An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Loreto College, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

on 15 August. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:17 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 IR0ISS and IK1SLD. The contact should be audible over Italy 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.

Loreto College Marryatville is South Australia's only all-girls independent Catholic day and boarding school, catering for approximately 600 students from Early Learning to Year 12. The College was established in 1905 and is set on beautiful heritage grounds. Being one of seven Australian Loreto Schools united by the vision of Mary Ward, the College prides itself on the development of strong, passionate, and confident girls and young women who have the social consciousness to make a difference to our world. A Loreto education is built from a 400-year-old foundation that articulates the importance of educating girls and young women so that they will actively take a place in society and influence their world through a set of strong values and beliefs. In delivering this view, Loreto College Marryatville provides girls with a well-rounded education where students are presented with a broad range of opportunities and given the support and encouragement needed so that they become confident and engaged learners.

There are approximately 85 teaching and non-teaching staff to support student learning. Coordinating teacher is Ann-Maree Tippins. Supporting teachers are Patty Warrender, Alison Thompson, Andrew Baker, Isabelle Roberts.

Dr Nicole Archard is Principal and supported the College's first trip to NASA, Cape Kennedy Centre, in 2017. A group of 16 girls, accompanied by 2 teachers, experienced 5 days as part of a Space Camp. We were fortunate enough to meet the astronaut, John David Bartoe or JD, who was so friendly and inspiring. One of our students, Holly MacRae, had a personal meeting with Luca Parmitano, who departs on July 20 as part of Expedition 60-61.

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

1. Why are you in space? What are you working on?

2. How long have you been on the space station?

3. Do you ever worry about space junk hitting the ISS?

4. Do you go outside the space station?

5. What can you see in space from the ISS?

6. What does space smell like?

7. What is the most needed object in space?

8. Does time change in space?

9. Why does it look slow when the ISS is going so fast?

10. How do you know it is lunchtime when it's always dark?

11. How do you eat without your food going everywhere?

12. Do you have to take food and water with you to the ISS?

13. What happens if there is an emergency on the ISS?

14. What happens if you get hurt or sick on the ISS?

15. Do you get sick when you come back to Earth?

16. Why did you choose to become an astronaut?

17. How long did it take you to become an astronaut?

18. What was your favourite part of your training for the ISS? Why?

19. What do you do to pass the time in space when you are not working?

20. Do you have fun in space?

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Next planned event(s):

1. The Children's Inn at NIH (National Institutes of Health),

Bethesda, MD (CASIS#3), telebridge via VK4KHZ

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA

Contact is go for: Thu 2019-08-22 17:16 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 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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