An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Australian Air League - South Australia Wing, Parafield, South Australia, Australia on 13 March. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:56 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and K6DUE. The contact should be audible over the east coast of the U.S. 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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The Australian Air League (AAL) is a volunteer youth organisation focused at supporting and encouraging young people's interest in aerospace. The Air League was formed on 18th July 1934 becoming known as the 'primary school of aviation'.

The AAL provides a comprehensive educational program for its cadets which is based on theory instruction as well as practical experience. The AAL is a uniformed organisation and proud of its history and traditions. The AAL educational program is aerospace focused and extends to the Diploma level. Practical experience includes flying experience and training in gliders and powered aircraft. A number of former AAL cadets have progressed into the aerospace sector as pilots, technicians, scientists and academics. The AAL comprises approximately 1300 cadets in Australia. The SA Wing comprises approximately 100 cadets and arranged into three Squadrons.

Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

1. With all the training you did before going to space which part was

most useful?

2. Would the space station be able to support marine life?

3. What would you like to achieve that you have not yet achieved?

4. What do you do in your spare time on the space station?

5. What jobs do you have to do on the space station?

6. Is it true that due to the lack of gravity, an astronaut's sleep

pattern changes and you don't need as much sleep?

7. How long does it take to get to the space station?

8. Do your emotions change in space?

9. How do you entertain yourself on the space station?

10. If you could take any souvenir down from the station what would it

be?

11. What is the coolest or weirdest thing you have seen while on the

station?

12. What time zone do you use in space?

13. If you could have something delivered from earth what would it be?

14. Do your muscles stop working because you don't use them in zero

gravity?

15. How do you find direction in space if the compass is based on north

and south on earth?

16. What is the most interesting science experiment that you have done

in space and what did you learn from it?

17. What inspired you to want to live on the space station?

18. How do obtain a straight flight path?

19. How does the underwater training in the pools compare with really

living in space?

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Next planned event(s):

1. Turkey Space Camp, Izmir, Turkey, telebridge via W5RRR

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA

Contact is go for Option #4: Thu 2020-03-19 08:59:54 UTC 37 deg

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 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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