Nice contact with Duluth Children's Museum!
Signal from the ISS was superb. Very good voice quality. I guess W0GKP had some difficulty hearing the ISS initially. Chris called them a few times before contact was established.
Stefan, VE4NSA
On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 8:00 PM, n4csitwo@bellsouth.net wrote:
An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Duluth Children's Museum, Duluth, MN on 07 Sept. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:03 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and W0GKP. 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.
The Duluth Children's Museum is a place where children begin their lifelong exploration of an ever-expanding world. The mission of the Duluth Children's Museum is to spark children's curiosity. One of the first children's museums in the country, the Duluth Children's Museum opened in 1930 as a resource for teachers, schoolchildren and families to learn more about their world neighbors. The Duluth Children's Museum serves more than 80,000 children, caregivers and educators annually through its exhibition and education programs. The museum's primary constituency is children age three to eight and their families. The extended constituency is children birth to three and children eight to twelve and family members.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
- When did you start to learn about your present career? Why do you do
it?
What were the biggest fears you had to overcome in order to become an
astronaut?
While living on the space station what has been the hardest thing to
adapt to?
Outside of missing your friends and family, what do you miss the most
about Earth? Do you get homesick?
What is your favorite thing to do in space?
What games do you play on the station?
What do you do if there is a medical emergency?
Do you sleep better in space or on Earth?
What is the most interesting or amazing thing you've seen in space?
How often do you have contact with your family on Earth?
How often do you go out of the space station?
What will you miss most about being in space when your time on the
space
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via HB9OK Mon, 09Sept2013, 07:17 UTCARISS 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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