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2012-05-07 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 07 May '12

07 May '12

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report May 7, 2012 1. Upcoming School Contact An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for Farnsworth Aerospace PK-8 Magnet School in St. Paul, Minnesota on Monday, May 7 at 16:14 UTC. The ARISS contact will complement a curriculum which will pique students' interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). 2. ARISS - Virginia Contact Successful On Wednesday, May 2, the Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia experienced a successful Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with Don Pettit, KD5MDT via telebridge station IK1SLD in Italy. Groups in Virginia, Louisiana, New York, and Michigan were video conferenced together for the event. Approximately 350 students at the four locations got in seventeen questions before ISS went over the horizon. The contact highlighted a comprehensive Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education plan. 3. AMSAT News Service on ARISS The AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) News Service bulletin (ANS-127) posted on May 6 included information about the upcoming AMSAT Forum at Dayton Hamvention. Mark Hammond, N8MH will give a presentation on education activities with which AMSAT is involved and Gould Smith, WA4SXM will give a talk on "ARISSat-1 Operation in Space." Both are scheduled for Saturday, May 19. See: http://amsat.org/pipermail/ans/2012/000616.html 4. Ham Nation Features Flabob Contact The ARISS contact with Astronaut Don Pettit and Flabob Airport Preparatory Academy students in Jurupa Valley, California that occurred on April 19, 2012, was featured on the May 1 episode (#46) of the Bob Heil & Gordon West "Ham Nation" video podcast. The video is now available on TwiT TV and Flabob sites. Ham Nation: http://twit.tv/hn Flabob site: http://www.iss-flabob.com 5. Astronaut Training Status An introductory/basic operations session is planned for Alexander Gerst, KF5ONO on Wednesday, May 9. Gerst is scheduled to fly with Expedition 40 in May 2014.

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ARISS - REVISED Contact Information
by John Spasojevich 06 May '12

06 May '12

For the Farnsworth Aerospace contact today (MONDAY 7MAY @ 1614 UTC) IRLP 9010 as a glitch. Rob Ewert, VE1KS recommends changing to Node 9011 Therefore any IRLP listeners please connect to 9011 for this contact. 73, John - AG9D ARISS Audio Distribution

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-05-05 18:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 05 May '12

05 May '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-05-05 18:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Farnsworth Aerospace PK-8 Magnet School, St. Paul, MN, direct via N9XH Contact is a go for: Mon 2012-05-07 16:14:31 UTC 84 deg Watch for simulcast on IRLP, Echolink, and at https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/ Exp. 29/30 back on earth. Congratulations to all for a job well done! Anatoly Ivanishin Anton Shkaplerov Daniel C. Burbank KC5ZSX 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 723. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 706. 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 first window for contacts during the first half of 2012 has already closed. Look for the second window for second half 2012 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, Minnesota, 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 2012-05-05 18:30 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 (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2012-05-03 07:30 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. 30/31 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Donald R. Pettit KD5MDT André Kuipers PI9ISS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Farnsworth Aerospace PK-8 Magnet School, St. Paul, MN
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 04 May '12

04 May '12

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Farnsworth Aerospace PK-8 Magnet School, St. Paul, MN on 07 May. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:14 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and N9XH. The contact should be audible over the middle U.S. and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Farnsworth Aerospace is a PK-8 public school located in St. Paul, Minnesota; the home of NASA astronauts Digger Carey and Heidi Stefanyshyn-Piper. Farnsworth has over 1250 students, involved families, and outstanding community, education and business partners. Aerospace is integrated not only in the STEM subjects, but also art, music, history, writing - all areas of the curriculum. In 2004, Farnsworth was named a NASA Explorer School. We are very excited and honored to be part of the ARISS program. Our ARISS student team includes 6th, 7th and 8th graders. This team will lead our entire school and community effort to make our ARISS link up an "out of this world" event! Plans for the team include meeting with our outstanding local HAM operator team, writing event press releases, working with technology department for broadcasting and taping the event to share during a Family Night. The team will also research and create teacher and student materials for PK-3 and 4-6 grade classrooms. They will become the team asking questions to the astronaut and speaking to any media. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Do other planets and the sun look different from space or do they look like they do from Earth? 2. Would you describe what it's like floating in space? 3. Since you travel around the Earth several times in 24 hours, how do you know when it's night or day and when you should go to bed? 4. Do astronauts have trouble getting to sleep in outer space and when you do sleep; is it different from sleeping on Earth? 5. Do cancer cells stop growing in outer space? 6. Are you able to eat any fresh food in space or is it all dried? 7. How often do astronauts on the ISS able to go on space walks? 8. How often and for how long do astronauts on the ISS exercise in order to stay healthy? 9. Does your skin and hair grow faster in outer space? 10. How often do you change clothes and how do you clean your clothes in space? 11. If you can get the Internet while on the ISS, what websites do you visit the most and do you have any problems getting online? 12. How do you deal with the different stresses while you're in space? 13. What is your daily routine like? 14. When you go to the ISS what is the most challenging thing you have to adapt to? 15. Is there anything in space that scares you? 16. When you return to Earth how do you feel and what's the first thing you want to do? 17. Which is harder on a person's body, blasting off Earth to reach the ISS or returning to Earth? 18. How much radiation do you receive in a day? How does this compare to what you might receive on Earth? 19. In movies, when astronauts blast off from Earth the skin around their mouths wobbles due to the amount of g's. Does this really happen? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): TBD Audio from this contact will be fed into the: IRLP Node 9010 Discovery Reflector by the N9XH Ground Station If conditions are favorable we will relay audio to EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) and *JK1ZRW* (277208) servers Streaming Audio at: https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/ Audio on Echolink & web stream is generally transmitted around 20 minutes prior to the contact taking place so that you can hear some of the preparation that occurs. IRLP will begin just prior to the ground station call to the ISS. 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. Breaks on IRLP are manual and occur approximately after every third question. ** Contact times are approximate. If the ISS executes a reboost or other manoeuvre, the AOS (Acquisition Of Signal) time may alter by a few minutes. 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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ARISS - DIRECT CONTACT AUDIO MONDAY 7MAY
by John Spasojevich 04 May '12

04 May '12

Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with participants at the Farnsworth Aerospace Academy, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA on Monday 7 May. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 1614 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and N9XH in St. Paul. The contact should be audible over theMidwest United States. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Farnsworth Aerospace is a PK-8 public school located in St. Paul, Minnesota; the home of NASA astronauts Digger Carey and Heidi Stefanyshyn-Piper. Farnsworth has over 1250 students, involved families, and outstanding community, education and business partners. Aerospace is integrated not only in the STEM subjects, but also art, music, history, writing – all areas of the curriculum. In 2004, Farnsworth was named a NASA Explorer School. We are very excited and honored to be part of the ARISS program. Our ARRIS student team includes 6th, 7th and 8th graders. This team will lead our entire school and community effort to make our ARRIS link up an “out of this world” event! Plans for the team include meeting with our outstanding local HAM operator team, writing event press releases, working with technology department for broadcasting and taping the event to share during a Family Night. The team will also research and create teacher and student materials for PK-3 and 4-6 grade classrooms. They will become the team asking questions to the astronaut and speaking to any media. THIS IS A DIRECT CONTACT - THERE WILL NOT BE A MODERATOR PRIOR TO CONTACT AS ON TELEBRIDGE Audio from this contact will be fed into the: IRLP Node 9010 Discovery Reflector by the N9XH Ground Station If conditions are favoarble we will relay audio to EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) and *JK1ZRW* (277208) servers Streaming Audio at: https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/ Audio on Echolink & web stream is generally transmitted around 20 minutes prior to the contact taking place so that you can hear some of the preparation that occurs. IRLP will begin just prior to the ground station call to the ISS. 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.Breaks on IRLP are manual and occur approximately after every third question. ** Contact times are approximate. If the ISS executes a reboost or other manoeuvre, the AOS (Acquisition Of Signal) time may alter by a few minutes ** 73, John - AG9D ARISS Audio Distribution

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-05-03 07:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 03 May '12

03 May '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-05-03 07:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: The Mariner’s Museum, Newport News, VA, telebridge via IK1SLD Contact was successful: Wed 2012-05-02 16:14:36 UTC 72 deg (***) Farnsworth Aerospace PK-8 Magnet School, St. Paul, MN, direct via N9XH Contact is a go for: Mon 2012-05-07 16:14:31 UTC 84 deg Watch for simulcast on IRLP, Echolink, and at https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/ Exp. 29/30 back on earth. Congratulations to all for a job well done! (***) Anatoly Ivanishin Anton Shkaplerov Daniel C. Burbank KC5ZSX 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 723. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 706. (***) 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 first window for contacts during the first half of 2012 has already closed. Look for the second window for second half 2012 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, Minnesota, 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 2012-05-03 07:30 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 (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2012-05-03 07:30 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. 29/30 on orbit Anatoly Ivanishin Anton Shkaplerov Daniel C. Burbank KC5ZSX Exp. 30/31 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Donald R. Pettit KD5MDT André Kuipers PI9ISS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-05-02 06:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 01 May '12

01 May '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-05-02 06:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: The Mariner’s Museum, Newport News, VA, telebridge via IK1SLD Contact is a go for: Wed 2012-05-02 16:14:36 UTC 72 deg Farnsworth Aerospace PK-8 Magnet School, St. Paul, MN, direct via N9XH Contact is a go for: Mon 2012-05-07 16:14:31 UTC 84 deg Watch for simulcast on IRLP, Echolink, and at https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/ (***) 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 722. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 705. 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 first window for contacts during the first half of 2012 has already closed. Look for the second window for second half 2012 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, Minnesota, 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 2012-05-02 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 (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2012-04-24 15:30 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. 29/30 on orbit Anatoly Ivanishin Anton Shkaplerov Daniel C. Burbank KC5ZSX Exp. 30/31 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Donald R. Pettit KD5MDT André Kuipers PI9ISS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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[sarex] Upcoming ARISS contact with The Mariner's Museum, Newport News, VA
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 30 Apr '12

30 Apr '12

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at The Mariner's Museum, Newport News, VA on 02 May. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:14 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between OR4ISS and IK1SLD. The contact should be audible over Italy 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 Mariners' Museum is a non-profit museum with a mission to "educate, engage, and inspire people around the globe to embrace the rich and diverse maritime world." We do this through exhibitions and programming including lectures, in-house and outreach school classes, and educational programs presented via Interactive videoconferencing. We are thrilled to connect with the International Space Station as this connection continues the story of exploration, carrying it from the sea to the stars. Our goal is for students across the country to see that the exploration of mankind is ongoing, and can be part of their story as well. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What is the most important piece of technology at the space station? 2. Do you get homesick? 3. The early explorers explored to find quicker routes to Asia, what are scientists hoping to find? 4. When was the last time explorers found something new? 5. How do the astronauts continue to have a constant flow of oxygen? 6. How do you find your way- (thinking the use of an astrolabe vs. what you use)? 7. Where are you located? What can you see from there? 8. How do you know where things like stars and planets are without the help of satellites? 9. Why is it so important to explore space? 10. How does the journey compare to that of the original explorers? In terms of travel time, distance, and conditions? 11. How many days do you stay there (in space)? 12. How will space look different in the 22nd century? 13. Have you found a world besides Earth that we can breathe on? 14. How do the astronauts get on and off the International Space Station? 15. What does it feel like to be in space? 16. How long does it take to get there from Earth? 17. How far have you explored space? 18. Where is the closest Galaxy? 19. Are you looking for other life forms in space? 20. How long till we have mastered space travel to the point that it will be open to the general public? 21. How many other galaxies are out there? 22. Are you going to send people to Mars? 23. Do you think that humans will ever make something that can fly into the sun? 24. What is the most interesting planet you have explored and why? 25. What is your favorite thing about space? 26. If it is extremely dangerous to explore space, why would you do it? 27. Is it possible to land a space shuttle on Mars with people in it? How long would it take? 28. What is currently the biggest meteorite in space? Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact. Next planned event(s): 1. Farnsworth Aerospace PK-8 Magnet School, St. Paul, MN, direct via N9XH Mon, 7 May 2012, 16:14 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 2012-04-30 18:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 30 Apr '12

30 Apr '12

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2012-04-30 18:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: The Mariner’s Museum, Newport News, VA, telebridge via IK1SLD Contact is a go for: Wed 2012-05-02 16:14:36 UTC 72 deg Farnsworth Aerospace PK-8 Magnet School, St. Paul, MN, direct via N9XH (***) Contact is a go for: Mon 2012-05-07 16:14:31 UTC 84 deg (***) 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 722. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 705. 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 first window for contacts during the first half of 2012 has already closed. Look for the second window for second half 2012 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, Minnesota, 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 2012-04-30 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 (note change of file type) The successful school list has been updated as of 2012-04-24 15:30 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. 29/30 on orbit Anatoly Ivanishin Anton Shkaplerov Daniel C. Burbank KC5ZSX Exp. 30/31 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Donald R. Pettit KD5MDT André Kuipers PI9ISS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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2012-04-30 ARISS Status
by Carol Jackson 30 Apr '12

30 Apr '12

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report April 30, 2012 1. Upcoming School Contact The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Wednesday, May 2 at 16:14 UTC via telebridge station IK1SLD in Italy. The ARISS contact is part of a comprehensive education plan which will pique students' interest in STEM. 2. Calolziocorte, Italy Contact Successful On Tuesday, April 24, students from Istituto Comprensivo di Calolziocorte - Scuola Media in Calolziocorte, Italy spoke with Don Pettit, KD5MDT via an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact. Telebridge station LU8YY in Argentina provided the radio connection. An audience of 200 students, visitors and media were present for the event and listened as Pettit answered eighteen questions and exchanged greetings with the youth. A presentation on ARISS and amateur radio was also given to the students. The contact highlighted a curriculum covering astronautics, astronomy, radio techniques and English. 3. New Proposal Cycle for ARISS-US Contacts NASA Teaching From Space (TFS) office has announced a new proposal cycle for ARISS-US contacts. Proposals may be submitted through July 2, 2012 for contacts that will be scheduled in the November 1, 2012 - May 1, 2013 timeframe. Four informational sessions will be held to answer any questions concerning the proposal process. To attend a session or to have questions answered, contact TFS at JSC-TFS- ARISS(a)mail.nasa.gov or call 281-244-1919. For more information, see the TFS Web site: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/teachingfromspace/students/ariss.h tml 4. ARRL QST In the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) May QST column titled "Up Front" is a short article about the upcoming Dayton Hamvention. The article features the highlight of last year -- where Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC, participated in ARRL and AMSAT activities at Hamvention, in particular, spending a lot of time with young people to interest them in technology and Amateur Radio. There is a good-sized photo of Doug with a crowd of kids.

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