An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Pembroke Junior Senior High School, Corfu, NY

on 08 Jan. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:28 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 NA1SS and LU8YY. The contact should be audible over portions of Argentina 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.

Pembroke Junior Senior High School is a comprehensive public high school enrolling approximately 450 students in grades 7 through 12. It is located in the rural community of Pembroke, New York, midway between Buffalo and Rochester. In 2017, Pembroke was recognized by Business First as 3rd Most Over-Achieving School in Western New York out of the 96 schools assessed. We work diligently to provide challenging and rigorous courses that meet the diverse needs of our students. For a small school, we pride ourselves on offering an extensive selection of high-level classes and acceleration to our students. We also offer a variety of extracurricular opportunities for students in athletics, arts, science, and technology. Many of our students are very well rounded as a result of being involved in multiple sports, clubs, and music groups. Many of our students also volunteer and fundraise for multiple nonprofit organizations in Western New York. We have strong bonds with our community and are known for being able to do a lot with a little. We have enjoyed working with local amateur radio enthusiasts who have enhanced our STEM curriculum and have expanded our knowledge outside of the classroom particularly in sharing the wide range of fields that use radio communication. We have been eagerly anticipating our contact by keeping up with the events related to the International Space Station and can't wait to speak with David Saint-Jacques. We look forward to hearing about his experience so far as a new crew member on the ISS.

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

1. Did you always know that you wanted to become an astronaut?

2. What do you do for fun while you are in space?

3. What items did you bring with you to space?

4. What food do you miss the most?

5. What does it feel like to exit the atmosphere?

6. How do you know if it is day or night on the ISS?

7. What surprised you the most when you arrived at the space station, or has it been just as you expected?

8. To help us understand the size of the space station, can you compare it to the size of something on Earth?

9. Do you follow Eastern Standard Time in space?

10. What is the most difficult everyday activity or task to complete in space?

11. How do you clean up spills and messes in space?

12. Does the space station help to predict weather?

13. How do you prepare for the lack of gravity that you experience in space?

14. Which do you enjoy more, being in space or on Earth?

15. Do you celebrate Christmas or other holidays on the space station?

16. How do you maintain your water supply in space?

17. Can you spot specific constellations from space?

18. How would you take care of an open wound in space?

19. What equipment do you use to contact your family?

20. How do you exercise in space?

21. What is your favorite part about being on the ISS?

22. What do you believe is the future for manned spaceflight?

23. Who inspired you to become an astronaut?

24. How does a flame act in space?

25. What is the coolest thing you have seen on Earth from space?

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Next planned event(s):

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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 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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