the rule limiting stations to 1 QSO per any single channel FM satellite. On-orbit astronauts always have very busy schedules, but if a voice contact were to be made with them, it would count for QSO credit but not for satellite bonus points. Only an ARISS crossband repeater QSO qualifies for the bonus. Crossband repeater contacts are also valid for AMSAT Field Day for satellite operations, held concurrently with the ARRL event.  
 
Frequencies for ARISS crossband repeater operation are as follows: 145.990 MHz up, 67 Hz tone and 437.800 MHz down. If you haven’t used the ISS repeater yet, be sure to practice with it before Field Day (June 26-27, 2021). These contacts can be tricky, but hams can practice right now…can you do it?
 
ARISS had planned a mode switch to APRS packet during the second week of June. Now, ARISS is targeting the switch by the astronauts to packet after the first ARISS school contact following ARRL Field Day. In more news for ARISS supporters: the astronauts will power down the ARISS radio station during USA spacewalks on June 16 and June 20, 2021.

ARISS News Release                                                               No. 21-36

Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@amsat.org


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISS Contact is Scheduled with Students at
Collège Maurice Genevoix, Couzeix, France
 
June 7, 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 Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio between the ISS and students from Collège Maurice Genevoix. Students will take turns asking their questions of ISS Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, amateur radio call sign KG5FYG, during the ARISS radio contact. French is the language expected to be used during the contact. 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 ARISS radio telebridge station.
 
ARISS team member Jan Poppeliers, in Aartselaar, Belgium using radio call sign ON4ISS, will serve as the ARISS relay amateur radio station. Each student asking a question on the ARISS radio will be conferenced in from home or social-distanced at school.
 
The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for June 7, 2021 at 3:07 pm CEST (Couzeix, France) (13:07 UTC, 9:07 am EDT, 8:07 am CDT, 7:07 am MDT, 6:07 am PDT).
 
Collège Maurice Genevoix (699 students in grades 6 to 13) is located near the city of Limoges, in central western France.  In preparation of this ARISS contact, course curricula were supplemented to link aspects of space habitation and space exploration with the existing courses. The school has partnered with members of the Amateur Radio Club of the University of Limoges who have helped the students prepare (and become licensed) for the contact and will support them during the contact.
 
View the livestream of the upcoming ARISS radio contact at: https://live.recreasciences.com/.
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As time allows, students will ask these questions:
 
1. Comment gérez-vous le stress pendant une sortie dans l'espace?
2. Pourquoi as-tu voulu être astronaute? Qu'est-ce qui t’attirait le plus?
3. Qu'est-ce que vous aimez dans votre aventure dans l'espace en particulier?
4. Avez-vous déjà rencontré de graves disfonctionnements lors d'une de vos expéditions?
5. La préparation des missions est-elle compliquée et éprouvante?
6. Quelle est la place de la femme dans l'aventure spatiale?
7. Est-ce gênant de dormir debout dans l'ISS?
8. Quelles sont les expériences que vous allez faire dans la Station Spatiale Internationale?
9. Comment faites-vous pour manger et boire?
10. Qu’est-ce que ça fait de partir dans l'espace pendant longtemps?
11. Quelles sensations ressens-tu au niveau du décollage et dans l'espace?
12. Est-ce facile de s'adapter à l'apesanteur?
13. Est-ce que la pratique du judo vous a aidé dans la préparation de la 1ère mission?
l4. Comment fait-on à manger dans l’espace?  À quelles nourritures avez vous droit?
15. Sous quelle forme est conditionnée la nourriture?
16. Quand vous êtes allé pour la première fois dans l'espace, aviez-vous eu le vertige, quels étaient vos sensations/vos sentiments?
17. J'imagine que cela n'a pas été facile de s’entraîner chaque jour sans relâche, est-ce que vous aviez déjà eu envie d'arrêter?
18. Est ce que ton goût est-il affecté par l'apesanteur?
l9. Pouvez-vous respirer sans casque dans une fusée?
20. Est-ce que la terre ferme vous manque?
21. Comment fais-tu pour revenir sur terre?
22. Combien de temps allez-vous passer dans l'espace?
23. Comment faites vous pour manger et boire?
 
Translation
 
1. How do you deal with stress during a spacewalk?
2. Why did you want to be an astronaut? What attracted you the most?
3. What do you like about your adventure in space in particular?
4. Have you ever encountered serious malfunctions during one of your expeditions?
5. Is the preparation of missions complicated and stressful?
6. What is the place of women in the space adventure?
7. Is it embarrassing to sleep standing up in the ISS?
8. What are the experiments you are going to do in the International Space Station?
9. How do you eat and drink?
10. How does it feel to be in space for a long time?
11. What sensations do you feel during take-off and in space?
12. Is it easy to adapt to weightlessness?
13. Did the practice of Judo help you in the preparation of the 1st mission?
l4. How do you eat in space? What foods are you entitled to?
15. How is the food packaged?
16. When you first went to space, were you dizzy? What were your sensations / feelings?
17. I guess it wasn't easy to train tirelessly every day: have you ever wanted to give up?
18. Is your taste affected by weightlessness?
l9. Can you breathe without a helmet in a rocket?
20. Do you miss dry land (the earth)?
21. How do you get back to earth?
22. How long will you spend in space?
23. How do you eat and drink?

ARISS News Release                                                                   No. 21-35

ARISS PR
aa4kn@amsat.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISS Contact is Scheduled with Students at The Father's House Christian School (Home Education Provider: Roots), Morinville, Alberta, Canada
 
May 31, 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 Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio between the ISS and students from The Father's House Christian School. Students will take turns asking their questions of ISS Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, amateur radio call sign KE5DNI. English is the language that will be used during the contact. The downlink frequency for this contact is 145.800 MHZ and may be heard by listeners who are within the ISS footprint that also encompasses the ARISS radio telebridge station.
 
ARISS team member Shane Lynd, using call sign VK4KHZ from an amateur radio club station in Glenden, Queensland, Australia will serve as the relay amateur radio station. Each student asking a question on the ARISS radio will be conferenced in from home or social-distanced at school.
 
The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for June 2, 2021 at 8:28:53 am MDT (Morinville, Alberta, Canada) (14:28:53 UTC, 10:28:53 am EDT, 9:28:53 am CDT, 7:28:53 am PDT).
 
The Father's House Christian School is a Home Education Provider (Roots). Roots has 257 families, 550 students and 14 facilitators in its homeschooling program. In preparation for the ARISS contact, students and parents were involved in activities / discussions about space travel and living on the ISS. Students also built a model of the ISS using recycled materials. Home-school teaching material sources included studies on space exploration, life on the ISS and primary science topics, drawn from the websites: European Space Agency (Space and Exploration), NASA (ISS KidZone), and Primary Science Teacher College.
 
View the live stream of the upcoming ARISS radio contact at https://youtu.be/S0_-QFkXdi4           .
 
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As time allows, students will ask these questions:
 
1.  How do you sleep when there is no gravity? 
2. What do you eat in space, and how do you bring the food to space? 
3. How do you not crash into space debris? 
4. Is it hard to learn how to walk again on earth after being in the space station?
5. What is the Canadarm used for? 
6. How does a candle react when it is lit in space in a zero gravity and oxygen supplied environment?
7. Why is going to Mars a one-way trip for humans?
8. I am interested in Astrophotography. I recently saw a picture that Chris Cassidy captured of Hurricane Laura on August 25, 2020. Can you manually control the exterior cameras or are they are in a fixed position?  
9. How long do you stay up in the ISS at a time? 
10. Would a body decompose in space and if so, how long would it take? 
11. What does it feel like to float in space? 
12. How fast do you go? How many times do you orbit earth each day? 
13. What happens if your radio breaks and you can't talk to earth? 
14. What are some experiments you are working on?
15. How do you know where to land when you leave space and come back to earth? 
16. Do you do anything special on birthdays and holidays in space? 
17. What did it feel like looking back at earth the first time you saw it from space? 
18. What does launching from earth feel like? 
19. Is there anything flammable on the International Space Station, and if there is, what do you do if there is a fire?
20. Does hair grow faster or slower in space?

ARISS News Release                                                                         No.21-34
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@amsat.org
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
ARISS Contact is Scheduled with Students at
College of Saint Pierre Marboz, Marboz, France
 
May 29, 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 Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio between the ISS and students from College of Saint Pierre, Marboz. Students will take turns asking their questions of ISS Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, amateur radio call sign KG5FYG. French is the language that will be used during the contact. 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 ARISS radio telebridge station.
 
The ARISS team in Casale Monferrato, Italy will use call sign IK1SLD to serve as the ARISS relay amateur radio ground station. Each student asking a question on the ARISS radio will be conferenced in from home or social-distanced at school.
 
The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for May 31, 2021 at 3:49 pm CEST (Marboz, France) (13:49 UTC, 9:49 am EDT, 8:49 am CDT, 7:49 am MDT, 6:49 am PDT).
 
College of Saint Pierre Marboz (CSPM) is a rural secondary school located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes on the border of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and within the Bresse Region of eastern France. CSPM’s students in years 3rd - 6th will be participating in the ARISS contact as well as students from surrounding elementary schools. In anticipation of this ARISS contact, CSPM integrated topics into their STEM program that highlights space-habitation and space-exploration, the solar system, orbital mechanics, astronomical phenomena, and radio science. Students have also specifically studied/followed the experiments conducted on the ISS. Student-field trips included a visit to the planetarium Vaulx-en-Velin and attending scientist-led presentations on the universe, the solar system, satellite links, and radio operation. Other student activities included learning basic printed circuit boards (e.g. Arduino). Members of the local amateur radio club (F5KBD) and ALTEC Association provided discovery workshops in the field of radio and space science.
 
View the live stream of the upcoming ARISS radio contact at https://youtu.be/HnPoFku7DXg and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6BkP5ROxk8         
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As time allows, students will ask these questions:
 
1. Qu’est ce qui vous a poussé à devenir astronaute?
2. Quelle a été la différence de préparation entre les deux missions?
3. Quelles sont vos sensations quand vous quittez la Terre?
4. Est-ce facile de s’adapter à l’impesanteur?
5. Pourquoi est-on impatient et content de repartir dans l'espace quand on y est allé déjà une fois?
6. Si vous vous blessez ou faîtes un malaise dans l’Espace, comment faîtes vous?
7. Pourriez vous vivre toute votre vie dans l'espace?
8. Quelle est votre perception du temps dans la station? du jour et de la nuit? Votre horloge biologique est elle la même que dans l’Espace?
9. Vous préférez marcher sur la Terre ou voler dans la station spatiale internationale?
10. Il existe le mal des montagnes quand on monte en altitude. Existe-t-il le même mal dans l’espace? A-t-on une sensation de vertige quand on sort de l’ISS?
11. Est-ce qu’il peut y avoir des collisions de la station avec des astéroïdes?
12. Quels sont les plus grands dangers auxquels vous êtes exposés?
13. En dehors de la Terre, que voyez-vous à travers les hublots de l’ISS?
14. Vous est il arrivé de ne plus avoir envie de revenir sur la Terre?
15. Qu'avez vous ressenti la première fois lorsque vous avez vu la Terre de l'espace?
16. Est-ce qu’à partir de l’ISS, on peut voir les dommages sur l’environnement causés par l’Homme sur la Terre?
17. Est-ce que l'espace est pollué?
18. Avez-vous noté des modifications dans l’ISS depuis votre dernier voyage?
19. Avez-vous réalisé votre rêve en allant dans la station internationale?
20. Est-ce que vous souhaitez aller sur Mars un jour?
 
Translation:
 
1. What made you become an astronaut?
2. What was the difference in preparation between the two missions?
3. How do you feel when you leave Earth?
4. Is it easy to adapt to weightlessness?
5. Why are we impatient and happy to go back to space when we’ve already been there once?
6. If you hurt yourself or faint, how do you handle it?
7. Could you spend your whole life in space?
8. What is your perception of time in the station? Of day and night? Is your biological clock the same as in Space?
9. Do you prefer to walk on Earth or fly on the International Space Station?
10. There’s mountain sickness when you climb high. Is there the same problem in space? Do you feel dizzy when you leave the ISS?
11. Could there be any collisions of the station with asteroids?
12. What are the biggest dangers you face?
13. Outside of Earth, what do you see through the ISS portholes?
14. Have you ever felt like not wanting to come back on Earth?
15. What did you feel the first time you saw Earth from space?
16. From the ISS, can we see the damage to the environment caused by man on Earth?
17. Is the space polluted?
18. Have you noticed any changes in the ISS since your last trip?
19. Have you made your dream come true by going to the international station?
20. Would you like to go to Mars one day?
 
ARISS – Celebrating 20 Years of Amateur Radio Continuous Operations on the ISS

ARISS News Release                                                           No.21-32
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@amsat.org
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
ARISS Contact is Scheduled with Students at
Windsor School and Liceo Industrial de Valdivia High School, Valdivia, Chile
 
May 23, 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 Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio between the ISS and students from Windsor School and Liceo Industrial de Valdivia High School. Students will take turns asking their questions of ISS Astronaut Mark Vande Hei, amateur radio call sign KG5GNP. English is the language that will be used during the contact. 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 ARISS radio telebridge station.
 
ARISS team member Jan Poppeliers, in Aartselaar, Belgium using radio call sign ON4ISS, will serve as the ARISS relay amateur radio station. Each student asking a question on the ARISS radio will be conferenced in and social-distanced at school.
 
The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for May 25, 2021 at 2:33 pm CLT (Valdivia, Chile) (18:33 UTC, 2:33 pm EDT, 1:33 pm CDT, 12:33 pm MDT, 11:33 am PDT).
 
Windsor School and Liceo Industrial de Valdivia High School located in Valdivia, Chile will involve about 500 students (ages 11 – 18 years) in this ARISS contact. It will be the first-ever Chilean ARISS contact. Both institutions have modified their STEM curricula to include studies related to space exploration/science and radio communications. Projects and activities engage students in astronomy, radio science, robotics, and satellite-tracking software. Selected students participated in the Houston Association for Space and Science Education STEM program. The schools have partnered with members of Radio Club Torreones (amateur call CE6RTV) who will support the activities during this contact.
 
View the live stream of the upcoming ARISS radio contact at https://youtu.be/lS03hu-LI1E  .
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As time allows, students will ask these questions:
 
1. Can you see any human building from space?
2. What are the most interesting things you have seen while in orbit?
3. Has been there any Latin American astronaut in ISS?
4. What strikes you about space and what is something that you can currently see?
5. What do you like most about being an astronaut?
6. Do you think it is possible that human beings will be able to overcome their feelings of isolation and loneliness in order to colonize another planet?
7. What was your reaction the first time you were in space?
8. Has being in space changed your perception on how people live on Earth? If so, how?
9. What is the longest time an astronaut has been on the ISS?
10. What motivated you to be an astronaut?
11. What should someone study to get the opportunity to go to space?
12. How does fire move in space?
13. We saw in the news that you cultivated greens in space, how did the salad taste?
 

ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.21-31
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@amsat.org
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
ARISS Contact is Scheduled with Students at
Ecole Elémentaire de Saint Leu Centre, Saint-Leu, France (Reunion Island)
 
May 22, 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 Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio between the ISS and students from Ecole Elémentaire de Saint Leu Centre. Students will take turns asking their questions of ISS Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, amateur radio call sign KG5FYG. French is the language that will be used during the contact. 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 ARISS radio telebridge station.
 
ARISS team member John Sygo in Paardekraal, South Africa, call sign ZS6JON will serve as the relay amateur radio station. Each student asking a question on the ARISS radio will be conferenced in from home or social-distanced at school.
 
The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for May 24, 2021 at 3:06 pm RET (Saint Leu, Reunion Island) (11:06 UTC, 7:06 am EDT, 6:06 am CDT, 5:06 am MDT, 4:06 am PDT).
 
Ecole Elémentaire de Saint Leu Centre (436 students), in the town of Saint-Leu, is a public primary school located on the west coast of Reunion Island, a region of the French Republic and an Indian Ocean island. Saint-Leu with a population of 35,000 is southwest of Reunion Island’s capital city, Saint-Denis. Members of the local amateur radio club (Association Réunionnaise des Radioamateurs) have supported the school.
 
View the live stream of the upcoming ARISS radio contact at   (517) Space Chat - Ecole Elémentaire de Saint Leu Centre, Saint Leu, France - YouTube .
 
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As time allows, students will ask these questions:
 
1. Qu'est-ce qui vous a donné envie de devenir spationaute?
2. Lors du décollage du Crew 2, au mois d'avril, avez-vous ressenti les mêmes sensations qu'en 2016?
3. Quelle sensation la plus intense ressentez-vous lors d'une sortie extravéhiculaire?
4. Lors des sorties extravéhiculaires, n'avez-vous pas peur d'être touché par un débris spatial?
5. A votre avis, combien de temps un homme peut-il rester au maximum dans l'ISS?
6. Comment faites-vous pour avoir toujours de l'air respirable dans l'ISS et que faites-vous des gaz que vous expirez?
7. Comme nous, élèves, avez-vous un emploi du temps bien précis chaque jour?
8. Est-ce que l'utilisation du casque de réalité virtuelle vous apporte un bien-être psychologique lorsque vous faites du sport?
9. En plus du sport quotidien, les astronautes doivent-ils suivre un régime alimentaire spécial durant leur mission?
10. Est-ce qu'être commandant de bord de l'ISS vous amène des responsabilités supplémentaires?
11. Où en êtes-vous avec votre expérience sur le blob?
12. Lors de la mission Proxima, vous aviez fait des cultures de plantes en micropesanteur. Les plantes se développent-elles plus vite ou moins vite dans l'espace?
13. En 2016, vous aviez emmené avec vous votre saxophone, un volant de badminton. Qu'avez-vous emmené de spécial cette fois-ci?
14. Pouvez-vous voir une île aussi petite que la Réunion à l'oeil nu depuis l'ISS?
15. Même si vous savez que vous êtes relié à l'ISS par un cable, lors des sorties extravéhiculaires, avez-vous peur de lâcher l'ISS pour effectuer les réparations?
16. Avez-vous quelqu'un qui vous inspire dans la vie?
17. Après 6 mois passés dans l'ISS, combien de temps dure l'adaptation pour revenir à une vie normale?
18. Mis à part votre expérience sur les cellules du cerveau, sur quelle autre expérience aimez-vous travailler?
19. Est-ce que vivre 16 couchers et levers de soleil par jour n'est pas perturbant pour le sommeil?
20. Etes-vous partant pour une troisième mission dans l'ISS ou ailleurs?
 
Translation:
 
1. What gave you the most the desire of being an astronaut?
2. In April when the Crew 2 took off, did you feel the same sensations such as in 2016?
3. Which sensations is the most intense for you during an extra vehicular exit?
4. During an extra vehicular exit aren't you afraid of being hurt by a space debris?
5. In your opinion how long can a man stay in the ISS to the maximum?
6. How can you still have breathable air in the ISS with the gas you expire?
7. Do you have a specific and tight schedule each day as we have as students?
8. Does the use of the virtual reality headset bring you psychological well-being when you do sports?
9. In addition to daily exercise, do astronauts have to follow a special diet during their mission?
10. Does the fact of being the captain of the ISS lead to additional responsibilities?
11. What are the results about experiments on blob?
12. During Proxima mission you made some plants grow in microgravity. Do these plants grow faster or slower in space?
13. In 2016 you brought your sax and a badminton shuttlecock with you in the ISS. What have you brought with you this time?
14. Can you see a tiny island such as Reunion Island with the naked eye from the ISS? 
15. Even if you're linked with a cable to the space station, are you afraid of being unhooked when you have to make any repairs?
16. Is there someone who is your inspiration in life?
17. After six months in the ISS, how long does it take to get back and adapt to your usual common life?
18. Except from your experiments on brain cells, which experiment would you like to work on?
19. Aren't you disturbed to sleep with 16 sunrises and sunsets a day?
20. Are you ready to go for a third mission in the ISS or elsewhere?
 
ARISS – Celebrating 20 Years of Amateur Radio Continuous Operations on the ISS

ARISS News Release                                                                No.21-30
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@amsat.org
 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
ARISS Contact is Scheduled with Students at
Lycée Jean Moulin, Les Andelys, France
 
May 18, 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 Multipoint Telebridge Contact via Amateur Radio between the ISS and students from Lycée Jean Moulin. Students will take turns asking their questions of ISS Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, amateur radio call sign KG5FYG, during the ARISS radio contact. French is the language that will be used for this contact.  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 ARISS radio telebridge station.
 
ARISS team member David Payne, using call sign NA7V in Portland, Oregon will serve as the relay amateur radio station. Each student asking a question on the ARISS radio will be conferenced in from home or social-distanced at school.
 
The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for May 20, 2021 at 10:38 am CEST (Les Andelys, France) (8:38 UTC, 4:38 am EDT, 3:38 am CDT, 2:38 am MDT, 1:38 am PDT).
 
Lycée Jean Moulin (LJM) is a rural, vocational school with about 1000 students ages 15 to 20 years. Students in the local primary and junior high schools will also participate in the ARISS contact. LJM’s educational programs include STEM courses that lead to vocational baccalaureate degrees in various science and technology fields. The school also offers internship opportunities in the aeronautics and space industry. LJM partners with ArianeGroup, an aerospace company, and the Normandy Aerospace Club that has supported the school’s students in various aerospace and engineering projects. Some of these include building and programming a Mars Rover, developing scale models of Ariane rockets, robotic programing, and developing star-tracking technology for a telescope. LJM also partners with members of the Radio Club de Vernon who will be supporting the ARISS contact.  
 
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As time allows, students will ask these questions:
 
1. Cela vous fait quoi d'être le premier français nommé commandant de bord de l'ISS?
2. Quelles sont vos préparations physique et mentale pour votre mission sur l'ISS?
3. Quels sont les impacts de l’apesanteur sur le corps à long terme?
4. Quels sont les impacts psychologiques de la vie dans l'espace?
5. Quelle est le déroulement de vos journées?
6. Comment sont les lits dans l'ISS?
7. Quel est le type d'expériences scientifiques que vous faites durant votre mission?
8. Comment peut-on identifier les étoiles dans L'ISS? 
9. Le corps vieillit plus vite dans l’espace. Avez-vous eu des problèmes lors de votre précédente mission?
10. L’espèce humaine peut-elle se reproduire en Impesanteur?
11. Y'a-t-il des points communs personnels entre les astronautes?
12. Comment vivez-vous le fait d'être loin de votre famille?
13. Comment se passe le retour sur terre? 
14. Qu’avez-vous envie de faire en premier quand vous redescendez sur terre?
15. En tant que Normand quelle est votre fromage préféré?
16. Est-ce que vous avez  du fromage déshydraté? Et si oui il est aussi bon que sur terre?
17. Que répondez-vous aux théories des « Platistes »?
18. Qu'est ce qui est le plus difficile de faire comme mission dans l'espace?
19. Avez-vous vu la Terre se dégrader au fur et à mesure du temps passé dans l'ISS?
20. En 2023 Vernon est la présidente des villes Ariane à quelques kilomètres de notre lycée. Pourriez-vous venir nous voir et nous raconter votre expérience?
 
Translation
 
1. How does it feel to be the first Frenchman to be appointed as ISS captain?
2. What are your physical and mental preparations for your mission on the ISS?
3. What are the impacts of weightlessness on the body in the long term?
4. What are the psychological impacts of living in space?
5. What is your day like?
6. What are the beds like in the ISS?
7. What kind of science experiments do you do during your mission?
8. How can we identify the stars from the ISS?
9. The body ages faster in space. Did you have any problems on your previous mission?
10. Can the human species reproduce in Zero-gravity?
11. Are there any personal common points between astronauts?
12. How do you feel about being away from your family?
13. How is the return to earth going? 
14. What is the first thing you want to do when you come back down to earth?
15. As a Norman, what is your favourite cheese?
16. Do you have dehydrated cheese? And if so, is it as good as on earth?
17. How do you respond to the theories of the "platists"?
18. What is the most difficult thing about doing a mission in space?
19. Have you seen the Earth deteriorate as you spend time on the ISS?
20. In 2023 Vernon is the president of the Ariane cities a few kilometres from our high school. Could you come and tell us about your experience?
 
ARISS – Celebrating 20 Years of Amateur Radio Continuous Operations on the ISS

ARISS News Release                                                         No.   21-29  
Dave Jordan, AA4KN
ARISS PR
aa4kn@amsat.org
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
ARISS Contact Scheduled for Students at Monaro High School, Cooma, New South Wales, Australia
 
 
May 17, 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 telebridge contact via amateur radio and students will take turns asking their questions of Astronaut Mark Vande Hei, amateur radio call sign KG5GNP. English is the language that will be used for this contact.  Both onsite and remote access will be provided to the student body at the time of the contact per 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 telebridge station.
 
ARISS team member David Payne, using call sign NA7V in Portland, Oregon will serve as the relay amateur radio station.
 
The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for May 19, 2021 at 7:25 pm AEST (Cooma, Australia), (9:25 UTC, 5:25 am EDT, 4:25 am CDT, 3:25 am MDT and 2:25 am PDT).
 
Monaro High School (MHS) (about 500 students, Years 7 to 12) is part of the Snowy Monaro region, 120 kilometers south of Canberra City. In advance of the ARISS contact, MHS modified student courses in all their Key Learning Areas by incorporating content relevant to communication and space habitation. All year levels at MHS will be involved in the ARISS contact as well as their feeder primary schools (Kindergarten to Year 6) and the surrounding high schools’ students. Members of the Snowy Mountain Amateur Radio Club are working with MHS in support of this ARISS contact.
 
The public is invited to watch the live stream at: https://www.facebook.com/monarohighschool/live/
 
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As time allows, students will ask these questions:
 
1. What is the biggest thing you had to give up to go on the ISS? How did going to space make it worth it?
2. How do you stay fit in space?
3. As a young Australian woman who wants to go to the ISS later in my life, what skills should I focus on?
4. What is the best thing about microgravity, and is it difficult to go from the environment of the earth to that on the ISS?
5. Have you ever seen an unexplained occurrence or suspicious things in space?
6. From the ISS, can you see the climate of our planet changing or geo-physical hazards?
7. Why does finger delamination happen? Has it happened to you? And how painful is it?
8. What goes through your head while on the launch pad, about to launch?
9. What are the specifics of the sewage/water systems? And how different is going to the toilet on the ISS?
10. What inspired you to want to be an astronaut?
11. What is the most important aspect of your training in preparation for living in space?
12. The investigation on the functional effects of space flight on cardiovascular stem cells revealed anything promising? If yes, then what?
13. Is the Milky Way more beautiful in space than on earth?
14. Are you able to facetime people on earth?
15. How was the ISS built?
16. Have you been to the ISS and back many times? And if so, is it hard to get use to the gravity of earth and the atmospheric pressure?
17. What is the coolest thing you have done in space?
18. How do you cut your hair and shave in space without making a mess?
19. How do you plan enough food for up to 6 months while you are there?
20. What is the weirdest food you eat on the ISS?
21. Is there WIFI in space?
 
ARISS – Celebrating 20 Years of Amateur Radio Continuous Operations on the ISS