An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Colegio Del Sol, San Miguel de Tucuman, Tucuman, Argentina on 10 Sept. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:20 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and LU5KHF. The contact should be audible over Argentina 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.
During the contact the students of the school will be in the main room waiting for it. Before starting the contact there will be a brief explanation about the contact, about ARISS, about the ISS to all those present, there will be about 200 students of all the courses. the room will have a giant screen to follow the ISS's trajectory through a tracking software, through a sound system all those present will be able to follow the conversation between the students and the astronaut of the ISS, besides there will be present parents of the students, professors and members of the school. In addition, the local media was informed, which will cover the event.
The school has 3 main levels, kindergarten, primary and secondary, divided into morning shift and late shift. they have a total of 1700 students. It is a school that is located in a residential area and was operated more than 35 years ago, has an excellent academic level.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. What inspired you to be an astronaut?
2. How did your relatives react when they learned about your mission?
3. What is it that you miss from daily life since you are on the ISS?
4. What is your mission? Do you think they will achieve it?
5. Is your work team made up of people from different countries? Which ones?
6. Has your way of seeing space changed since you are in the mission?
7. How long, on average, does a mission on the ISS last?
8. Is the perception of time modified in an environment with micro-gravity?
9. How are spacecraft and spacesuits built to withstand the extreme
conditions in space?
10. How is personal hygiene done in a microgravity environment?
11. How is the oxygen supply maintained in the ISS?
12. Living in an environment with micro gravity has had any noticeable effect
on your health or physical - emotional state?
13. How fast is the ISS moving?
14. How does the earth look from space?
15. What is the temperature in space? And how is the temperature maintained
within the ISS?
16. What is the strangest thing you saw in space?
17. Has your vision of the world and the earth changed since you were in the
ISS?
18. Is it possible with current technology to live forever in space?
19. Are the security protocols in the ISS very complex?
20. What do they do if a crew member becomes seriously ill?
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Next planned event(s):
1. Walford Anglican School for Girls, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia,
telebridge via W6SRJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU
Contact is a go for Wed 2018-09-12 08:21:02 UTC
Watch for live simulcast at: https://batc.org.uk/live/vk4khz
About ARISS:
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 Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) 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 informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org.
Thank you & 73,
David - AA4KN
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