An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Bampton School, Bampton, United Kingdom on 08 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 12:51 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and GB4BPS. The contact should be audible over the United Kingdom and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English.
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Story:
Bampton Church of England Primary School, part of the Alumnis Multi Academy Trust is a is a vibrant, friendly and nurturing school, located on the edge of Exmoor National park, serving the small agricultural town of Bampton and surrounding areas of East Devon. We are part of a supportive and friendly community with strong links to our local church, 'St Michael and All Angels.'
As a church school, our vision, 'Believe, Belong, Become' is embedded throughout our school and curriculum. Through core Christian values, we teach children to be able to understand and articulate their views about what they 'believe' and to respect the beliefs of others around them. We encourage them to understand how they 'belong' to family, school and the local and wider community, and how they fit into, and can impact the wider world around them. We encourage children to think about how and what they are aiming to 'become' as they grow, and how they are able to shape their world.
Through Christian values, together we inspire individuals to celebrate their uniqueness and empower them to become confident, aspirational, inquisitive and flourish in the modern world. We celebrate our school values of; Joy, Aiming High, Friendship, Kindness, Respect, Trust and Honesty, and Forgiveness and Compassion, and embed these values into everyday school life.
We offer an exciting, broad and balanced curriculum in a happy, stimulating environment, supported by a wide range of after school clubs and high quality, offsite residential visits. We are always seeking ways to enhance the teaching and learning experience for our children, with a breadth of experiences that develop the whole child and create a genuine love of learning. We are passionate about bringing STEM subjects to life and encouraging children to see how these subjects translate into the world beyond school.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. Has the International Space Station ever suffered any damage from a meteor strike?
2. How can space be made accessible to people with disabilities?
3. How long will it take you to get used to gravity again when you get home?
4. What would happen if I took a snowball into space?
5. How do you get to and from the International Space Station?
6. If you cut yourself in space, who acts as the doctor to fix it for you?
7. Do you dream differently in space or dream of anything in particular?
8. If I kick a football in space, how far would it travel?
9. When you were a child did you want to go to space and is there anything that disappointed you about it?
10. What does it feel like when you are in a rocket and you are about to get shot into space?
11. If you could make one improvement to the International Space Station, what would it be?
12. The International Space Station travels at 5 miles per second, can you feel it moving when travelling fast like you can on earth?
13. The International Space Station is so fast, how does it not crash into the other satellites that are also in orbit?
14. Did you have any concerns looking back at Earth for the first time?
15. How many planets have you seen from the International Space Station?
16. If you could grow any plant in the International Space Station what would it be?
17. How long have you been on the International Space Station and how long do you think you could stay there for?
18. What time goes your clock show on the Space Station? Is it USA, UK, Russian or Japan time?
19. Do you get to keep your customised seat or anything else as a souvenir of your trip?
20. We are getting aware about the amount of rubbish on earth, are you worried about the amount of space junk and can you see it?
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Next planned event(s):
1. Collège Robert Doisneau, Sarralbe, France, direct via F6KFT
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
Contact is go for: Tue 2019-10-08 14:29 UTC
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Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org.
Thank you & 73,
David - AA4KN
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