An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Huntington High School, Huntington, TX on 25 Feb. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 19:39 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and KI5AJL The contact should be audible over the state of Texas 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.
Huntington High School is located in Huntington, Texas which is a small, rural community located in deep East Texas near Sam Rayburn Lake. There are 493 students in our school. Currently, 10 of these students are involved in the ARISS program through their teacher Mrs. Peggy Albritton and our mentor, Mr. Kris Kirkland. Kris, who is a HAM radio enthusiast and a coach/mentor of our high school robotics team, is the person responsible for bringing the ARISS program to our school. There are currently 3 Freshman, 3 Sophomores, 3 Juniors and 1 Senior participating.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. What is the most exciting experience that you have had or discovery you
have made while on the ISS?
2. How does being in space affect blood pressure?
3. What is your favorite movie set in outer space, and which movie do you
feel most accurately portrays what it is like in space?
4. How do you incorporate 3D printers on the ISS and how valuable is it to
the success of the ISS program?
5. How much physical training do you have to do during a space mission and
how do you do this?
6. What do you do for entertainment while in space?
7. What does it feel like wearing a spacesuit and are they custom made to
fit you?
8. How good is the food on the space station and what's your favorite kind?
9. How can astronauts have a shower on board?
10. What type of physical training did you have to do to prepare to be on the
ISS?
11. What advice can you give to students who aspire to follow in your
footsteps?
12. Have you ever tried to pull pranks on each other and, if so, what were
they?
13. If presented with the opportunity, would you like to be involved with
colonizing Mars and how?
14. Is your daily routine regimented to a time zone, or can you sleep, wake,
and work at times you choose?
15. How does being in space affect how you sleep and dream?
16. How do you clean up your messes in space?
17. When and why did you decide to become an astronaut?
18. Are you working on anything that will help make a colony on Mars.
19. How did you feel when you saw planet Earth for the first time?
20. What is the first thing you want to do when you get back on earth?
21. Do the astronauts ever leave time capsules to be found on the ISS in the
distant future?
22. How do you brush your teeth on board the ISS?
23. What do you think should be the focus of the space program over the next
years?
24. What do you want to do as soon as you get back home?
25. How do you draw blood in space for all the experiments requiring that?
26. What is your favorite part about living in space?
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Next planned event(s):
TBD
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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