August 2015 - Sarex (INACTIVE)

Upcoming ARISS contact with Ulvila Upper Secondary School, Finland
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 29 Aug '15

29 Aug '15

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Ulvila Upper Secondary School, Finland on 01 Sept. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:44 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 direct between OR4ISS and OH1F. The contact should be audible Finland 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 Ulvila Upper Secondary School is located in western Finland. In the Ulvila Upper Secondary School there are approximately 320 students. The age bracket of students is 16 to 19 years on average. The variety of educational opportunities offered at Ulvila Upper Secondary School can provide a basis for the academic and personal growth. The main academic objective is to give the students means for taking part in studies at universities and polytechnics. We provide a large selection courses consisting of compulsary courses, specialization courses and applied courses. For example, in our school one can study also the basics of Astronomy and Space Physics in optional courses. The ARISS -project is in good progress and we are very excited about it. 1. What time zone do you use there? 2. What do you do in your free time at the station? 3. If we found life beyond the Earth in the future, would it be right to disturb its evolution? 4. What is the best experience you've had while being astronaut? 5. Is there something that you did not expect to be hard for you, but it is? 6. For how long are you staying in the International Space Station? 7. What kind of food do you eat at ISS? 8. Which is the most interesting project you have been working with on ISS? 9. What is your favorite sight you can see from the space station? 10. Which is the most interesting item you have ever printed with the "Made in space" 3D-printer? 11. What did you study after high school? 12. What has surprised you positively? 13. What kind of physical condition is required of astronauts? 14. Can you see any manmade structures from the ISS? 15. What do you miss the most from Earth/home? 16. What is something you would want to have with you in the space station but you can´t have? 17. Does ISS espresso taste different than normal coffee? Or does micro gravity change the sense of taste? 18. What do you want to say to the young of the present day? 19. Do you have normal showers at ISS or do you have some alternative way to take care of your personal hygiene? 20. Does your personal world view change when you see the Earth from space as planet? 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. Kazakhstan, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Aidyn Aimbetov Contact is a go for 2015-09-08 07:10 UTC ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA. 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/ Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-08-28 17:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 28 Aug '15

28 Aug '15

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-08-28 17:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Sochi, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled cosmonaut is Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Contact is a go for 2015-08-29 11:15 UTC Ulvila Upper Secondary School, Finland, direct via OH1F The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS (***) Contact is a go for: Tue 2015-09-01 11:44:03 UTC 11 deg (***) Kazakhstan, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Aidyn Aimbetov Contact is a go for 2015-09-08 07:10 UTC **************************************************************************** ** Watch for the official announcements for when schools will be able to send in proposals for an ARISS contact. The window will be open from 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts during the second half of 2016. **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above 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. **************************************************************************** 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/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IKØWGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 109 **************************************************************************** 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 2015-08-28 17:30 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 990. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 955. 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. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-08-28 09:00 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. 43/44 on orbit Gennady Padalka RN3DT Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-08-28 09:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 28 Aug '15

28 Aug '15

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-08-28 09:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Maconaquah School Corporation, Bunker Hill, IN, direct via KD9BAQ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Contact was successful: Thu 2015-08-27 15:52:50 UTC 85 deg (***) Sochi, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled cosmonaut is Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Contact is a go for 2015-08-29 11:15 UTC Kazakhstan, direct via TBD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Aidyn Aimbetov (***) Contact is a go for 2015-09-08 07:10 UTC (***) **************************************************************************** ** Watch for the official announcements for when schools will be able to send in proposals for an ARISS contact. The window will be open from 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts during the second half of 2016. **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above 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. **************************************************************************** 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/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IKØWGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 109 **************************************************************************** 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 2015-08-28 09:00 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 990. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 955. (***) 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. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-08-28 09:00 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. 43/44 on orbit Gennady Padalka RN3DT Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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ARISS Special Bulletin on direct contact with Maconaquah School Corporation, Bunker Hill, IN
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 26 Aug '15

26 Aug '15

The direct ARISS contact scheduled for Thursday, 8-27-2015 at 15:52:50 UTC with Maconaquah School Corporation, Bunker Hill, IN will be web streamed at http://www.maconaquah.k12.in.us/ Maconaquah School Corporation, Bunker Hill, IN, direct via WD9GIU The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Contact is a go for: Thu 2015-08-27 15:52:50 UTC 85 deg (***) Dave, AA4KN ARISS PR --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-08-26 05:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 26 Aug '15

26 Aug '15

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-08-26 05:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Kantonsschule am Burggraben, St. Gallen, Switzerland, direct via HB9SG The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Contact was successful: Mon 2015-08-24 12:24:12 UTC 62 deg (***) Maconaquah School Corporation, Bunker Hill, IN, direct via WD9GIU The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Contact is a go for: Thu 2015-08-27 15:52:50 UTC 85 deg (***) Sochi, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled cosmonaut is Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Contact is a go for 2015-08-29 11:15 UTC **************************************************************************** ** Watch for the official announcements for when schools will be able to send in proposals for an ARISS contact. The window will be open from 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts during the second half of 2016. **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above 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. **************************************************************************** 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/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IKØWGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 109 **************************************************************************** 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 2015-08-26 05:30 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 989. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 954. (***) 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. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-08-26 05:30 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. 43/44 on orbit Gennady Padalka RN3DT Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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IMPORTANT: Concerning the press release for the upcoming contact with Maconaquah School Corporation, Bunker Hill, IN
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 25 Aug '15

25 Aug '15

Due to corrections to the initial press release for the upcoming ARISS contact with Maconaquah School Corporation, Bunker Hill, IN., please note that a second corrected release has been sent. The initial release stated the contact can be heard over Japan instead of the state of Indiana and Question 20 has been now been changed. We apologize for any inconvienence this may have caused. Dave, AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Maconaquah School Corporation, Bunker Hill, IN
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 25 Aug '15

25 Aug '15

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Maconaquah School Corporation, Bunker Hill, IN. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:52 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 direct between NA1SS and KD9BAQ. The contact should be audible over Indiana 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. Maconaquah School Corporation has about 2,200 students in grades Pre-K through 12. We are a rural school located by Grissom Air Reserve Base in Bunker Hill, Indiana. (named for Gus Grissom) Our school is a model school for technology, academics, and STEM. (science, technology, engineering, and math) Each student has either an iPad or a laptop. Some of the classes we offer include water robotics, 3D printing, biomedical science, and we take our 4th and 5th graders to Huntsville, AL each year to experience space camp. Our teachers are very dedicated to helping our students achieve their best to become a productive citizen. 1. Have you proven any scientific theories wrong while on the space station? 2. What's the hardest thing to do in space? 3. When you are getting ready to go back to Earth, do you feel like your adventure is over? 4. When you are in space, do you have some kind of communication so you can talk to your family or friends? 5. What would you do if the whole space station shut down? 6. Are any of you trying to make a device that would allow for some type of gravity on the space station? 7. What is the first thing you want to do when you get home? 8. Out of all the time you have spent in the ISS, what is the worst thing that has happened? 9. What would you do if somebody accidentally pushed a button with his foot and you have no idea what button was pushed? 10. Have you ever had a meteor hit the station? 11. Do you ever get bored? 12. Why does being an astronaut require such a high education? 13. If part of the ISS gets destroyed, are there emergency doors to keep everything from getting sucked out? 14. What is the most amazing thing you have ever seen at your job for the ISS? 15. Can you see the Hubble telescope from the space station? 16. If the connection from the space station to mission control would break, what would happen? 17. How long does it take you to regain all your physical ability when you come back to Earth? 18. In the ISS, is the oxygen recycled continually or do the spacecraft delivering new supplies or crew bring up new oxygen canisters 19. Do any of Newton's Laws of Motion not hold on the ISS? 20. What type of beverages do you drink in space, and do you use special containers? 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. Sochi, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled cosmonaut is Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Contact is a go for 2015-08-29 11:15 UTC ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA. 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/ Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Maconaquah School Corporation, Bunker Hill, IN
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 25 Aug '15

25 Aug '15

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Maconaquah School Corporation, Bunker Hill, IN. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:52 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 direct between NA1SS and KD9BAQ. The contact should be audible over Japan 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. Maconaquah School Corporation has about 2,200 students in grades Pre-K through 12. We are a rural school located by Grissom Air Reserve Base in Bunker Hill, Indiana. (named for Gus Grissom) Our school is a model school for technology, academics, and STEM. (science, technology, engineering, and math) Each student has either an iPad or a laptop. Some of the classes we offer include water robotics, 3D printing, biomedical science, and we take our 4th and 5th graders to Huntsville, AL each year to experience space camp. Our teachers are very dedicated to helping our students achieve their best to become a productive citizen. 1. Have you proven any scientific theories wrong while on the space station? 2. What's the hardest thing to do in space? 3. When you are getting ready to go back to Earth, do you feel like your adventure is over? 4. When you are in space, do you have some kind of communication so you can talk to your family or friends? 5. What would you do if the whole space station shut down? 6. Are any of you trying to make a device that would allow for some type of gravity on the space station? 7. What is the first thing you want to do when you get home? 8. Out of all the time you have spent in the ISS, what is the worst thing that has happened? 9. What would you do if somebody accidentally pushed a button with his foot and you have no idea what button was pushed? 10. Have you ever had a meteor hit the station? 11. Do you ever get bored? 12. Why does being an astronaut require such a high education? 13. If part of the ISS gets destroyed, are there emergency doors to keep everything from getting sucked out? 14. What is the most amazing thing you have ever seen at your job for the ISS? 15. Can you see the Hubble telescope from the space station? 16. If the connection from the space station to mission control would break, what would happen? 17. How long does it take you to regain all your physical ability when you come back to Earth? 18. In the ISS, is the oxygen recycled continually or do the spacecraft delivering new supplies or crew bring up new oxygen canisters 19. Do any of Newton's Laws of Motion not hold on the ISS? 20. Are you allowed to drink alcoholic beverages at any time in space, if so what? 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. Sochi, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled cosmonaut is Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Contact is a go for 2015-08-29 11:15 UTC ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA. 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/ Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-08-23 05:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 23 Aug '15

23 Aug '15

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-08-23 05:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Pima County 4H/Vail Vaqueros 4H Club, Tucson, AZ, direct via W7LB The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact was successful: Sat 2015-08-22 18:38:04 UTC 87 deg (***) Kantonsschule am Burggraben, St. Gallen, Switzerland, direct via HB9SG The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Contact is a go for: Mon 2015-08-24 12:24:12 UTC 62 deg Maconaquah School Corporation, Bunker Hill, IN, direct via WD9GIU The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Contact is a go for: Thu 2015-08-27 15:52:34 UTC 85 deg Sochi, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled cosmonaut is Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Contact is a go for 2015-08-29 11:15 UTC **************************************************************************** ** Watch for the official announcements for when schools will be able to send in proposals for an ARISS contact. The window will be open from 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts during the second half of 2016. **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above 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. **************************************************************************** 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/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IKØWGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 109 **************************************************************************** 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 2015-08-23 05:30 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 988. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 953. (***) 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. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-08-23 05:30 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. 43/44 on orbit Gennady Padalka RN3DT Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Kantonsschule am Burggraben, St. Gallen, Switzerland
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 21 Aug '15

21 Aug '15

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Kantonsschule am Burggraben, St. Gallen, Switzerland on 24 Aug. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 12:24 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 direct between OR4ISS and HB9SG. The contact should be audible over Switzerland 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/Italian. Currently, the Kantonsschule am Burggraben, St. Gallen (KSBG) in Switzerland comprises approximately 1250 pupils and 180 teachers. Our school is in Eastern Switzerland, in them German-speaking part of Switzerland and near the border to Germany and Austria. The students who will ask the ISS team their questions are between 16 and 17 years old.They are in a class whose focus is on science and mathematics. Later, most of these students want to study in the field of science. Our school also has an observatory and the students have the possibility to attend a course on astronomy. 1. Do you feel the speed you are travelling at inside the space station? 2. What was the most difficult thing to get used to on the ISS? 3. Can you return to earth any time? 4. Does it take long to adapt to zero gravity? 5. What time do you set your clock to? Is there official ISS time? 6. Do you have an idea why there are just a few female astronauts? 7. How is it for you to be away from your family and friends for so long? 8. What's the most important discovery you have made on the ISS? 9. How difficult is it to live with the same people all the time? 10. What is the thing you miss the most up in the ISS? Like for example family, certain foods, gravity. 11. What do you do when you are sick? 12. Can you describe the feeling that you get when you look down on earth? 13. What are you afraid of when you are in space? 14. What was the most dangerous situation you've ever had in the spaceship? 15. Have you had the idea of going to space since you were a child? 16. What kind of experiments are you conducting at the moment? 17. How long do you have sunlight? 18. What is the best thing about being an astronaut? 19. Do you have any private space for yourself? 20. How realistic was your training on earth compared to the situation 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. Maconaquah School Corporation, Bunker Hill, IN, direct via WD9GIU The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Contact is a go for: Thu 2015-08-27 15:52:34 UTC 85 deg 2. Sochi, Russia, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled cosmonaut is Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Contact is a go for 2015-08-29 11:15 UTC ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA. 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/ Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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