Two upcoming ARISS School Contacts via IK1SLD, 21 May 2026 14:57 UTC and 22 May 2026 15:46 UTC. Downlink signals from ISS will be audible above areas within the ISS footprint on 145.800 MHz narrowband FM; the conversation will be in English, RX only! (Credit: AMSAT.)
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- Colegio San Lucas, Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Sophie Adenot KJ5LTN The ARISS mentor is VE6JBJ Contact is go for: Thu 2026-05-21 14:57:34 UTC 41 deg. Proposed questions generated by the Colegio San Lucas students: 1. How long do you train before going to space? 2. What is the most difficult thing about living in space? 3. Do you have free time? What do you do then? 4. How do you sleep in space without falling? 5. How long have you been in space and how much time do you have left in your mission? 6. Can you communicate with your family? How often? 7. What are you studying or researching on this mission? 8. How does oxygen get to the space station? 9. How do you communicate with Earth? 10. How long does it take for a message to arrive from space? 11. How do you fix things that break up there? 12. What happens to the trash in space? 13. What surprised you the most when you first went to space? 14. How does the Earth look from space? 15. Can you see the stars better than from Earth? 16. What is something people on Earth don’t understand about space? 17. If you could change something about life in space, what would it be? 18. What do you like most about being in space? 19. What is the funniest thing that happened to you in space? 20. What do you need to study to become an astronaut?
- POIC at Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled crewmember is Chris Williams KJ5GEW The ARISS mentor is KI5SDP Contact is go for: Fri 2026-05-22 15:46:38 UTC 55 deg. Proposed questions generated by the POIC MSFC students: 1. As a TCO, we get to schedule your daily CEO targets. If you could orbit any other celestial body to take up-close photos, what would it be and why? 2. If you have to choose (and you do), who is the best movie composer of all time, Hanz Zimmer or John Williams? 3. What is an unexpected skill that you obtained that has greatly helped you in space? 4. If you could create a payload for ISS, what kind of experiment would you design, and what would you investigate? 5. The PRO team is known for enjoying baked beans mixed with banana pudding. What is the most creative food combo you’ve concocted onboard ISS? 6. When you end up finding a missing item in the original location, do you consider not telling us so we stay humble? 7. Do you have any creative ways to have fun on station? 8. If you could take a souvenir from Station home with you what would it be and why? 9. If crew is Chris Williams: How is your home automation holding up while you have been away and what is your favorite new automation? 10. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve seen floating around the cabin? 11. What is your favorite fictional vehicle? 12. We often hear about the view, but we rarely talk about sensory deprivation. What is the one specific, mundane sound or smell from Earth that you miss the most? 13. What’s your favorite TV show to binge? 14. If you were able to watch the Winter Olympics this year, what was your favorite event to watch? 15. If you could play a non-fictional version of an astronaut from a TV show, book, or movie, who would it be? 16. Which of your thoughts/opinions have been most impacted by conducting science on the ISS and why?