February 2010 - Sarex (INACTIVE)

Upcoming ARISS contact with Riley Ave. School, Calverton, New York
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 01 Feb '10

01 Feb '10

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Riley Ave. School, Calverton, New York on 2 Feb. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:43 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and W2EEO. The contact should be audible over the east coast of the US and Canada. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The Students at the Riley Ave. Elementary school, Calverton, NY have been preparing for their contact with the International Space Station. This Riverhead Central School District school has grades Kindergarten thru 4th Grade. Science units on space and the solar system have peaked interest and informed these young students. The school wide literary program, "Parents as Reading Partners" have used the theme Space to keep interest high. Art classes have been making posters. The music program has included special songs for the youngest grades. Every child in every school in the Riverhead School District will be able to hear the contact live, via VOIP . After the contact, there will be a school dance to celebrate the 10 students lucky enough to speak live to the astronauts. Jesse Greenberg, a fourth grader, and newly licensed ham, W2EEO, will be the control operator while the members of the Peconic Amateur Radio Club provide radios, expertise and time for this once in a life time event. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How does it feel when you come back to Earth's gravity, how long does it take to get used to walking on the earth? 2. What do you do for fun in space? 3. Can you wash your clothes in space or do you ever have to? 4. If you are in a wheel chair, can you go into space? 5. What is the coolest experiment you ever did? 6. Is making fire possible in space? 7. If the power went out, do you have a back up system? 8. How do you get the pieces of the space station off the shuttle and on to the space station? 9. As we approach the end of the shuttle era, access to the station will be drastically limited. What do you feel our country needs to do to assure the access to space? 10. What efforts are taken by the space program to limit emissions and do you recycle the products that you use? 11. What's the best, worst and funniest that happened to you in space? 12. Is it hard to get dressed in space & how long does it take? 13. Is there static in space? 14. Can you mix sugar in your tea or does it float away? 15. What happens if you get a toothache or appendicitis? 16. What would you do if there was a hazardous chemical reaction on the space station? 17. How hard is it to put the components of the space station together in zero gravity? 18. Have you seen any other planets besides earth? 19. Are you testing any new prototype equipment that may be used by the public in the future? 20. What is your experience with re-entry and how does it feel? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): TBD ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada). Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN

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ARISS - Contact Notification
by Graham Lawton G7EVY 01 Feb '10

01 Feb '10

Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with Riley Ave. School, Calverton, New York, direct via W2EEO Contact is a go for: Tue 2010-02-02 17:41 UTC Audio from this contact will be fed into the EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) and *JK1ZRW* (277208) servers. Audio is generally transmitted around 15 minutes prior to the contact taking place so that you can hear some of the preparation that occurs. Please note that on Echolink there are automatic breaks of 1.5 seconds in the audio transmission. These occur every 2.5 minutes during the event. ** Contact times are approximate. If the ISS executes a reboost or other manoeuvre, the AOS (Acquisition Of Signal) time may alter by a few minutes ** 73, Graham Graham Lawton G7EVY ARISS Audio Distribution Co-ordinator Skype: wizarduk ARISS Twitter Updates: ARISS_status

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2010-02-01 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 01 Feb '10

01 Feb '10

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report February 1, 2010 1. Upcoming School Contact Riley Avenue Elementary School in Calverton, New York has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Tuesday, February 2 at 17:43 UTC. The school is integrating the contact throughout subject areas including but not limited to art, science, math, and English Language Arts. 2. JAXA Astronaut Participates in ARISS Contact with Boy Scouts On Thursday, January 28, JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi, KD5TVP conducted an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with Boy Scouts visiting the Morioka Children's Museum of Science in Morioka, Iwate, Japan. The children asked questions such as, "What is done to avoid collisions with space debris?" and "Why don't artificial satellites fall on the earth?" Through this activity, the youth learned about the ISS, satellite orbits and amateur radio. 3. Moscow Aviation Institute Experiment Activated Cosmonaut Maxim Suraev activated the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI-75) experiment onboard the ISS on Wednesday - Friday, January 27 - 29. Slow Scan Television (SSTV) images of Earth and the ISS were downlinked to ground stations. Images received were archived to the ARISS SSTV Gallery. See: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/SSTV/ 4. ISS Ham Debrief Scheduled An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) debrief session has been scheduled with Expedition 20/21 astronaut Frank DeWinne, ON1DWN on Thursday, February 4. The feedback provided will help ARISS update program operations.

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