An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Oasis Academy Brightstowe, Bristol, UK on 19 Feb. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 14:23 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between GB1SS and GB1OAB. The contact should be audible over portions of 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.

Oasis Academy Brightstowe is an independent Academy for 11 - 16 year olds, located in Shirehampton, North Bristol. We opened in September 2008 in the state-of-the-art buildings of the former Portway School. Our facilities here are second to none, with an on-site restaurant, great sports facilities and a well-stocked Library.

Oasis Academy Brightstowe was given £1.8 million to develop a 21st century ICT capability, so students here have access to the very latest technology; including a fully equipped Library, access to Wi-Fi throughout the school, and a Virtual Learning Environment, designed to give students access to online learning provision.

The Academy has one of the highest computer-per-student ratios of any school in the area (better than one between two students) and we encourage students to be competent with the use of computers and the internet in their lessons.

The new technology is embraced by both staff and students and forms a key part of lesson planning and delivery. Interactive whiteboards are a feature of every classroom and teachers can instantly turn any workspace into an ICT suite using one of our eight portable laptop trolleys.

1. From my research, I have found out that you are taking part in 265

experiments. Which one is the most important for us here on Earth?

2. In your opinion, will unmanned missions ever be equal to manned ones?

3. In a microgravity environment, can dust, debris and liquids cause a

danger, and if so how do you deal with it?

4. My aim is to be the first female Afghan astronaut. What would be the one

most important piece of advice that you have for me?

5. Were you told what experiments you had to do, or did you get to choose?

6. How many days supplies do you have on board should a resupply mission not

arrive as scheduled?

7. How did you build the confidence to go into space?

8. Why should we continue to fund expensive space missions when we have more

pressing problems on Earth?

9. If the world's leaders could see the earth from your current perspective,

do you think there would be a better consensus to sort out the problems

of the world?

10. Did anything in your previous career or experiences, prepare you for

space?

11. Why did you want to become an astronaut?

12. When you push on the wall of the space station behind you to move

forward, does the space station move backwards due to the principle of

conservation of momentum?

13. What do you think of NASA's planned one way Mars mission, and would you

go if given the opportunity?

14. Can you feel the ISS shake or wobble?

15. Being in a microgravity environment causes a decrease in muscle mass and

bone density. Other than exercise, what measures are you taking to

protect your health?

16. Considering that in space you are weightless and time has a different

value, do you age at a different rate?

17. Astronauts go through such lengthy and intensive training for their

journeys. Was there anything that you were not prepared for?

18. How are your experiments helping to save our Earth?

19. What do you miss about being on earth?

20. Other than the earth, can you tweet a picture of your favourite sight in

space?

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Next planned event(s):

1. UAH Space Hardware Club, Huntsville, Alabama, direct via K4UAH

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN

Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-02-19 17:20 UTC

2. Istituto Sobrero, Casale Monferrato, Italy, direct via IK1SLD

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN

Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-02-25 09:10 UTC

3. Norwich Schools, Norwich/East Anglia, UK, direct via GB2CNS

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI

Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-02-26 14:43 UTC

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), and the 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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