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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 22 Aug '15

22 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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Upcoming ARISS contact with Pima County 4H/Vail Vaquero's 4H Club Tucson, AZ
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 19 Aug '15

19 Aug '15

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Pima County 4H/Vail Vaquero's 4H Club Tucson, AZ on 22 Aug. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:38 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 W7LB. The contact should be audible over portions of the western 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 Vail Vaquero's 4H Club is a local 4H Club in Pima County, Arizona. Pima County 4-H is just one out of over 3,000 county 4H Clubs nationwide that work with youth, aged 5 to 18, preparing them to make a positive impact in their communities and their world. The STEM based programs offered provide leadership that engages the youth to impact their communities. 4-H reaches every corner of our nation - from urban neighborhoods to suburban school yards even to rural farming communities. 4-H has a network of more than 6 million youth, 540,000 volunteers, 3,500 professionals and more than 60 million alumni! 4-H has helped to shape our youth to move this great country forward in ways that no other youth program can with programs designed to shape future leaders and innovators. 4-H'ers engage in hands on learning activities in areas of science, citizenship and healthy living. The Vail Vaquero's 4H Club is the first 4H Ham Radio Project in the State of Arizona. There are currently six members registered in the Ham Radio Project - half of which serve in leadership roles. All six will be asking questions. Vail Vaquero's also offers Robotics and Rocketry Projects. One of the Robotics and Rocketry members will be participating in the questioning portion of the event. 1. What would you do if you damaged your space suit while you are out in the field? 2. How do you dispose of human waste? 3. What subjects did you have to study to become an astronaut? 4. Is the makeup of the air in the ISS similar in proportions to that on Earth? If different how does it affect you? 5. How does a fire start in a spacecraft? 6. Is it hard to work without gravity? 7. What is your biggest challenge relating to zero gravity? 8. What was the hardest part of space training for you? 9. How do you get air on the ISS? 10. Did you ever dream of being an astronaut? 11. Since there are people from different countries on the ISS, what is the language spoken on the Station and what kind of food do you eat? 12. Why is the ISS called a space station, when it is actually in low-earth orbit? 13. What is the effect of zero gravity on the human body, if the muscles weaken, does it affect the internal muscles, like the heart and lungs? 14. How often do you go outside of the space station and what precautions do you take? 15. What do you do if space junk damages part of your station? 16. I've tried "astronaut" ice cream and I didn't really like it. Do you get used to the food? 17. What is the hardest thing to adjust to in space? 18. What is your favorite non-essential "comfort" item in the space station? 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. 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 (***) 2. 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 (***) 3. 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 2015-08-19 06:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 19 Aug '15

19 Aug '15

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-08-19 06:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Higashioka Elementary School, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan, direct via 8N3HO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Contact was successful: Tue 2015-08-18 11:42:21 UTC 82 deg (***) 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 is a go for: 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 2015-08-19 06:30 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 987. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 952. (***) 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 2015-08-19 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 Schedule as of 2015-08-18 05:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 18 Aug '15

18 Aug '15

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-08-18 05:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Higashioka Elementary School, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan, direct via 8N3HO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Contact is a go for: Tue 2015-08-18 11:42:21 UTC 82 deg (***) 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 is a go for: Sat 2015-08-22 18:38:04 UTC 87 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 108 **************************************************************************** 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 2015-08-18 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 986. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 951. 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 2015-08-17 00:30 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 Schedule as of 2015-08-17 00:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 17 Aug '15

17 Aug '15

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-08-17 00:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Fleurance Astronomy Festival, France, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The cosmonaut was Gennady Padalka RN3DT (***) Contact was successful: Fri 2015-08-14 19:42:00 UTC 46 deg Higashioka Elementary School, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan, direct via 8N3HO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Contact is a go for: Tue 2015-08-18 11:42:14 UTC 82 deg 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 is a go for: Sat 2015-08-22 18:37:55 UTC 87 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 108 **************************************************************************** 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 2015-08-17 00:30 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 986. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 951. 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 2015-08-17 00:30 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 Higashioka Elementary School, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 16 Aug '15

16 Aug '15

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Higashioka Elementary School, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan on 18 Aug. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:42 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 8N3HO. 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. The Higashioka elementary school was established at 1966. The location of this school is in Senri New Town in Toyonaka city. Our school has 15 classes and 474 children. One student had a dream that he wanted to talk with an astronaut. Therefore, we organized this school contact with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of our school. Up to now, we were teaching about the universe and amateur radio as the universe classroom targeted for the entire school of children. 大阪府豊中市千里ニュータウンに１９６６年に開校した小学校です。現在は、１５クラス、４７４名の児童が在籍しています。この企画は、ある児童の夢を実現する形で、創立５０周年行事として実施されることとなりました。これまで、全校児童を対象に、宇宙教室として、宇宙、アマチュア無線に関する授業を実施してきました。 1. What is the most beautiful thing in the space? 2. Do you have the rocket sickness? 3. What is the most serious thing of astronaut's practice? Also, have you wanted to leave it? 4. Why did you become an astronaut? Also, how old, did you become an astronaut? 5. Have I should do it at the age of a primary schoolchild to become an astronaut? 6. What kind of star can you see from the space? 7. If you waver in the space, how do you do? 8. What kind of feeling was the feeling when having gone out to the space for the first time? 9. What would you do if you get sick in space? 10. What is the most surprised thing in the space? 11. After you will finish this mission, do you want to go to space many times again? 12. How many days does it take to get accustomed to life in space? 13. Is the sense in time in space different? 14. To see very large space, what do you think about every day? 15. What kind of work is being done in the space? 16. Can you see the Osaka from ISS now? 17. Which do you like, the space or the earth? 18. When you see the earth, do you want to return? 19. Could I meet a spaceman? If I don't meet, do you think a spaceman is here? 20. Can you use an smart phone and a cellular phone in ISS? 21. Can you watch the television in the ISS? 22. When you sleep in space, do you spread the futon? 23. Does the space have the night, the morning and the noon? １．宇宙で一番きれいなものは何ですか。２．ロケット酔いはしませんか。３．宇宙飛行士の訓練で一番大変なことはなんですか、また、辞めたいと思ったことはありますか。４．うして宇宙飛行士になろうと考えたのですか、また何歳から宇宙飛行士になろうと思ったのですか。５．油井さんだからこと言える、宇宙飛行士になるために、小学生の時にしておいたら良かったなと思うことはありますか。６．宇宙からは、どんな星が、どのくらい見えますか。７．宇宙で迷ったら、どうするんですか。８．初めて宇宙に出た時の気持ちは、どんな気持ちでしたか。９．宇宙で病気になったらどうするのですか。１０．宇宙で一番驚いたことは何ですか。１１．今回の宇宙でのお仕事が終わっても、また何度も宇宙に行きたいと思いますか。１２．何日で宇宙での生活になれますか。１３．宇宙での時間の感覚はちがいますか。１４．広大な宇宙を見て、毎日何を考えていますか。１５．宇宙では、どんなお仕事をしているんですか。１６．今いる場所から、大阪は見えますか。１７．宇宙と地球、どちらが好きですか。１８．地球を見て、帰りたいと思ったりしますか。１９．宇宙人に会えましたか。会ってなかったら、宇宙人はいると思いますか。２０．スマホやケータイは使えますか。２１．宇宙では、テレビを見ることができますか。２２．宇宙で寝る時には布団はしきますか。２３．宇宙に朝、昼、夜はありますか。 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. Pima County 4H/Vail Vaqueros 4H Club, Tucson, AZ, direct via W7LB Sat, 22Aug2015, 18:37 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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