An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Sayama Mizutomi Community Center, Sayama, Japan on 13 Jan. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:58 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and 8J1SS. The contact should be audible over Japan 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 Mizutomi Community Center is located in the center of the Mizutomi area in the northwestern part of the Sayama city, and is a community center surrounded by greenery and greenery where colorful carp swim. This Center has Mizutomi elementary school, Hirose elementary school and Nishi junior high school in area. The center gathers students of those schools and performs various events. Recently, we have held a training course for amateur license.

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

1. How did you feel when you got to space?

2. Do you feel hot or cold in the space station?

3. What is the most beautiful place on Earth that you can see from the

space station?

4. How fast are you moving now?

5. Can you see rainbows in space, if so what do they look like?

6. How do astronauts navigate space, find positions and directions?

7. Can you see meteor showers from the i.s.s.?

8. Do you have animals in the ISS now?

9. Do you see morning or night from the space station?

10. When and how do you contact your family?

11. How do you wash yourself in space?

12. Why did you become an astronaut?

13. What is the most crucial thing for astronauts?

14. In space what has been a difficult work for you?

15. What space food do you like the most?

16. Are there any other food but space food.

17. Can you see a super nova from ISS?

18. Do you want your own house in space?

19. What do you want to do first when you return to Earth?

20. In space, what has surprised you the most?

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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