An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at St. Thomas' Primary School, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on 04 November. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 1015 UTC.
The contact will be a direct contact between stations NA1SS and VK4HBK. The contact should be audible over eastern Australia. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
Several displays are planned for the library on the school ARISS project. These displays will have information on the NASA space program, Amateur Radio and ARISS. They will also have a link to the school ARISS Project web site, NASA and the current location of the International Space Station. We also plan an interactive section where children can listen to past ARISS school contacts.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. How did the space station get into space and how does it stay there? 2. What is it like eating and sleeping in space? 3. Do you have night and day in the space station? 4. Where does the space station get it's power from? 5. Besides humans, are there any living things on the space station? 6. Is there any danger of being hit by a meteoroid when on a space walk and what protection do you have? 7. What do you do if some one gets sick or injured in space? 8. With astronauts on the space station from so many countries, what time zone does it work in? 9. Do you get to speak to your family from the space station? 10. How long is it safe to live in the space station before it starts to affect your health? 11. How do you have enough oxygen to breath on the space station? 12. What do you miss the most about earth? 13. When you have spare time on the space station what do you do to relax? 14. What is the hardest aspect of living on a space station? 15. Where does the water supply for the space station come from? 16. How many astronauts can fit in a space shuttle and live on the space station? 17. What sort of experiments are done on the space station? 18. Is there any gravity in the space station? 19. Were you scared the first time you went into space? 20. Does your voice sound normal and does sound travel in space?
Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact .
Next planned event(s): 1. Dibrugarh University, India telebridge via W6SRJ, Fri 2008-11-07 07:15 UTC 2. Anderson's Creek, Primary School, Warrandyte, Victoria, Australia, telebridge via VK5ZAI, Mon 2008-11-10 07:56 UTC 3. International Education Week (Poolesville, MD, Quito, Ecuador and Raleigh, NC) telebridge via WH6PN, Fri 2008-11-14 15:02 UTC 4. Newcomers Club in Saitama, Japan direct via JK1ZAM, Sat 2008-11-15 10:22 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, Kenneth - N5VHO