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22 May '14

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-05-01 19:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 01 May '14

01 May '14

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-05-01 19:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Hidden Oaks Middle School, Prior Lake, MN, direct via NRØT Contact was successful: Thu 2014-05-01 16:28:17 UTC 55 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** Starting 2014-03-11 due to the Koichi's increased work load, ARISS has had to move 3 schools back to our long term waiting list. We hope to get to them in the fall of 2014. There are also several other schools that are on the list for possible postponement to the fall. From 2014-05-12 to 2014-06-15, ARISS will be going into a period of no contacts as there will be no hams onboard. Contacts are expected to resume the week of 2014-06-23. (***) **************************************************************************** ** 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. **************************************************************************** *** 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 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 102 Francesco IKØWGF 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 Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added.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 2014-05-01 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 904. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 883. (***) 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, 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 2014-05-01 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. 38/39 on orbit Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA Mikhail Tyurin RZ3FT Richard A. Mastracchio KC5ZTE Exp. 39/40 on orbit Steve Swanson Aleksander Skvortsov Oleg Artemyev **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-04-29 17:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 29 Apr '14

29 Apr '14

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-04-29 17:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Aboshinishi Elementary School, Himeji-City, Japan, direct via 8N3AB Contact was successful: Tue 2014-04-29 09:05:15 UTC 80 deg (***) Hidden Oaks Middle School, Prior Lake, MN, direct via NRØT Contact is a go for: Thu 2014-05-01 16:28:17 UTC 55 deg **************************************************************************** ** Starting 2014-03-11 due to the Koichi's increased work load, ARISS has had to move 3 schools back to our long term waiting list. We hope to get to them in the fall of 2014. There are also several other schools that are on the list for possible postponement to the fall. From 2014-05-12 to 2014-06-15, ARISS will be going into a period of no contacts as there will be no hams onboard. **************************************************************************** ** 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. **************************************************************************** *** 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 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 102 (***) Francesco IKØWGF 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 2014-04-29 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 903. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 882. (***) 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, 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 2014-04-29 17:30 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. 38/39 on orbit Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA Mikhail Tyurin RZ3FT Richard A. Mastracchio KC5ZTE Exp. 39/40 on orbit Steve Swanson Aleksander Skvortsov Oleg Artemyev **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Aboshinishi Elementary School, Himeji-City, Japan
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 28 Apr '14

28 Apr '14

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Aboshinishi Elementary School, Himeji-City, Japan on 29 April. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:05 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and 8N3AB. 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. 姫路市立網干西小学校は、姫路市の西に１９７６年に設立された小さな小学校です。現在３５９名が在籍しています。 ( The Aboshinishi elementary school founded in 1976, is a small school in western Himeji-city with a total number of 359 students. １．　宇宙ステーションには、何人乗れますか。２．　宇宙ステーションから何が見えますか。３．　宇宙ステーションではどのようにして寝るのですか。４．　宇宙食で一番おいしいのは何ですか５．　なぜ宇宙飛行士になろうと思ったのですか。６．　宇宙ステーションの中では、何をしていますか。７．　地球に帰ったら、何がしたいですか。８．　宇宙飛行士になるためには、どんな訓練をしますか。９．　どのようにしてお風呂に入りますか。１０．　宇宙から見た地球は、どうですか。１１．　宇宙では、スポーツはできますか。１２．　暇なときは、何をしていますか。１３．　宇宙人はいると思いますか。１４．　無重力空間は、どんな感じがしますか。１５．　宇宙服は、どんなものですか。１６．　宇宙から見ると、星座はどのように見えますか。１７．　宇宙船の中では、酸素はどうしているのですか。１８．　宇宙ステーションの中で、退屈したときは、どんなことをしますか１９．　宇宙ステーションの中では、生活の時間はどのように決まっていますか。２０．　宇宙には、お天気はありますか。２１．　初めて宇宙に行ったときに思ったことは、どんなことですか。２２．　宇宙ステーションでは、どんなことが一番不便ですか。２３．　宇宙ステーションの中は、どのような構造になっていますか。２４．　宇宙ステーションの中には、どれくらいの人が働いていますか。２５．　宇宙で、面白いと思うことはどんなことですか。２６．　宇宙に植物を植えることはできますか。２７．　宇宙船の中で体調が悪くなったらどうしますか？２８．　宇宙では空気がないのに、呼吸はできるのですか？２９．　ロケットから宇宙にでて、長時間いることはできますか？３０．　今は、どんなプロジェクトを計画していますか？ Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How many people can the space station carry? 2. What can you see from the space station? 3. How do people sleep in the space station? 4. What is the best space food? 5. Why did you want to be an astronaut? 6. What do you do in the space station? 7. When you return to earth, what do you want to do first? 8. What kind of training did you do to become an astronaut? 9. How do people in the space station take a bath? 10. How does earth look from space? 11. Can you play any sports in outer space? 12. What do you do in your free time? 13. Do you think there are any aliens? 14. How do you feel in Zero G？ 15. What is the spacesuit like? 16. What do constellations look like from the ISS? 17. How can you get the oxygen to breathe in the ISS? 18. What do you do when you get on board in the ISS? 19. What is your time schedule in the ISS 20. Is there “weather” in space？ 21. What was your impression when you first flew to space? 22. What is the most inconvenient thing in the ISS? 23. How is the construction of inside of the ISS? 24. How many people are there working in the ISS? 25. What is the most interesting thing in space? 26. Can you plant in space? 27. What do you do when you get sick in space? 28. How can you breathe in space or in the ISS? 29. How long can you stay in space out of the ISS? 30. What are you going to try in this mission? 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. Hidden Oaks Middle School, Prior Lake, MN, direct via NRØT Thu, 01May2014, 16:28: UTC 55 deg 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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ARISS - DIRECT CONTACT AUDIO THURSDAY
by John Spasojevich 27 Apr '14

27 Apr '14

Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with participants at Hidden Oaks Middle School, Prior Lake, Minnesota, USA on Thursday May 1st. AOS is anticipated at 16:28 UTC The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a DIRECT between NA1SS and NR0T on site at the school. The contact should be audible over portions of the Midwest and Southern USA. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Audio from this contact will be fed into the: EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) Streaming Audio available at: https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/ Audio is expected to begin approximately 15:45 UTC with a contact program there will not be the usual moderation as this is a direct contact not a telebridge. 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 maneuver, the AOS (Acquisition Of Signal) time may alter by a few minutes ** 73, John - AG9D ARISS Audio Dstribution

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-04-21 23:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 21 Apr '14

21 Apr '14

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-04-21 23:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Dixon Elementary School, Holly Ridge, NC, direct via NC4OC Contact was successful: Mon 2014-04-21 18:05:53 UTC 41 deg (***) Aboshinishi Elementary School, Himeji-City, Japan, direct via 8N3AB (***) Contact is a go for: Tue 2014-04-29 09:05:15 UTC 80 deg (***) Hidden Oaks Middle School, Prior Lake, MN, direct via NRØT Contact is a go for: Thu 2014-05-01 16:28:17 UTC 55 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** Starting 2014-03-11 due to the Koichi's increased work load, ARISS has had to move 3 schools back to our long term waiting list. We hope to get to them in the fall of 2014. There are also several other schools that are on the list for possible postponement to the fall. From 2014-05-12 to 2014-06-15, ARISS will be going into a period of no contacts as there will be no hams onboard. **************************************************************************** ** 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. *************************************************************************** **** 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 2014-04-21 23:30 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 902. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 881. (***) 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, 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 2014-04-21 23:30 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. 38/39 on orbit Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA Mikhail Tyurin RZ3FT Richard A. Mastracchio KC5ZTE Exp. 39/40 on orbit Steve Swanson Aleksander Skvortsov Oleg Artemyev **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Dixon Elementary School, Holly Ridge, NC
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 20 Apr '14

20 Apr '14

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Dixon Elementary School, Holly Ridge, NC on 21 April. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:05 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and NC4OC. The contact should be audible over the eastern U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Dixon Elementary School is located in a rural setting, with its feeder communities North Topsail Beach, Sneads Ferry, Holly Ridge and Surf City. Our community has seen sharp rises in the population of retirees and young families both military and civilian. With the deployment of large numbers of military personnel to Camp Lejeune, New River Air Station, and MARSOC (Marine Special Operations Center) at Stone Bay, the Dixon area continues to grow. Our school population as of February 2014 is over 900 students. Dixon Elementary is a Title 1 School with 38% of our students receiving free or reduced meal benefits. Our student population consists of 81% white students, .09% American Indian, .06% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian and .007% Pacific Islander. Dixon Elementary was initially accredited by AdvancEd in 1978. Students are served by highly qualified teachers in 38 regular classrooms, three self-contained exceptional childrenÕs classrooms and two pre-kindergarten classrooms. There are six highly qualified resource teachers who also offer support to our large population of exceptional children. Dixon Elementary is a charter member of the National Elementary Honor Society and the Global Schools Network. In the fall of 2012 Dixon Elementary implemented a STEM classroom for instruction in science, technology, engineering and mathematics for students in grades K-5. Students rotate through the STEM classroom every 7 days. The STEM classroom teacher, a veteran science and math teacher, provides hands-on science and math instruction and project-based learning, including a variety of engineering projects. Each year Dixon Elementary hosts a SPACE DAY for students in Pre-K through 5th grade, with our community joining us in this spectacular event. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How do you shower in space? 2. What time zone do you live by in space? 3. What are some of the things that are harder to do in space than on earth? 4. Who inspired you to become an astronaut? 5. How do you keep in touch with your family when you are in space? 6. What do you do with your trash on the space station? 7. Can you cry in space? 8. How can you live in space for months without running out of oxygen? 9. What kind of medical testing does an astronaut have to go through to be physically and mentally fit? 10. What is your favorite experiment that you are working with on the space station? 11. How do you pack for the three or six months you will be on the space station? 12. How long does it take to become a fully trained astronaut? 13. How do you celebrate the holidays when you are in space? 14. Does anyone ever get sick with the flu or cold when you are in space? 15. When you aren't working do you have a favorite way to spend your free time? 16. How does micro-gravity affect your vision? 17. Will your blood clot faster in microgravity? 18. When you do an EVA, what is the longest time you could be out in space? 19. Will a compass work in space? 20. Do you have to be a certain age before you can apply to be an astronaut? 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 Schedule as of 2014-04-17 17:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 17 Apr '14

17 Apr '14

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-04-17 17:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Dixon Elementary School, Holly Ridge, NC, direct via NC4OC Contact is a go for: Mon 2014-04-21 18:05:53 UTC 41 deg (***) Watch for possible last minute schedule change due to SpaceX operations. (***) **************************************************************************** ** Starting 2014-03-11 due to the Koichi's increased work load, ARISS has had to move 3 schools back to our long term waiting list. We hope to get to them in the fall of 2014. There are also several other schools that are on the list for possible postponement to the fall. From 2014-05-12 to 2014-06-15, ARISS will be going into a period of no contacts as there will be no hams onboard. **************************************************************************** ** 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. **************************************************************************** *** 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 2014-04-17 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 901. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 880. 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, 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 2014-03-31 18:00 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. 38/39 on orbit Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA Mikhail Tyurin RZ3FT Richard A. Mastracchio KC5ZTE Exp. 39/40 on orbit Steve Swanson Aleksander Skvortsov Oleg Artemyev **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-04-07 16:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 07 Apr '14

07 Apr '14

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-04-07 16:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Exp. 39/40 on orbit (***) Welcome aboard! (***) Steve Swanson Aleksander Skvortsov Oleg Artemyev **************************************************************************** ** Starting 2014-03-11 due to the Koichi's increased work load, ARISS has had to move 3 schools back to our long term waiting list. We hope to get to them in the fall of 2014. There are also several other schools that are on the list for possible postponement to the fall. From 2014-05-12 to 2014-06-15, ARISS will be going into a period of no contacts as there will be no hams onboard. **************************************************************************** ** 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 "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" Secondary school № 50 YA Gagarin Kursk, direct via RW3W Contact is a go for 2014-03-03 11:09 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. 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 2014-04-07 16:00 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 901. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 880. 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, 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 2014-03-31 18:00 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. 38/39 on orbit Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA Mikhail Tyurin RZ3FT Richard A. Mastracchio KC5ZTE Exp. 39/40 on orbit (***) Steve Swanson Aleksander Skvortsov Oleg Artemyev **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-03-31 18:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 31 Mar '14

31 Mar '14

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2014-03-31 18:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: ARISS passes along its condolences to the family of Anthony "Tony" J. Monteiro, AA2TX (SK) AMSAT VP-Engineering and Board Member. Tony passed away March 26, 2014 (***) Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Secondary school № 2 Obojan Kursk region, direct via RD3WAY Contact was successful 2014-03-04 10:20 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 was successful 2014-03-03 09:33 UTC (***) Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Centre Tourism and Youth Policy Ruzaevo Municipal District, Republic of Mordovia, direct via UB3UAD Contact was successful 2014-03-02 10:24 UTC (***) Space experiments "about Gagarin FROM SPACE" Children and Youth Centre "Galaxy" of Kaluga, direct via RK3X Contact was successful 2014-03-01 11:12 UTC (***) Space Experiments "on Gagarin of the Cosmos", Polytechnic College of number 42, Russia, direct via UB3AFD Contact was successful Sat 2014-02-22 13:40 UTC (***) **************************************************************************** ** Starting 2014-03-11 due to the Koichi's increased work load, ARISS has had to move 3 schools back to our long term waiting list. We hope to get to them in the fall of 2014. There are also several other schools that are on the list for possible postponement to the fall. From 2014-05-12 to 2014-06-15, ARISS will be going into a period of no contacts as there will be no hams onboard. **************************************************************************** ** 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 "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" Secondary school № 50 YA Gagarin Kursk, direct via RW3W Contact is a go for 2014-03-03 11:09 UTC ARISS has not received word on whether this contact was successful or not. 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 2014-03-31 18:00 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 901. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 880. (***) 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, 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 2014-03-31 18:00 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. 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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