Un contact radioamateur est prévu le vendredi 06 octobre 2023 vers 13H11 UTC (15H11 heure de Paris).

Il aura lieu entre l’astronaute Jasmin Moghbeli (KI5WSL) et l’Université de Technologie de Dublin en Irlande.

Le contact se fera sur 145.800 MHz (+/-3 KHz de doppler) en FM étroite par la station EI1ISS. L’indicatif utilisé sera OR4ISS et sera audible depuis la France.

Le contact sera conduit en anglais.

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Un contact radioamateur est prévu le 22/09/2023 vers 16H19 UTC (18H19 heure de Paris).

Il aura lieu entre l’astronaute Jasmin Moghbeli (KI5WSL) et l’école La Salle de Torreon au Mexique.

Le contact sera en télébridge sur 145.800 MHz (+/-3 KHz de doppler) en FM étroite.
Il sera conduit par une station italienne (IK1SLD) et donc audible depuis la France.

Le contact sera conduit en anglais.

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Un contact radioamateur est prévu le 25/08/2023 vers 9H11 UTC (11H11 heure de Paris).

Il aura lieu entre l’astronaute Warren Hoburg (KB3HTZ) et le Australian Air League – South Australia Group,  de Salisbury en Australie.

Le contact sera en télébridge sur 145.800 MHz (+/-3 KHz de doppler) en FM étroite.
Il sera conduit par une station italienne (IK1SLD) et donc audible depuis la France.

Le contact sera conduit en anglais.

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Un contact radioamateur est prévu le 18/07/2023 vers 18H42 UTC (20H42 heure de Paris).

Il aura lieu entre l’astronaute Steve Bowen (KI5BKB) et le Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Le contact sera en télébridge sur 145.800 MHz (+/-3 KHz de doppler) en FM étroite.
Il sera conduit par une station italienne (IK1SLD) et donc audible depuis la France.

Le contact sera conduit en anglais.

Students First Names & Questions:
1. Oktay VE3IQO:  What is your favorite view from the cupola?
2. Jack W9RFT:  How does amateur radio factor into life and science on the ISS?
3. Ethan KO4VXD:  What radios and antennas are used for the ARISS program?
4. Grace KE8RJU:  How does your training in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory compare to extravehicular spacewalks?
5. Finn KD2WTR:  What is your favorite food to eat on the station and is it the same as here on earth?
6. Tripp K5TRP:  Does the ISS have an HF setup and have you ever used it?
7. Alex KO4ZMC:  Does the ISS provide weather data from visual observations to ground stations?
8. Abby Kimi KK7CFJ:  What advice do you have for someone wanting to become an astronaut?
9. Oktay VE3IQO:  What sorts of creative outlets do you get while on the ISS?
10. Jack W9RFT:  What types of experiments are being done on the ISS?
11. Ethan KO4VXD:  Once we have interstellar travel figured out, which celestial object would you like to visit first?
12. Grace KE8RJU:  What current experiments are you conducting that will help benefit life on earth?
13. Finn KD2WTR:  What is the coolest space station repeater contact you have made?
14. Tripp K5TRP:  How has learning multiple languages affected your daily life on the station?
15. Alex KO4ZMC:  How are QSOs logged and sent to ground stations from the ISS?
16. Abby Kimi KK7CFJ:  Do you have a favorite DSLR camera and lens combination for taking pictures from the ISS?
17. Oktay VE3IQO:  Are there property taxes for the ISS and if so, what district would they go to?
18. Jack W9RFT:  Do you have any go-to life advice?

Un contact radioamateur est prévu le 21/07/2023 vers 17H54 UTC (19H54 heure de Paris).

Il aura lieu entre l’astronaute Sultan Al Neyadi (KI5VTV) et le Camp William B. Snyder, Haymarket, VA, Etats-Unis.

Le contact sera en télébridge sur 145.800 MHz (+/-3 KHz de doppler) en FM étroite.
Il sera conduit par une station italienne (IK1SLD) et donc audible depuis la France.

Le contact sera conduit en anglais.

Students First Names & Questions:
1.Have the skillsets desired by the astronaut selection committee changed overtime?
2.Did you have to learn all the languages spoken by the individual crew members on the ISS?
3.What would you like to do when you retire from being an astronaut?
4.Have you seen any objects like debris in space – if so, what was that like?
5.Have you or your colleagues ever gotten sick while in space? How do you take care of yourself or get better?
6.Do you have time to pursue any hobbies while at ISS?
7.We raced blastcars in STEM Scouts this year. These are basically pinewood derby cars, with a CO2 cartridge (engine) attached to them. How would that work aboard the ISS?
8.How do you stay in touch with your family and friends while on missions?
9.Do you see more stars from the space station, than looking at them from Earth?
10.What is the long term impacts to your health by living on the ISS?
11.What does a day in the live of an astronaut look like?
12.What are some of the science experiments you have worked on while at the ISS?
13.Do you get regular time off while aboard the ISS, and what do you do during your time off?
14.Do you have any advice for young people who may be interested in becoming an astronaut?
15.Will the mission to the moon open the door for different science experiments?  How so?

Un contact Radioamateur est prévu le 26/05/2023 vers 17H31 UTC (19H31 heure de Paris).

Il aura lieu entre l’astronaute John Shoffner (KO4MJC) et le Children’s Inn at NIH (National Institutes of Health), Bethesda, Maryland, USA.


Le contact sera en télébridge sur 145.800 MHz (+/-3 KHz de doppler) en FM étroite.
Il sera conduit par une station Belge (ON4ISS) et donc audible depuis la France.


Le contact sera conduit en Anglais.

Voici les questions :

1. What do you do to keep the food that you eat from going bad?

2. Before our solar system consisted of 9 planets. Why are we now discounting Pluto as a planet in our solar system?

3. What type of materials have you used while experimenting during your mission?

4. Has ISS discovered anything about life, vegetation, or water in its studies throughout the years?

5. What would happen if the magnetosphere that protects Earth stopped working?

6. What is your favorite part about being an astronaut?

7. How much training do you need to have in order to prepare for a space launch?

8. How does time feel in space? Does it affect you in any way?

9. How long have you been out in space?

10. What made you want to go into space? What are some risk factors you take into consideration?

11. Can you describe what liftoff is like? Do you get nervous?

12. What kind of things do you experiment with? Plants? Seeds? Other things?

13. What is the most interesting or beautiful thing that you have experienced in space?

14. How do you go to the bathroom in space?

15. How do you feel physically in space? Will it be hard readjusting when you come back from space?

16. What kind of food do you miss from home that you don’t have in space?

17. What is your day-to-day routine in space?

18. Is it comfortable sleeping in space?

19. What made you want to become an astronaut?

20. What is the most important skill to have as an astronaut?

21. What kind of activities do you do in space? Or when you’re on earth?

Bonne écoute 🙂

Un contact Radioamateur est prévu le 25/05/2023 vers 15H07 UTC (17H07 heure de Paris).

Il aura lieu entre l’astronaute John Shoffner (KO4MJC) et le Middlesboro School System, Middlesboro, Kentucky, USA



Le contact sera en télébridge sur 145.800 MHz (+/-3 KHz de doppler) en FM étroite.

Il sera conduit par une station Italienne (IK1SLD) et donc audible depuis la France.

Le contact sera conduit en Anglais.

Voici les questions :

1. Can you describe your initial emotions during your entry into space and docking to the station?

2. How does your body adapt to microgravity and what will it be like readjusting to Earth’s gravity?

3. What types of experiments have you been[SM1] [SM2] [Ma3] a part of while on board the space station?

4. Will you have any leisure time aboard the space station and if so, what types of things can you do?

5. Can you describe the suits you have to wear on the mission and how they help you during your mission?

6. What is your personal “why” for taking part in this mission?

7. What has it felt like being able to come from a small town and live out your dream of traveling to space?

8. What has it been like to sleep in space and how do you do it?

9. Can you describe the food and how you eat while in space?

10. What is your daily schedule and routine like?

11. What has been the most impactful thing you’ve seen or done so far?

12. How will your time aboard the space station help astronauts on future missions?

13. Can you describe the launch experience?

14. Do you have the ability to communicate with your family back on Earth? If so, how?

15. What advice would you give a student like me who is interested in becoming an astronaut and traveling to space?

Bonne écoute 🙂

Un contact Radioamateur est prévu le 19/05/2023 vers 18H20 UTC (20H20 heure de Paris).

Il aura lieu entre l’astronaute Warren HOBURG (KB3HTZ) et le Webb Bridge Middle School, Alpharetta, Georgia, USA



Le contact sera en télébridge sur 145.800 MHz (+/-3 KHz de doppler) en FM étroite.
Il sera conduit par une station Italienne (IK1SLD) et donc audible depuis la France.


Le contact sera conduit en Anglais.

Voici les questions :

1. What was your first mission and how did it make you feel?
2. What was the hardest and easiest part and challenges of becoming an astronaut?
3. What is the weirdest thing you have encountered in space?
4. What is the most profound lesson you learned from your experience in space, and how has it changed
your perspective on life?
5. How major is the difference between daily life in space and earth? Would things in space like gravity
change your daily routines?
6. If space does not have the same gravitational pull as the earth, then how does your body stay healthy
and stable?
7. If I were to become an astronaut, what would you tell me you wish that you knew when you started
your career?
8. What is training like? Do a lot of people quit?
9. When you’ve just left the atmosphere, and you can see earth and all the other planets from afar, what
do you feel? Do you have a sense of love for the universe and how amazing it is?
10. Does it hurt when you go back into the Earth’s atmosphere after you’ve gotten used to little to no
gravity?
11. I have a friend that told me that astronauts faint a lot after they come back to Earth, is this true?
12. What do you do when you get bored in the spacecraft?
13. Has there ever been a moment where there was a challenging situation and you and your other
astronaut friends aboard the ISS has to work together to solve the problem?
14. What would you do if your spaceship was suddenly going down and you weren’t able to control it?
15. What happens if someone drifts out to space? Are there emergency protocols or anything to do to
save them?
16. If your nose is itchy on a spacewalk, what do you do?
17. As you are blasting off, what does it feel like, is it nerve racking?
18. Can you communicate with your family while you are in space? If so, how?
19. How do you set your sleep schedule?
20. How do you plan to take out the trash in space?

Bonne écoute 🙂