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Upcoming ARISS contact with Rock Bridge Elementary School, Columbia, MO
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 01 Mar '14

01 Mar '14

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Rock Bridge Elementary School, Columbia, MO on 05 March. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 14:00 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and KM0R. The contact should be audible over the middle U.S. 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. Rock Bridge Elementary School is a K-5 public school operating within the Columbia Public School District. It is located in Columbia, Missouri. The school offers a core curriculum, with emphasis on science, technology, and math. Rock Bridge has a strong belief that in order to prepare students for success in the 21st century, today's learners must be able to think critically and creatively, work collaboratively, and master an ever growing list of skills. The student body is made up of 672 students from all over the Boone County, Missouri area. The school has 24 classroom teachers, 6 special area teachers, 5 teaching assistants in addition to 2 pre-school teachers. The school's mission is to cultivate learners and leaders who are inspired, able, and prepared to make a positive difference in the world. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How big does the moon look from space? 2. Are the foods you eat healthy? 3. What does zero G feel like? 4. What does it feel like to look back at Earth? 5. What do the stars look like from space? 6. How heavy is a space suit? 7. What experiments are you working on? 8. Do you ever worry about floating off into space? 9. What happens when you hit the atmosphere? 10. How many years of training does it take to be an astronaut? 11. What activities do you do in outer space? 12. What's the scariest thing that's ever happened at the Station? 13. Where do you sleep? 14. Can you see any planets from the space station? 15. Is time slower in space? 16. Why isn't Pluto a planet? 17. What does the Earth look like from space? 18. What's your favorite thing about being in space? 19. I read you get taller while in space, what other changes do you notice about your body? 20. How do you train for being weightless? 21. On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate space food? 22. What is your favorite experiment or project you are currently working on? 23. What can people learn from outer space? 24. Do you get to talk to your family while you're in space? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Sign up for the SAREX maillist at http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex 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): 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 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Central Square Middle School Amateur Radio Club, Central Square, NY
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 01 Mar '14

01 Mar '14

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Central Square Middle School Amateur Radio Club, Central Square, NY on 03 Mar. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 14:05 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and KC2ILA. The contact should be audible over the portions of the eastern U.S 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. The Central Square Middle School (CSMS) has approximately 1000 students in grades 6, 7, and 8. CSMS is actually 3 schools within a school that function on their own. Each school has grades 6, 7, and 8 and is identified as House 1, House 2, or House 3. Students are assigned to a grade-level team within a house. Students in grades 7 and 8 can participate in interscholastic athletics of many types. There are also many clubs that all grade levels can participate in throughout the year including (to name a few) Leadership (Student Government), Fishing Club, Chess Club and Amateur Radio Club. Amateur Radio Club, KC2ILA, has been active at CSMS for more than two decades. We acquired our call sign in 2001, but used our club advisor's call sign before that. Over the years we have been involved in various electronic construction projects, KC2ILA is always a presence on the air during School Club Roundup in February, and we are always tracking spacecraft carrying Amateur Radios. Over the years several students have spoken with astronauts on space shuttles and students at CSMS spoke with 5 of the 7 NASA astronauts and several cosmonauts, who resided on the Mir Space Station. In September 1994 CSMS organized a scheduled contact between astronauts on Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-64) and students from 8 school districts in Central New York. The radios for the contact were located at the Museum of Science and Technology (MoST) in Syracuse, NY. In the spring of 2013 several club members worked on preparing the application for another scheduled contact, this time with the International Space Station. We are hoping this conversation goes as well as our first scheduled contact! Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Are you going to be taking part in the Quantum Entanglement Experiment and if so what equipment will you be using? 2. Can you tell us of any direct, recent benefits that have come from research on the ISS that could not be done on Earth? 3. Are there any experiments being performed for private companies on ISS? 4. Do you think the ECLSS being used on ISS will be similar to the one that will be used when humans travel to Mars? Will it solve our water problem when traveling to Mars? 5. Have any of the algorithms from the NASA SPHERES Competition been used on ISS? 6. Is it hard to control the space station as it orbits Earth? 7. What experience on Earth is most comparable to the feeling of weightlessness? 8. What do you do to prepare for a spacewalk and how long do preparations take? 9. How often do you receive supplies and what sort of items do you get? 10. Has the space station ever been hit by debris and if so is there a way to avoid this? 11. Where does all the waste from ISS go? 12. What occurred to make you want to work on the space station or even be up in space? 13. Is it different or harder to sleep in microgravity? 14. What was your biggest shock when you got to space? 15. Is it crowded on ISS? 16. What do stars look like in space? 17. Does it feel like you are at home when you are on the space station? 18. How do you exercise in space? 19. Are you able to take showers in space? 20. What is your favorite thing to do for fun in space? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Sign up for the SAREX maillist at http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex 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): 1. Rock Bridge Elementary School, Columbia, MO, direct via KMØR Wed, 05Mar2014, 14:00 UTC 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 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-03-01 19:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 01 Mar '14

01 Mar '14

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-03-01 19:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Musashino Elementary School of Hamura-shi, Hamura, Japan, direct via 8N1MA Contact was successful: Sat 2014-03-01 08:14:19 UTC 60 deg (***) Space Experiments "on Gagarin of the Cosmos", Gymnasium № 1, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, direct via RØFM Contact is a go for Sat 2014-02-22 09:15 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space Experiments "on Gagarin of the Cosmos", Polytechnic College of number 42, Russia, direct via UB3AFD Contact is a go for Sat 2014-02-22 13:40 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Members of the Radio USATU students who are active members of the regional organization of the Union of Russian stations in the Republic of Bashkortostan, direct via RZ9WWB Contact is a go for 2014-03-01 09:40 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Children and Youth Centre "Galaxy" of Kaluga, direct via RK3X Contact is a go for 2014-03-01 11:12 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Centre Tourism and Youth Policy Ruzaevo Municipal District, Republic of Mordovia, direct via UB3UAD Contact is a go for 2014-03-02 10:24 UTC Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Center of Space Communications, St. Petersburg, who are winners of the contest "Ask your question astronaut.",direct via RA1AJN Contact is a go for 2014-03-03 09:33 UTC Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Secondary school № 50 YA Gagarin Kursk, direct via RW3W Contact is a go for 2014-03-03 11:09 UTC Central Square Middle School Amateur Radio Club, Central Square, NY, direct via KC2ILA Contact is go for: Mon 2014-03-03 14:05:15 UTC 31 deg Rock Bridge Elementary School, Columbia, MO, direct via KMØR Contact is a go for: Wed 2014-03-05 14:00:13 UTC 33 deg I have to apologize for the late postings of the upcoming Russian contacts and lack of updates to the previously posted. Often times I receive updates just hours ahead of the scheduled time and many times after the fact. Also I tend to get the information untranslated, so please excuse the rough translations. **************************************************************************** ARISS is requesting listener reports for the above contacts. Due to issues with the Kenwood radio that are not fully understood at present, the Ericsson radio is going to be used for these contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. **************************************************************************** *** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. http://www.ariss.org/other-ariss-websites.html **************************************************************************** *** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ **************************************************************************** *** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 117 Francesco IKØWGF with 101 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 101 (***) **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2014-03-01 19:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 890. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 869. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ US Hams, don’t forget that there is a new process for US school proposals. For US schools to have an ARISS contact, they must fill out a proposal, submit it to NASA, and see if they are approved or not. Once a school is approved and put on the list, an ARISS mentor will be assigned to assist the school. NASA will have two open windows a year for schools to submit a proposal. The window for contacts during the second half of 2014 has already closed. Look for the window for first half 2015 contacts later this year. You must go through NASA to get the proposal material. Contact Teaching From Space, a NASA Education office, at JSC-TFS-ARISS(a)mail.nasa.gov or by calling them at (281) 244-2320. The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, Kansas, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** ** The successful school list has been updated as of 2014-03-01 19:30 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 37/38 on orbit Oleg Kotov Sergey Ryazansky Michael S. Hopkins KF5LJG Exp. 38/39 on orbit Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA Mikhail Tyurin RZ3FT Richard A. Mastracchio KC5ZTE **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-03-01 01:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-03-01 01:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Space Experiments "on Gagarin of the Cosmos", Gymnasium № 1, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, direct via RØFM Contact is a go for Sat 2014-02-22 09:15 UTC ARISS has not received not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Space Experiments "on Gagarin of the Cosmos", Polytechnic College of number 42, Russia, direct via UB3AFD Contact is a go for Sat 2014-02-22 13:40 UTC ARISS has not received not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. Exploration Place, Wichita, KS, direct via WØSOE Contact failed: Fri 2014-02-28 16:24:04 UTC 47 deg (***) Contact was successful Fri 2014-02-28 18:04 UTC (***) Musashino Elementary School of Hamura-shi, Hamura, Japan, direct via 8N1MA Contact is a go for: Sat 2014-03-01 08:14:19 UTC 60 deg Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Members of the Radio USATU students who are active members of the regional organization of the Union of Russian stations in the Republic of Bashkortostan, direct via RZ9WWB (***) Contact is a go for 2014-03-01 09:40 UTC (***) Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Children and Youth Centre "Galaxy" of Kaluga, direct via RK3X (***) Contact is a go for 2014-03-01 11:12 UTC (***) Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Centre Tourism and Youth Policy Ruzaevo Municipal District, Republic of Mordovia, direct via UB3UAD (***) Contact is a go for 2014-03-02 10:24 UTC (***) Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Center of Space Communications, St. Petersburg, who are winners of the contest "Ask your question astronaut.",direct via RA1AJN (***) Contact is a go for 2014-03-03 09:33 UTC (***) Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Secondary school № 50 YA Gagarin Kursk, direct via RW3W (***) Contact is a go for 2014-03-03 11:09 UTC (***) Central Square Middle School Amateur Radio Club, Central Square, NY, direct via KC2ILA Contact is go for: Mon 2014-03-03 14:05:15 UTC 31 deg Rock Bridge Elementary School, Columbia, MO, direct via KMØR (***) Contact is a go for: Wed 2014-03-05 14:00:13 UTC 33 deg (***) I have to apologize for the late postings of the upcoming Russian contacts and lack of updates to the previously posted. Often times I receive updates just hours ahead of the scheduled time and many times after the fact. Also I tend to get the information untranslated, so please excuse the rough translations. (***) **************************************************************************** ARISS is requesting listener reports for the above contacts. Due to issues with the Kenwood radio that are not fully understood at present, the Ericsson radio is going to be used for these contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. **************************************************************************** *** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. http://www.ariss.org/other-ariss-websites.html **************************************************************************** *** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ **************************************************************************** *** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 117 Francesco IKØWGF with 101 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 100 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2014-03-01 01:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 889. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 868. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ US Hams, don’t forget that there is a new process for US school proposals. For US schools to have an ARISS contact, they must fill out a proposal, submit it to NASA, and see if they are approved or not. Once a school is approved and put on the list, an ARISS mentor will be assigned to assist the school. NASA will have two open windows a year for schools to submit a proposal. The window for contacts during the second half of 2012 has already closed. Look for the window for first half 2013 contacts later this year. You must go through NASA to get the proposal material. Contact Teaching From Space, a NASA Education office, at JSC-TFS-ARISS(a)mail.nasa.gov or by calling them at (281) 244-2320. The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, Kansas, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** ** The successful school list has been updated as of 2014-03-01 01:30 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 37/38 on orbit Oleg Kotov Sergey Ryazansky Michael S. Hopkins KF5LJG Exp. 38/39 on orbit Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA Mikhail Tyurin RZ3FT Richard A. Mastracchio KC5ZTE **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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