ARISS News Release No. 22-15
ARISS Contact is Scheduled with Students at Toyonaka High School, Toyonaka, Japan
March 18, 2022—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between astronauts on-board the International Space Station (ISS) and Japanese students at the Toyonaka High School in Toyonaka, Japan. ARISS conducts 60-80 of these special amateur radio contacts each year between students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses on-board the ISS.
Toyonaka High School, founded in 1921, is one of Osaka’s prefectural high schools, located in Toyonaka, Osaka. The school is designated as one of the Global Leader’s High Schools, and also designated as one of the Super Science High Schools. Members (about 30 students) of the Toyonaka High School Science Club, as part of their science activities, hold scientific labs for elementary school children a few times a year. This year’s science club activity involves 20 elementary school children that are participating in this ARISS contact. Science club members helped the children think about questions to ask astronauts on board the ISS and translate the questions into English. After the contact, Toyonaka High School students will also participate in space science activities with the elementary school students. The Kansai ARISS project team is assisting the school with this contact.
This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio and students will take turns asking their questions of Astronaut Kayla Barron, amateur radio call sign KI5LAL. Local Covid-19 protocols are adhered to as applicable for each ARISS 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 ground station.
Amateur radio operators in Toyonaka, Japan will use call sign 8J3THS to serve as the amateur radio ground station.
The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for March 21, 2022 at 5:46 pm JST (JPN) (8:46:32 UTC, 4:46 am EDT, 3:46 am CDT, 2:46 am MDT, 1:46 am PDT).
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As time allows, students will ask these questions:
1. What is your favorite space food?
2. How do you go to the bathroom in space?
3. How do you take a bath in space?
4. How are injuries and illness treated in space?
5. Because of COVID-19, people all over the world have to wear masks. Do you wear a mask on the ISS, too?
6. What kind of training do you do in space?
7. What happens if you throw something on the ISS?
8. Can you see lightning from the ISS?
9. How can you see stars and constellations from space?
10. What are the hardest things on the ISS?
11. What are fun things to do on the ISS?
12. What do you want to eat after coming back to the earth?
13. What were you interested in when you were 11 years old?
14. What made you want to become an astronaut?
15. What kind of effort did you make to become an astronaut?
16. What is your dream for the future as an astronaut?
17. What do you do on the ISS?
18. What is the biggest problem of weightlessness?
19. Can you distinguish a heavy object and a light object in zero gravity?
20. How can you get along with other crew members from different countries?
ARISS Contact is Scheduled with Students at Toyonaka High School, Toyonaka, Japan
March 18, 2022—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has received schedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between astronauts on-board the International Space Station (ISS) and Japanese students at the Toyonaka High School in Toyonaka, Japan. ARISS conducts 60-80 of these special amateur radio contacts each year between students around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses on-board the ISS.
Toyonaka High School, founded in 1921, is one of Osaka’s prefectural high schools, located in Toyonaka, Osaka. The school is designated as one of the Global Leader’s High Schools, and also designated as one of the Super Science High Schools. Members (about 30 students) of the Toyonaka High School Science Club, as part of their science activities, hold scientific labs for elementary school children a few times a year. This year’s science club activity involves 20 elementary school children that are participating in this ARISS contact. Science club members helped the children think about questions to ask astronauts on board the ISS and translate the questions into English. After the contact, Toyonaka High School students will also participate in space science activities with the elementary school students. The Kansai ARISS project team is assisting the school with this contact.
This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio and students will take turns asking their questions of Astronaut Kayla Barron, amateur radio call sign KI5LAL. Local Covid-19 protocols are adhered to as applicable for each ARISS 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 ground station.
Amateur radio operators in Toyonaka, Japan will use call sign 8J3THS to serve as the amateur radio ground station.
The ARISS radio contact is scheduled for March 21, 2022 at 5:46 pm JST (JPN) (8:46:32 UTC, 4:46 am EDT, 3:46 am CDT, 2:46 am MDT, 1:46 am PDT).
_______________________________
As time allows, students will ask these questions:
1. What is your favorite space food?
2. How do you go to the bathroom in space?
3. How do you take a bath in space?
4. How are injuries and illness treated in space?
5. Because of COVID-19, people all over the world have to wear masks. Do you wear a mask on the ISS, too?
6. What kind of training do you do in space?
7. What happens if you throw something on the ISS?
8. Can you see lightning from the ISS?
9. How can you see stars and constellations from space?
10. What are the hardest things on the ISS?
11. What are fun things to do on the ISS?
12. What do you want to eat after coming back to the earth?
13. What were you interested in when you were 11 years old?
14. What made you want to become an astronaut?
15. What kind of effort did you make to become an astronaut?
16. What is your dream for the future as an astronaut?
17. What do you do on the ISS?
18. What is the biggest problem of weightlessness?
19. Can you distinguish a heavy object and a light object in zero gravity?
20. How can you get along with other crew members from different countries?
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