An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Celia Hays Elementary, Rockwall, Texas on 25 Feb. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:35 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and W5SO. The contact should be audible over the state of Texas 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.

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Named after a beloved longtime educator and native of Rockwall County, Celia Hays Elementary School opened in 2007. The school quickly established a tradition of educational excellence and student leadership.

Currently serving more than 870 students with approximately 70 staff members, Hays consistently achieves the highest state rating for student performance as they educate kindergarten through sixth-grade students. As in past generations, Hays "Huskies" strive to become young people that act on quality principles for the betterment of their community. The school's vision is to create a culture of leadership and learning to develop a child's abilities to become leaders of tomorrow. They cultivate an environment where students thrive and are excited about learning while providing a safe and family-oriented atmosphere that is warm and inviting for students, parents, and staff.

In short, Celia Hays Elementary is committed to academic success and fostering excellence in all areas by developing, recognizing, and celebrating the leaders within each student. At Hays...We Lead. We Learn. We Inspire.

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

1. How often are new supplies sent to the ISS and has your family sent

you anything while you have been on the ISS?

2. What are the best and worst parts of spacewalks?

3. What are some personal items you brought to space and is there

anything you did not bring that you wish you had?

4. When you get back on earth, what will you miss most about the ISS?

5. What are some of the experiments right now on the ISS that will

affect our lives in the future?

6. What is the best thing you have learned or discovered on the ISS?

7. How do you get to communicate with your family on earth?

8. What happens if you are injured seriously in space?

9. Does the food taste different than it does at home and what is your

favorite food on the ISS?

10. How do you remember all the buttons and controls on the ISS?

11. What is the best part of the ISS and why?

12. How do you reuse or recycle on the ISS and what do you do with your

trash that can't be reused or recycled?

13. What do you do for entertainment?

14. When there are storms on the Earth, what does that look like in

space?

15. Why did you choose to become an astronaut?

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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