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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-01 19:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 01 Aug '12

01 Aug '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-08-01 19:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Space Jam 6 at the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, IL, direct via WB9SA Contact is a go for: Sun 2012-08-05 10:06:53 UTC 58 deg 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 Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added.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 Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 740. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 723. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 44. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ US Hams, don’t forget that there is a new process for US school proposals. For US schools to have an ARISS contact, they must fill out a proposal, submit it to NASA, and see if they are approved or not. Once a school is approved and put on the list, an ARISS mentor will be assigned to assist the school. NASA will have two open windows a year for schools to submit a proposal. The window for contacts during the second half of 2012 has already closed. Look for the window for first half 2013 contacts later this year. You must go through NASA to get the proposal material. Contact Teaching From Space, a NASA Education office, at JSC-TFS-ARISS(a)mail.nasa.gov or by calling them at (281) 244-2320. The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. +++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2012-08-01 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 The successful school list has been updated as of 2012-07-26 16:30 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 ARISS School Contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 Successful ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?OBJID=412218000000023448 Additional Zoho links may be found at http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf **************************************************************************** There have been rumors in the past indicating that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. **************************************************************************** Exp. 31/32 on orbit Gennady Padalka RN3DT Joe Acaba KE5DAR Sergey Revin Exp. 32/33 on orbit Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP Sunita Williams KD5PLB Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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2012-07-30 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 30 Jul '12

30 Jul '12

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report July 30, 2012 1. Upcoming School Contact Space Jam 6, which will be held at the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum in Rantoul, Illinois, has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Sunday, August 5 at 10:06 UTC. The Space Jamboree Workshop is the Midwest's largest technology oriented gathering of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. The theme this year is "The History of Aviation." Subjects that will be taught and merit badges that may be earned include the following: Space Exploration, Radio, Aviation, Electronics, Robotics, Soil/Water Conservation, Environmental Science, Energy, Metalwork, Computers, Geology, Nuclear Science, Engineering and Inventing. The Jamboree is working with the University of Illinois, Purdue, and DePauw Universities (high altitude balloon launches, FIRST Robotics, Nuclear Engineering) to help Scouts plan for the future. 2. Girls from WE@RIT Camp Speak with Sunita Williams in Space Fifth and sixth grade girls attending the "Everyday Engineering" camp at Kate Gleason College, sponsored by the Women in Engineering @ Rochester Institute of Technology (WE@RIT) in New York took part in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Monday, July 23. The girls talked with on-orbit astronaut Sunita Williams, KD5PLB who currently holds the record for longest space flight by a woman. The contact highlighted camp activities that focus on engineering-based themes to teach the engineering design process through hands-on build and design activities. This year's camp theme is "World in Motion." Also attending the contact were students from the grade 7-9 camp (held two weeks ago), the students attending this week's RoboCamp, and the Lil' Kids on Campus Space Week kids. To view video of the contact, see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdlpcw_VD4M 3. Virginia Air and Space Center Contact Successful On Thursday, July 26, Sunita Williams, KD5PLB held an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with youth volunteers from the Virginia Air and Space Center in Hampton, Virginia. The volunteers give tours, provide demonstrations to the public and support the center in its efforts to educate the public. The center has its own amateur radio exhibit and during these summer months, it also welcomes NASA exhibits Destination Station, the Orion Test Vehicle and the Mars Science Laboratory. 4. AMSAT News Service on ARISS The July 29 AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) News Service bulletin (ANS-211) announced the return of Frank Bauer to the position of VP-Human Spaceflight. Bauer will resume this position on August 1. Also given in the report was a status on the new Ericsson that will replace the old VHF radio in the Columbus Module. The new radio is currently scheduled to launch on 49P in November. For more information, see: http://amsat.org/pipermail/ans/2012/000637.html

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-07-26 16:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-07-26 16:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Virginia Air and Space, Hampton, VA, direct via KE4ZXW Contact was successful: Thu 2012-07-26 14:05:57 UTC 26 deg (***) Space Jam 6 at the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, IL, direct via WB9SA Contact is a go for: Sun 2012-08-05 10:06:53 UTC 58 deg 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 Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 740. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 723. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 44. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ US Hams, don’t forget that there is a new process for US school proposals. For US schools to have an ARISS contact, they must fill out a proposal, submit it to NASA, and see if they are approved or not. Once a school is approved and put on the list, an ARISS mentor will be assigned to assist the school. NASA will have two open windows a year for schools to submit a proposal. The window for contacts during the second half of 2012 has already closed. Look for the window for first half 2013 contacts later this year. You must go through NASA to get the proposal material. Contact Teaching From Space, a NASA Education office, at JSC-TFS-ARISS(a)mail.nasa.gov or by calling them at (281) 244-2320. The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. +++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2012-07-26 16:30 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 The successful school list has been updated as of 2012-07-26 16:30 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 ARISS School Contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 Successful ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?OBJID=412218000000023448 Additional Zoho links may be found at http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf **************************************************************************** There have been rumors in the past indicating that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. **************************************************************************** Exp. 31/32 on orbit Gennady Padalka RN3DT Joe Acaba KE5DAR Sergey Revin Exp. 32/33 on orbit Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP Sunita Williams KD5PLB Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Virginia Air and Space, Hampton, VA
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

NOTE: CORRECTED COPY PLEASE MAKE NOTE THAT THE PRESS COPY SENT EARLIER TODAY CONTAINED INVALID STUDENT QUESTIONS DUE TO INCORRECT SOURCE INFORMATION. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY HAVE CAUSED. An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Virginia Air and Space, Hampton, VA on 26 July. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 14:05 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and KE4ZXW. The contact should be audible over the eastern coast of the U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The Virginia Air & Space Center is a non-profit education center that serves as the Visitor Center for NASA Langley Research Center as well as being home to the NASA LaRC Educator Resource Center (ERC). We offer education programs to schools, scouts, home schoolers, and the general public. We host ERC and NASA teacher workshops, STEM activities, events such as NASA's Sun-Earth Day, and the International Observe the Moon Night. We serve the community at large and provide programming for the under-served youth population. We have an in-house ham radio station that is being used for this contact. It is used to educate students and the public on what ham radio is, how it works, and how satellites work as a means for communication. These questions are from our youth volunteers. We have a youth volunteer program that works with students. The students must maintain a good grade in school. If they are having trouble with a subject we will mentor them to help them. The youth volunteers give tours of the center, do public demos, and learn the skills needed to succeed later in life. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Why did other countries help America and Russia build the ISS? 2. What do you do when you are bored in space? 3. Is the food good in space? 4. What happens if you break a bone? 5. What do you do in space? 6. Are there any unknown satellites? 7. What made you want to go into space? 8. Is it scary going into space? 9. What's it like seeing shooting stars every night? 10. Is the look of space cool? 11. Where do you intend to go in outer space? 12. Is there anything you want to discover personally? 13. Do you like it better in space or on Earth and why? 14. Do you have previous experience flying? 15. Did you ever have a fear of flying? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. Space Jam 6 at the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, IL, direct via WB9SA Sun 05 Aug 2012, 10:06 UTC ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada). Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Virginia Air and Space, Hampton, VA
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 24 Jul '12

24 Jul '12

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Virginia Air and Space, Hampton, VA on 26 July. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 14:05 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and KE4ZXW. The contact should be audible over the eastern coast of the U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The Virginia Air & Space Center is a non-profit education center that serves as the Visitor Center for NASA Langley Research Center as well as being home to the NASA LaRC Educator Resource Center (ERC). We offer education programs to schools, scouts, home schoolers, and the general public. We host ERC and NASA teacher workshops, STEM activities, events such as NASA's Sun-Earth Day, and the International Observe the Moon Night. We serve the community at large and provide programming for the under-served youth population. We have an in-house ham radio station that is being used for this contact. It is used to educate students and the public on what ham radio is, how it works, and how satellites work as a means for communication. These questions are from our youth volunteers. We have a youth volunteer program that works with students. The students must maintain a good grade in school. If they are having trouble with a subject we will mentor them to help them. The youth volunteers give tours of the center, do public demos, and learn the skills needed to succeed later in life. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What have been the psychological impacts of long term space exposure? 2. What is it like doing experiments in space? 3. What is the strangest thing you have ever seen in space? 4. Are you scared about the eye problems that occur from space travel? 5. Is it scary going into space? 6. How do you have to be in a weightlessness environment before you feel it's physical effects? 7. What happens if you break a bone in space? 8. How do you shower in space? 9. Do you still eat food out of a tube or do you cook on the ISS? 10. What is the average age of an astronaut on the ISS? 11. How long did you have to train to go into space and live on the ISS? 12. What do you miss the most when you are on the ISS? 13. Do you share your different languages while you are sharing a home in space? 14. Is it true the ISS is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye in broad daylight? 15. Why was the ISS built? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. Space Jam 6 at the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, IL, direct via WB9SA Sun 05 Aug 2012, 10:06 UTC ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada). Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-07-24 05:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-07-24 05:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Women in Engineering @ Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, direct via W2RIT Contact was successful: Mon 2012-07-23 13:27:13 UTC 58 deg (***) 2nd International Industrial Forum of Youth "Engineers Future 2012", Irkutsk, Russia, direct via RKØSWB Contact was successful: Mon 2012-07-23 22:40 UTC (***) Virginia Air and Space, Hampton, VA, direct via KE4ZXW Contact is a go for: Thu 2012-07-26 14:05:57 UTC 26 deg Space Jam 6 at the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, IL, direct via WB9SA (***) Contact is a go for: Sun 2012-08-05 10:06:53 UTC 58 deg (***) 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 Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 739. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 722. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 44. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ US Hams, don’t forget that there is a new process for US school proposals. For US schools to have an ARISS contact, they must fill out a proposal, submit it to NASA, and see if they are approved or not. Once a school is approved and put on the list, an ARISS mentor will be assigned to assist the school. NASA will have two open windows a year for schools to submit a proposal. The window for contacts during the second half of 2012 has already closed. Look for the window for first half 2013 contacts later this year. You must go through NASA to get the proposal material. Contact Teaching From Space, a NASA Education office, at JSC-TFS-ARISS(a)mail.nasa.gov or by calling them at (281) 244-2320. The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. +++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2012-07-24 05:00 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 The successful school list has been updated as of 2012-07-24 05:00 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 ARISS School Contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 Successful ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?OBJID=412218000000023448 Additional Zoho links may be found at http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf **************************************************************************** There have been rumors in the past indicating that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. **************************************************************************** Exp. 31/32 on orbit Gennady Padalka RN3DT Joe Acaba KE5DAR Sergey Revin Exp. 32/33 on orbit Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP Sunita Williams KD5PLB Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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2012-07-23 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report July 23, 2012 1. Upcoming School Contacts An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact is planned for the Women in Engineering @ Rochester Institute of Technology (WE@RIT) in Rochester, New York on Monday, July 23 (13:27 UTC) as it hosts its pre-engineering summer camps. This year's camp theme is "World in Motion." The main camp activities revolve around engineering-based themes to teach the engineering design process and to have participants understand engineering projects and concepts through hands-on build and design activities. A mix of RIT engineering laboratory experiences, team building activities, project management, logical thinking, and problem solving will be incorporated. The summer camp services girls entering grades 5-9. An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been tentatively scheduled for the Virginia Air and Space Center located in Hampton, Virginia on Thursday, July 26 at 14:05 UTC. The contact is part of a comprehensive education plan which will pique students' interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). 2. ESA Space Camp Radios Joe Acaba On Space Station On Sunday, July 22, ESA Space Camp, held at St. Columba's College, Dublin, Ireland, took part in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact via telebridge station W6SRJ in California. Joe Acaba, KE5DAR on the ISS participated in the Q&A session, answering the youths' 21 questions. The event drew an audience of over 160. The space camp was attended by children of ESA employees who learned about space through guest speakers, hands-on activities and field trips. 3. ARISS International Team Teleconference Held The monthly ARISS International Team meeting was held on Tuesday, July 17. Discussion topics included the ARISS paperwork filed with the ITU and an update on ARISS radio equipment in the Columbus Module. Minutes have been posted: http://ariss.rac.ca/arisstel2012-07-17.htm 4. Amateur Radio Newsline Covers ARISS The July 20 Amateur Radio Newsline report #1823 had a story about new ISS crew members Sunita Williams, KD5PLB, Yuri Malenchenko, RK3DUP, and Aki Hoshide, KE5DNI, who arrived at the space station on July 17. "Ham Radio in Space: New Astro-Hams Arrive at the ISS as Part of the Expedition 32 Crew" may be viewed at: http://www.arnewsline.org/storage/scripts/nsln1823.txt 5. AMSAT News Service on ARISS The July 22 AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) News Service bulletin (ANS-204) included two ARISS-related items. The first item covers Moon Day 2012 that was held in Dallas, Texas over the weekend and was supported by ARISS and AMSAT representatives. The second covers new Expedition 32 crew members on ISS. "AMSAT and ARISS Support Moon Day 2012 at Dallas Love Field Air Museum" and "Three Hams Arrive + Three Hams Aboard = Six Hams Aboard ISS" may be found here: http://amsat.org/pipermail/ans/2012/000636.html

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-07-22 19:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 22 Jul '12

22 Jul '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-07-22 19:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: ESA Space Camp, Dublin, Ireland, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact was successful: Sun 2012-07-22 17:25:20 UTC 55 deg (***) Women in Engineering @ Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, direct via W2RIT Contact is a go for: Mon 2012-07-23 13:27:13 UTC 58 deg 2nd International Industrial Forum of Youth "Engineers Future 2012", Irkutsk, Russia, direct via RKØSWB Contact is a go for Mon 2012-07-23 22:40 UTC Virginia Air and Space, Hampton, VA, direct via KE4ZXW Contact is a go for: Thu 2012-07-26 14:05:57 UTC 26 deg 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 Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 737. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 720. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 44. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ US Hams, don’t forget that there is a new process for US school proposals. For US schools to have an ARISS contact, they must fill out a proposal, submit it to NASA, and see if they are approved or not. Once a school is approved and put on the list, an ARISS mentor will be assigned to assist the school. NASA will have two open windows a year for schools to submit a proposal. The window for contacts during the second half of 2012 has already closed. Look for the window for first half 2013 contacts later this year. You must go through NASA to get the proposal material. Contact Teaching From Space, a NASA Education office, at JSC-TFS-ARISS(a)mail.nasa.gov or by calling them at (281) 244-2320. The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Kansas, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. +++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IN LIGHT OF SOME COMMENTS THAT HAVE APPEARED RECENTLY ON THE VARIOUS BULLETIN BOARDS; THE COMMENTS BELOW STILL HOLD TRUE: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** ** The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2012-07-22 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 The successful school list has been updated as of 2012-07-11 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 ARISS School Contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 Successful ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?OBJID=412218000000023448 Additional Zoho links may be found at http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf **************************************************************************** There have been rumors in the past indicating that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. There is no HF radio equipment on board and available yet. The HF antenna is mounted. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. **************************************************************************** Exp. 31/32 on orbit Gennady Padalka RN3DT Joe Acaba KE5DAR Sergey Revin Exp. 32/33 on orbit Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP Sunita Williams KD5PLB Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Women in Engineering @ Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 21 Jul '12

21 Jul '12

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Women in Engineering @ Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY on 23 July. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 13:27 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and W2RIT. The contact should be audible over portions of the east coast of the U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The Women in Engineering Program at Rochester Institute of Technology (WE@RIT) is dedicated to increasing the representation of women engineers and women leaders within the engineering profession. Founded in 2003, WE@RIT strives towards achieving gender parity within the Kate Gleason College of Engineering and hosts a comprehensive series of pre-engineering outreach, recruitment, and community building programs in support of this vision. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How long did it take to build the ISS? 2. How much preparation and training is required to be ready to spend time on the ISS? 3. What tools do the crew members on the ISS use to gather information? 4. a. What kind of research are you doing on the ISS? b. How does weightlessness affect your research? 5. How do your pillows stay in place in space, or do you have things that keep them from floating away? 6. How do you keep your food from floating away when you're eating? 7. Without gravity in the ISS, when you exercise do your muscles feel tired? How does it feel? Is it hard to exercise without gravity? 8. Can you have pets on the international space station? 9. What is the smallest thing on earth that you can see with a telescope from the space station? 10. What is different about boiling water when you are on the space station? 12. Do you crave things in space that you have on earth but can't eat in space? If so, what do you crave? 13. Do you feel more nauseous or hungry in space than on earth? 14. How do the astronauts know when to wake up and go to sleep? 15. a. If the International Space Station is designed to be in a permanent orbit around the earth, then are there corrections/adjustments that have to be made to maintain that orbit to adjust for influences such as the earth's gravitational force? b. If corrections/adjustments are necessary, how does the space craft accomplish these? c. Are any corrections/adjustments pre-programmed into the flight control computer or does it constantly adjust for instantaneous influences? 16. Why do astronauts travel to space? 17. How old do you have to be to travel to space? 18. How many miles do the astronauts travel each day? 19. Have they found aliens on Mars? 20. What do you do for fun when you are not doing space station work? 21. Do Astronauts get haircuts while at the ISS? If so, how? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. 2nd International Industrial Forum of Youth "Engineers Future 2012", Irkutsk, Russia, direct via RKØSWB Mon 23 July 2012, 22:40 UTC 2. Virginia Air and Space, Hampton, VA, direct via KE4ZXW Thu 26 July 2012, 14:05 UTC ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada). Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN

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Upcoming ARISS contact with ESA Space Camp, Dublin, Ireland
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 21 Jul '12

21 Jul '12

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at ESA Space Camp, Dublin, Ireland on 22 July. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:25 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and W6SRJ. The contact should be audible over the west coast of the U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The European Space Agency has locations in several European countries. The annual summer space camp is an occasion when the children of staff employed at ESA get a chance to mix with each other in an environment which allows them to be immersed in space activities and cultural events. This year the 160 ESA campers will land in a traditional "Harry Potter" style boarding school near Dublin, in a country full of mystical stories and a breath taking landscape, on 14 July 2012. St Colombas College offers the amenities where children will learn about Space Ship Earth in more detail, with emphasis on hands on activities and having fun whilst learning. As part of their 2 week stay at the camp, the children aged 8-17 years, will take part in sporting events, field trips where they will explore more about what earth is made of, look more closely at how we explore other planets and design their own launchers and space suits. They will be visited by an ESA astronaut who will join in the activities and explain about astronaut training and human spaceflight. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How long did you take from take off until you reach the ISS? 2. How do astronauts manage to float in the station? 3. What happens if there is a hole in the space station? 4. What are the best and worst parts of weightlessness? 5. How is it like the first time without gravity? 6. What are the consequences of a long term space flight for the human body? 7. Since there is no gravity in space do you launch yourself when you sneeze? 8. What happens when you need a surgery in space? 9. Have you been afraid when in space? 10. Do you have a chance to follow the London Olympics from the ISS? 11. What do you do in your free time in space? 12. Do you believe in aliens or life out there? 13. What kind of petrol/energy is used in launchers, in satellites and in the station and what drives the choice? 14. Do you get to wear your own clothes or are you given special clothes? 15. Which is the most amazing spatial event that you've ever experienced? 16. How long can you survive with the food on board of the ISS and do you like the food? 17. When did you become interested in space? 18. After being in space so long and seeing earth from so far away, so you still see mankind in the same way? 19. Where do you sleep better: ISS or home. 20. Does it ever get really dark outside? 21. What is your favourite way to pass time on the station when you don't have to work? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. Women in Engineering @ Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, direct via W2RIT Mon 23 July 2012, 13:27 UTC 2. Virginia Air and Space, Hampton, VA, direct via KE4ZXW Thu 26 July 2012, 14:05 UTC ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada). Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN

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