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    "content": "AMSAT NEWS SERVICE\nANS-053\n\nThe AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-\nmation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite\nCorporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space\nincluding reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur\nRadio operators who share an active interest in designing, building,\nlaunching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio\nsatellites.\n\nThe news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur\nRadio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.\n\nPlease send any amateur satellite news or reports to:\nans-editor at amsat.org.\n\nIn this edition:\n\n* ARISS School Proposal Window for the United States is now Open\n* Amateur Radios on ISS to be off in support of upcoming spacewalks\n* SSTV Activity from the ISS is scheduled February 22-23 - Update\n* Astronaut Ham Renews License, Plus Four New Astronaut Hams\n* John Grunsfeld, KC5ZTF, named to Astronaut Hall of Fame\n* JPL Plans 2401 MHz Lunar Ranging Experiment March 3\n* New Educational Materials Available at NASA.gov\n* Design The Next AMSAT Satellite!\n* ARISS News\n* Satellite Shorts From All Over\n\n\nSB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-053.01\nANS-053 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins\n\nAMSAT News Service Bulletin 053.01\n>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.\nDATE February 22, 2015\nTo All RADIO AMATEURS\nBID: $ANS-053.01\n\n\nARISS School Proposal Window for the United States is now Open\n\nFebruary 17, 2015 - ARISS is now accepting proposals for U.S. schools\nwishing to schedule contacts between their students and the\nInternational Space Station for the next cycle. Details on\nsubmitting proposals can be found below in the attached ARRL News\nRelease.\n\nMessage to US Educators\n\nAmateur Radio on the International Space Station\n\nContact Opportunity\n\nCall for Proposals\nProposal Window February 15 - April 15, 2015\n\nThe Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program\nis seeking formal and informal education institutions and\norganizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur\nRadio contact with a crew member on board the ISS.  ARISS anticipates\nthat the contact would be held between *January 1, 2016 and June 30,\n2016*. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact\ncontact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS\nis looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of\nparticipants and integrate the contact into a well-developed\neducation plan.\n\nThe deadline to submit a proposal is April 15, 2015.\nProposal information and documents can be found at\nwww.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact.\n\nThe Opportunity\n\nCrew members aboard the International Space Station will participate\nin scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are\napproximately 10 minutes in length and allow students and educators\nto interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session.\n\nAn ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via\nAmateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space\nstation and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford\neducation audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from\nastronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn\nabout space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an\nopportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless\ntechnology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human\nspaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the\nISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate\nchanges in contact dates and times.\n\nAmateur Radio organizations around the world, NASA, and space\nagencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe sponsor this educational\nopportunity by providing the equipment and operational support to\nenable direct communication between crew on the ISS and students\naround the world via Amateur Radio. In the US, the program is managed\nby AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) and ARRL (American\nRadio Relay League) in partnership with NASA.\n\nMore Information\n\nInterested parties can find more information about the program at\nwww.ariss.org and www.arrl.org/ARISS.\n\nFor proposal information and more details such as expectations,\nproposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of\nInformation Sessions go to www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact.\nPlease direct any questions to [email protected].\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAmateur radios on ISS to be off in support of upcoming spacewalks\n\nAstronauts Wilmore, Virts and Cristoforetti will be performing three\nspacewalks over the next few weeks and will impact some of the\namateur radio operations on the International Space Station (ISS).\nSpacewalks have been scheduled for February 21, 24 and March 1 and\nwill have the amateur radios turned off to assure the safety of the\ncrewmembers working outside of the ISS. The first spacewalk is now\nset to begin Saturday at 7:10 a.m. EST with NASA TV live coverage\nstarting at 6 a.m. The second and third spacewalks are planned for\nFeb. 25 and March 1, both beginning at 7:10 a.m.\n\nThe announcement can be reviewed:\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS053-EVA-Schedule\n\nThe series of spacewalks will prepare cables and communications gear\nfor new docking ports that will allow future crews launched from\nFlorida on U.S. commercial spacecraft to dock to the space station.\nThe spacewalks will be the 185th, 186th and 187th in support of space\nstation assembly and maintenance.\n\nThere is always a possibility that the schedule for the EVAs could\nchange. The amateur radios will be turned off to accommodate any\nadjustments to the EVA schedule.\n\n[ANS thanks NASA, Kenneth - N5VHO for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSSTV Activity from the ISS is scheduled February 22-23 - Update\n\nContinuous SSTV transmission was planned from Saturday 21 February\nat about 10.00 UTC till Monday 23  February 21.30 UTC.\n\nDue to onboard activities, the transmission is differed.\nIt will *possibly* take place beginning Sunday February 22 after\n10:00 UTC and end Monday February 23 at the crew's sleep time.\n\nIt is expected that 12 different photos will be sent on 145.800 MHz\nFM, using the SSTV mode PD180, with 3 minutes off periods between\ntransmissions.\n\nOne of the photos will show the commemorative diploma created by\nPZK, the national Polish Amateur Radio society, on the occasion of\nthe 80th anniversary of the birth of first cosmonaut J.A.Gagarine.\nMore about this diploma in due time.\n\nThe equipment used will be the Kenwood D710 transceiver located in\nthe Russian Service Module.\n\nThe pictures to be downlinked will be Series 1 images allowing the\nworld-wide community of hams and schools to receive previously sent\npictures, but replacing one with new additional image added specially\nfor this event.\n\nThe transmit frequency will be 145.800 MHz.\n\nReceived images can be uploaded to the ARISS Image gallery found at\nhttp://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php\n\nThe ARISS team is developing plans for transmitting new images to\nspace enthusiasts around the world in upcoming months.\n\n*Editor's note: Adjustments to the the proposed EVAs mentioned in\nthe previous story could have an impact on the above schedule.\n\n[ANS thanks Gaston, ON4WF, for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nAstronaut Ham Renews License, Plus Four New Astronaut Hams\n\nMichael Fincke, KE5AIT recently renewed his Amateur Radio license\nthrough February 18, 2025. Fincke served on Expedition 9 (April 18 to\nOctober 23, 2004), Expedition 18 (October 12, 2008 to April 8, 2009),\nand STS-134 (May 16 to June 1, 2011). He currently holds the American\nrecord for the most time in space, 381.6 days.\n\nFincke's biography can be viewed at:\nhttp://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/fincke.html\n\nFour astronauts recently passed their Technician Class license exams.\n\nThomas Pesquet, KG5FYG\nJack Fischer, KG5FYH\nDavid Saint-Jacques, KG5FYI\nKathleen Rubins, PHD., KG5FYJ\n\nPesquet was selected as an ESA astronaut in May 2009. He joined ESA\nin September 2009 and completed basic training in November 2010. He\nwill be leaving our planet for six months November 2016 as a flight\nengineer for Expeditions 50 and 51, returning in May 2017.\n\nPesquet's biography can be viewed at:\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS053-Thomas-Pesquet-Bio\n\nFischer was selected in July 2009 as a member of the 20th NASA\nastronaut class. He completed astronaut candidate training in July\n2011.\n\nFischer's biography can be viewed at:\nhttp://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/fischer-jack.html\n\nSaint-Jacques was selected in May 2009 by the Canadian Space Agency\n(CSA) and has moved to Houston to be one of 14 members of the 20th\nNASA astronaut class.\n\nSaint-Jacques' biography can be viewed at:\nhttp://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/biosaintjacques.asp\n\nDr. Rubins was selected in July 2009 as 1 of 14 members of NASA\nAstronaut Group 20. She has been selected as flight engineer-2 for\nISS Expedition 48/49 launching on Soyuz TMA-20M in May 2016\n\nDr. Rubins' biography can be viewed at:\nhttp://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/rubins-k.html\n\n[ANS thanks Kenneth N5VHO, NASA, ESA and CSA for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nJohn Grunsfeld, KC5ZTF, named to Astronaut Hall of Fame\n\nAstronaut and Amateur Radio operator John Grunsfeld, KC5ZTF, will be\ninstalled into the Astronaut Hall of Fame in May of 2015, along with\nRhea Seddon, Steven Lindsey, and Kent Rominger. They join the likes\nof previous inductees including Alan Shepard, Neil Armstrong, and\nJohn Young in a ceremony on May 30 at Kennedy Space Center's Visitor\nComplex (KSCVC).\n\nEach year the selection process is managed by the Foundation, and\ninductees are selected from a pool of nominations, with the finalists\nselected by a panel of Hall of Fame astronauts, NASA leaders, flight\ndirectors, historians and journalists.\n\nAccording to Collect Space, \"To be eligible, astronauts must be U.S\ncitizens and have made their first spaceflight at least 17 years\nprior to their induction year. In addition, nominees need to be a\nNASA-trained commander, pilot or mission specialist who orbited the\nEarth at least once.\"\n\nThe 2015 inductees are the 14th class, and combined the group has\nflown a total of 18 shuttle missions over 26 years. With the addition\nof this year's inductees, the total number of astronauts admitted to\nthe Hall of Fame will be 91.\n\nJohn Grunsfeld, KC5ZTF, current NASA associate administrator for\nscience, is a veteran of five spaceflights, and logged over 58 days\nin space with 60 hours of EVA time spread over eight different\nspacewalks.\n\nFirst flying in 1995 as part of STS-67, a dedicated astronomy\nmission, Grunsfeld served as a mission specialist. Launching from\nKennedy Space Center aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour, STS-67 was\nthe second on three flights for the Astro 2 observatory -- an\nultraviolet telescope.  During this record-setting 16-day mission,\nthe crew conducted 'round the clock observations of faint\nastronomical objects as well as the polarization of UV light from\ndistant galaxies.\n\nHis second flight, STS-81 was the fifth shuttle flight to dock with\nthe Mir space station. Launching aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis,\nGrunsfeld served as a flight engineer during this ten day mission.\n\nHis next three flights, STS-103, STS-109, STS-125 would be servicing\nmissions to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Over the course of\nthese three mission, and several spacewalks, Grunsfeld helped upgrade\nand install new cameras, such as the wide-field camera on the\ntelescope, ensuring it would be functional for years to come. His\nfinal flight was also the final flight to Hubble.\n\nDuring his last spacewalk, Grunsfeld said this about the mission,\n\"We've been on a tremendous adventure, and been a part of a\nchallenging mission. Hubble isn't just another satellite, it's\nhumanity's quest for knowledge.\"\n\nWhen asked about his experience as an astronaut and what it felt\nlike to be nominated, Grunsfeld said, \"The biggest honor is to be an\nastronaut. It is such a tremendous privilege to be able to represent\nhumankind in our efforts to explore space.\"\n\n[ANS thanks Spaceflight Insider for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nJPL Plans 2401 MHz Lunar Ranging Experiment March 3\n\nNASA Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) will transmit a narrow band signal at\nabout 2041 MHz illuminating a spot on the moon (probably centered on\nTycho) about 1000km in diameter early in the morning of 3 March\nbetween about 0630 to 0900 UTC.\n\nJPL will be transmitting about 20kW from a 34 m aperture. They are\nplanning to have three distinct transmission modes, two will be a CW\ncarrier, and a third mode including a PN ranging code on the signal,\nprobably changing every 45 minutes.\n\nThe signal should be easy to detect with even a small receive\nantenna (at least the narrow band signal).\n\nIf you have a wideband recorder, the ranging code should be easy to\nrecover with post processing. Standard ranging code as defined in 810-\n005\n\nhttp://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/dsndocs/810-005/214/214-1.pdf\n\nAs with all PN ranging done by the Deep Space Network, the PN code\nrate is coherent to the transmit carrier, probably 1.9931640625 MHz\n(or half that) in this case.\n\nThe current status of the NASA Deep Space Network is displayed\nonline at:\nhttp://eyes.nasa.gov/dsn/dsn.html\n\n[ANS thanks Jim Lux via [email protected] for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nNew Educational Materials Available at NASA.gov\n\nAre you looking for a lesson plan that combines mathematics and\nspace science? Do you need a set of images of objects in our solar\nsystem? Or maybe you're hunting for hands-on engineering projects to\nchallenge your students. NASA Education has you covered!\n\nThe following items are now available for downloading.\n\nNASA Education Brochure -- All Educators\nNASA Education has a vision to advance science, technology,\nengineering and mathematics education using NASA's unique\ncapabilities. This brochure explains the four initiatives for\nachieving that vision. Learn how you can get involved.\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS053-NASA-Education-Brochure\n\nSpace Math VIII Educator Guide - Grades 5-12\nStudents apply problem-solving, algebra, geometry or trigonometry\nskills to a selection of 49 real-world problems involving Earth and\nspace science. Each word problem includes background information. One-\npage teachers' answer keys accompany the one-page assignments.\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS053-Space-Math\n\nSpace Math IX Educator Guide -- Grades 5-12\nThis collection of activities is intended for students looking for\nadditional challenges in the mathematics and physical science\ncurriculum.\nThe subjects of the problems include spacecraft, rovers and\nmeteorites. Mathematical topics include algebra, geometry and\ncalculus. Each word problem has background information. One-page\nteachers' answer keys accompany the one-page assignments.\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS053-Space-Math-IX\n\nOur Solar System Lithograph Set -- All Grade Levels\nThis lithograph set features images of the planets, sun, asteroids,\ncomets, meteors and meteorites, the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud, and\nmoons of the solar system. General information, significant dates,\ninteresting facts and brief descriptions of the images are included.\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS053-Solar-System-Lithograph\n\nNASA's BEST Next Generation Activity Guide - Technology Demonstration\nMissions - Grades 5-8\nThis activity guide includes nine hands-on engineering projects\nfocusing on the engineering design process and real-world science,\ntechnology and mathematics.\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS053-Tech-Demo\n\nYear of the Solar System -- Real World Math -- Grades 6-12\nThis collection of activities allows students to use mathematical\nconcepts from fractions to calculus as they learn about asteroids,\ncomets, planets, craters, planetary rings and many more space science\ntopics.\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS053-Real-World-Math\n\nLooking for more?\nNASA's new Educational Resource Search Tool can help you find lesson\nplans, posters, educator guides and other materials to supplement\nyour science, technology, engineering and mathematics curriculum.\nSearch hundreds of resources by subject, grade level, type and\nkeywords.\n\nTo check out the new search tool and begin your educational resource\nhunt, visit http://www.nasa.gov/education/materials/\n\n[ANS thanks NASA Education Express Message -- Feb. 19, 2015 for the\n above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nDesign The Next AMSAT Satellite!\n\nAt the 2014 AMSAT Space Symposium AMSAT Vice President - Engineering\nJerry Buxton announced the plan for the next generation of AMSAT\nsatellites. \"The door is open for everyone, to submit their ideas.\nAMSAT Engineering has a long term strategy and this is the first\nstep.\"\n\nThe Engineering long term strategy includes the following goals\n\n* Advancement of amateur radio satellite technical and communications\n  skills\n* Enhance international goodwill\n* Grow and sustain a skilled pool of amateur radio satellite engineers\n* Establish and maintain partnerships with educational institutions\n* Develop a means to use hardware common to all opportunities\n\nWith respect to the last goal Jerry said \"Within the bounds of the\ntype of satellite it takes to achieve any of the various orbit\nopportunities, let's consider in those plans the possibility of\ndeveloping a platform that can suit any and all orbits. Perhaps a\nmodular CubeSat, using a common bus as we did in Fox-1, which gives\ngreat flexibility in building and flying different sizes and\nconfigurations of CubeSats with simple common-design hardware\nchanges.\"\n\nSubmissions should be thorough and contain the following\ninformation. The purpose of the proposal is not just in suggesting\nan idea; being an all-volunteer team AMSAT needs your help in\ncarrying out the idea.\n\nDesign\nImplementation - CubeSat platform\nEstimated timeline\nCost - volunteer resources, commercial (COTS) units\nLaunch - how does it get to orbit\nStrategy - how it fits into AMSAT's Engineering long term strategy\nAs mentioned above the idea should be based on the CubeSat platform.\nThis is the standard through which we will look for launches in the\nforeseeable future.\n\nIn considering your proposal, Jerry encourages you to contact him,\n([email protected] using Subject: Design the Next AMSAT Satelleite), for\nmore details on the criteria.\n\nA guidebook to the criteria is now available for download at\n\nhttp://tinyurl.com/ANS032-SatelliteGuide.\n\nIn particular, if you plan to include a university as a partner to\nprovide experiments or other support and you are not representing\nthat university, please contact Jerry for assistance in working with\nour existing partners or establishing a new partnership.\n\n\"Being amateur radio operators, it is easy for us to fall into a\nparticular trap because of our history of communicating with other\namateurs throughout the world\" says Jerry. \"Specifically, most people\nwho are not already involved in the world of satellite technology are\nunaware of or simply overlook the provisions of the current ITAR and\nsoon to be EAR export rules particularly with regard to deemed\nexports which requires governmental permission to discuss satellite\nprojects with foreign nationals.\"\n\nWhile all amateurs are invited to submit ideas, U.S. amateurs must\ntake particular care of they choose to become involved in a\ncollaboration which includes individuals from other countries. It is\npermissible to receive ideas and proposals from outside the U.S., but\nit is not permitted for U.S. Persons to export or share design ideas\nwith other countries unless they have taken the proper steps to\ninsure compliance with ITAR and deemed export rules.\n\nAdditionally, those wishing to work on proposals should use care in\npresenting themselves in their contacts. While the goal is for AMSAT\nto build and launch the satellite, it is not an AMSAT project until\nit is accepted by the AMSAT Board of Directors. It is acceptable to\nrepresent yourself as members of a project team that plans to submit\na proposal to AMSAT for a future satellite project, as the AMSAT name\nis well known.\n\n\"It is not our intention that ideas be submitted to AMSAT-NA which\nwould be more appropriately handled by an AMSAT organization in a\ncountry where AMSAT is established. AMSAT-NA is seeking ideas from\namateurs in North America and will certainly consider ideas from\namateurs in countries which do not have an established AMSAT\norganization or relationships with an existing AMSAT organization.\"\n\nThe deadline for submissions is May 30, 2015. After the submission\ndate the ideas will be screened for completeness and then reviewed by\na board consisting of the AMSAT Engineering Team, AMSAT Senior\nOfficer and Board of Directors representatives, and aerospace\nindustry members. The review board may modify or consolidate ideas\nand will consider which meet the criteria to become a project based\non feasibility, cost, and the ability to bring value to the amateur\nsatellite community. The review process is expected to be completed\nin September 2015.\n\nFor those ideas selected to become a project which satisfy the\nrequirements for an ELaNa launch, the idea authors will be asked to\nwork with the AMSAT Engineering Team on an ELaNa proposal.\n\nThe Engineering Team will then work on the details of execution for\nthe selected project(s) and present a proposal to the AMSAT Board of\nDirectors in October 2015 for final approval to begin work. Once\napproved, any ELaNa proposals will be submitted in November 2015 and\nthe project(s) will move forward.\n\nNow is the time for YOU to begin working on the next AMSAT satellite!\n\n[ANS thanks AMSAT Engineering for the above information]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nARISS News\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Scuola Secondaria di Primo\nGrado \"Bachelet\", Cernusco sul naviglio, Italy and Astronaut Samantha\nCristoforetti IZØUDF using callsign NA1SS. The contact began 2015-02-\n05 10:37 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was\ntelebridged via W6SRJ. ARISS Mentor was IZ2GOJ.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Scuola Media Locatelli-\nOriani, Milano, Italy and Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti IZØUDF\nusing callsign NA1SS. The contact began 2015-02-05 10:37 UTC and\nlasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridged via\nW6SRJ. ARISS Mentor was IZ2GOJ.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between W.T. Sampson (DoD school),\nGuantanamo Bay, Cuba and Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti IZØUDF\nusing callsign IR0ISS. The contact began 2015-02-11 15:58 UTC and\nlasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridged via\nIK1SLD. ARISS Mentor was AA4KN.\n\n+ A Successful contact was made between Council Rock High School-\nSouth, Holland, PA and Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti IZØUDF using\nCallsign NA1SS. The contact began 2015-02-19 18:18:27 UTC and lasted\nabout nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via K3DN.\nARISS Mentor was KB9UPS.\n\nUpcoming ARISS Contact Schedule\n\nAn ARISS contact is planned with Riversink Elementary School,\nCrawfordville, FL. The contact will be direct via K4WAK The ISS\ncallsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut\nis Samantha Cristoforetti IZØUDF\nContact is scheduled for: Wed 2015-02-25 16:09:15 UTC\n\nThe contact should be audible over the eastern U.S and adjacent\nareas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz\ndownlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English.\n\nRiversink Elementary School is a K-5 public school operating within\nthe Wakulla County School District.  It is a Title I school located\nin rural Crawfordville, Florida.  Riversink first opened its doors in\nAugust of 2008.  Teachers at Riversink believe that every student\nwill reach his or her highest potential in a positive learning\nenvironment that encourages students to be respectful, responsible,\nand ready to learn.  Students at Riversink are highly successful due,\nin part, to the collaborative efforts of the faculty and staff, along\nwith strong parental support.  The student body is made up of 470\nstudents.  The school has 37 teachers.  Riversink's mission is to\nfacilitate the development of all students to their fullest potential\nby providing research-based instructional strategies and promoting a\nlove of learning and community pride in a safe, positive\nenvironment.\n\nA team of science and technology students and their teachers from\nCouncil Rock South High School, Richboro, PA will be speaking\ndirectly with astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) as\nit flies over the Philadelphia area.  A group of experienced\noperators from the Warminster Amateur Radio Club will be at the\nschool to assist the teachers and students as they use Ham Radio\ntechnology to make the contact.\n\nThe school will be using a recently donated radio system and\nantennas to participate in the ARISS program (Amateur Radio on the\nInternational Space Station) in which students talk directly with the\nastronauts and ask questions about living in space while the\nastronauts are actually there.\n\nScience teachers Jerry Fetter and Jeff Warmkessel have been with\nNASA's NEAT program (Network of Educator-Astronaut Teachers) since\n2004 and got the idea of applying to the ARISS program when Fetter's\nAstronomy classes were talking about living in space. \"They kept\nasking questions which only astronauts would know how to answers\",\nsaid Fetter. \"I remember thinking how great it would be if we could\njust ask them directly. To be able to ask the astronauts while they\nfly overhead is beyond my wildest plans!\"\n\nStudents in various STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math)\nprograms at Council Rock South High School have spent time\nconsidering which questions are important enough to ask an astronaut\nin the short amount of time available (approximately 12 minutes) as\nthe ISS's flight path crosses over the area.\n\nParticipants will ask as many of the following questions as time\nallows:\n\n1.  Dominic (5): When you come back to Earth after being on the ISS,\n    are you able to walk or does it take time to get used to it?\n2.  Kyle (4): Are there laws in space?\n3.  Amelia (3): Other than floating, how is living in space\n    different than living on the earth?\n4.  Brooks (2): How far have you traveled around the earth?\n5.  Makayla (1): How do you get to be an astronaut?\n6.  Jabari (K): What can you do in your free time on the space\n    station?\n7.  Addison (K): How do you sleep in space?\n8.  Hannah (1): How long does it take to get to the ISS?\n9.  Chace (2): How do you power the ISS?\n10. Payton (3): Has the space station ever been hit or almost hit by\n    anything?\n11. Jasmine (4): What happens if you get sick in space?\n12. Harley (5): When you sweat on the space station, does it stick\n    to your body or does it float away?\n13. Dominic (5): What has been the most memorable moment you've had\n    as an astronaut?\n14. Kyle (4): What time zone do you use in space?\n15. Amelia (3): What kind of work are you doing on the space station?\n16. Brooks (2): What is it like to exercise on the space station?\n17. Makayla (1): How do you eat in space?\n18. Jabari (K) How does the space station move?\n19. Addison (K): What do you miss the most about being on Earth?\n20. Hannah (1): What belongings can you take with you to the space\n    station?\n21. Chace (2): What kinds of experiments are you working on?\n22. Payton (3): When you grow plants in space, how do you water them?\n23. Jasmine (4): How do you communicate with your family?\n24. Harley (5): How does it feel to be the first Italian woman in\n    space?\n\n[ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above\ninformation]\n\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nSatellite Shorts From All Over\n\n+ Hams in Space\n\n  Since the earliest days of the Space Shuttle, many astronauts have\n  become licensed radio amateurs to communicate to stations on earth\n  while traveling in space and on the International Space Station.\n\n  For a list of astronauts who hold or have held an amateur radio\n  license visit\n  http://www.ariss.org/hams-in-space.html\n\n+ The January/February 2015 AMSAT Journal has been mailed. Look for\n  your copy if you haven't already received it.\n\n+ Dayton will host the 2015 AMSAT Space Symposium October 16-18 at\n  the Crowne Plaza in downtown Dayton. More information will be\n  posted on the AMSAT website www.amsat.org as it becomes available.\n\n+ A great Russian 435-438 MHz WebSDR with labels for satellite\n  frequencies is now available on line at: http://websdr.r4uab.ru/\n\n+ Need a 2015 calendar? How about one with out-of-this-world images?\n  Download the ?#?ISS calendar here:\n\n  http://tinyurl.com/ANS053-Calendar\n\n---------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n/EX\n\nIn addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the\nPresident's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining\ndonors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-\ntional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT\nOffice.\n\nPrimary and secondary school students are eligible for membership\nat one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students\nenrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-\ndent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.\nContact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership\ninformation.\n\n73,\nThis week's ANS Editor,\nEMike McCardel, KC8YLD\nkc8yld at amsat dot org\n",
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