An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at 58th Hamilton Scout Group, Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada on 06 Apr. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:31UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and VE3DC. The contact should be audible over Ontario, Canada 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.

The 58th Hamilton Scout Group, located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, provides youth across genders aged 5 to 26 the opportunity to participate in educational activities in keeping with the `Canadian Path' program established by Scouts Canada. The `Canadian Path' encourages curiosity and imagination by encouraging youth to pursue their individual interests and skills within a program structure unique to the Scout movement. The `Canadian Path' also lays strong emphasis on Science, Engineering, Technology and Math (STEM) activities. The radio contact with astronaut St. Jacques aboard the ISS will therefore help us further our educational mandate, as it relates to Scouts Canada's STEM emphasis.

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

1. When did you realize you wanted to be involved in the space program, and

what did you do to give yourself the opportunities to get there?

2. What does the earth look like from space?

3. Why do you float in space?

4. How do you eat in space?

5. Have you ever experienced any space sickness and what do you do to

overcome it?

6. What science experiments are you doing on the ISS right now?

7. What do you do for fun in space?

8. How often do you put on your spacesuit and is it comfortable to wear?

9. How do you communicate with others on the ISS who speak different

languages?

10. Do you use boosters to move around the outside of the station?

11. How do you get a steady supply of goods to the ISS, when you are up there

for so long?

12. What is the best part of being in space?

13. What would happen if a meteorite hit the Space Station?

14. How does the spaceship fly without rocket boosters in space?

15. What happens if you shoot a gun in space?

16. How do you sneeze in space?

17. How do you do your laundry on the ISS?

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Next planned event(s):

1. Shaftesbury High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, telebridge via VK6MJ

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Wed 2019-04-10 15:57 UTC

2. École des Charmilles, Thyez, France, telebridge via ON4ISS

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Thu 2019-04-11 12:55 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), 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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