An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at College Park School, Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada on 13 Feb. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 20:10 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and VA5ISS. The contact should be audible over Alberta, 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.

College Park School is a relatively new school situated in the Town of Lloydminster on the provincial border between Saskatchewan and Alberta. It houses over 600 students in a range of grades from Kindergarten to Grade 9. We are fortunate to have a telescope and an observatory on the roof of the school. We study space in both grades 6 & 9 and have many students interested and excited to learn from a Canadian Astronaut.

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

1. What was your first thought when you knew that you were going to space?

2. Why did you want to become an astronaut?

3. What went through your head when you're counting down the seconds to blast

off?

4. How long does it take to get to the ISS?

5. How do astronauts get aboard the International Space Station given its

extreme speed?

6. Do you get to bring a personal item with you and what did you bring?

7. What's your mission on the ISS?

8. What do you if one of you gets sick while in space?

9. Are you able to talk to your family?

10. What do the Northern Lights look like in space?

11. How do you sleep in space?

12. Who inspired you to go to space?

13. What does the Earth look like?

14. Do things get dirty on the ISS and if so, how do you clean them?

15. How do you feel when you're looking down on Earth from space?

16. What jobs do you do in space?

17. What do you do in space if you are bored?

18. How does it feel representing Canada on the ISS?

19. What does an average day on the ISS entail?

20. If you know there is a risk to you when you re-enter the atmosphere why

do you go?

PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES:

Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the

International Space Station (ARISS).

To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status

Next planned event(s):

Faith Christian Academy, Orlando, FL, direct via W9DWJ

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI

Contact is go for: Thu 2019-02-14 14:30 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

--- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus