This event is streaming live now here: https://principia.ariss.org/Live/
The contact is not for another 45 minutes (08:08UTC) but there is pre-contact warm up events.
On 03/05/2016, [email protected] [email protected] wrote:
An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Ashfield Primary School, Otley, West Yorkshire, UK on 05 May. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:08 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between GB1SS and GB1APS. The contact should be audible over the UK 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.
Ashfield Primary School is a smaller than average school situated in a small market town, north of Leeds. Whilst Otley is a relatively affluent area, a high proportion of our pupils come from the Weston Estate - an area of significant deprivation.
Almost all pupils are of White British heritage. Very few speak English as an additional language but this number is increasing. An above average proportion of pupils have special educational needs and/or disabilities and an above average number of pupils are eligible for pupil premium (40%). Over recent years the school has sought to raise the aspirations of the pupils and their parents as a high proportion of the children come from 2nd/3rd generation NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training) families.
We are a 1 form entry primary with 200 pupils.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
How can I come and see you?
If you blow a bubble in space what shape will it be and will it last
long?
How do you communicate with people down below?
Are your space clothes itchy or soft?
Although you are with other members up in the ISS do you ever get
lonely?
What would happen to a balloon in the ISS that isn't attached to a
string?
Does helium work the same in space?
How tall are you now on the ISS?
Is there space candy?
How do you get home from the space station?
What are washing machines like in space and how do you clean your
clothes?
What does the Earth look like at night from the ISS?
What does space smell like?
How often do you look out of the window to see planet earth?
What is the best thing about the countdown and why?
How do you stop your food from floating?
What is the best thing about being in zero gravity?
What is it like in space at night time?
How many miles up are you and why?
What happens to your organs in space?
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1. All Saints STEAM Academy (AS2A), Middletown, Rhode Island, direct via N1ASA The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Jeff Williams KD5TVQ Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-05-06 16:43:47 UTC Watch for the live simulcast at livestream.com/accounts/9685187/events/5301163 2. The Kings School, Ottery St Mary, Devon, UK, direct via GB1OSM The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Mon 2016-05-09 09:26:30 UTC Watch for HamTV during this contact. 3. H.A.L. School, Lucknow, India, telebridge via K6DUE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for Option #7: Thu 2016-05-12 08:11:20 UTC 4. AstroNuts Kids Space Club Academy, Duncan Observatory, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for Option #1: Sat 2016-05-14 17:37:12 UTCABOUT ARISS
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Thank you & 73,
David - AA4KN
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