An International Space Station Expedition 14 ARISS school contact has been planned with students at Mission Viejo High School, Mission Viejo, California on 08 March. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:38 UTC.
The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and K6UCI. The contact should be audible in the Western and central North America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
Mission Viejo High School is a comprehensive high school servicing students grades 9-12. MVHS, one of five high schools in the Saddleback Valley Unified School District, was the first high school in the district and admitted its first classes in 1966. The school is located in South Orange County and draws basically from middle-class and upper middle-class families. Approximately 88% of the school's population will enroll in a college/university after graduation.
Students will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. What are some of the scientific goals for your mission? 2. How do you feel waning public interest in space exploration has affected NASA's programs and space missions? 3. As a fellow scholar in the science of the heavens, what advice would you have as far as education is concerned during my collegiate career? 4. What do you do for leisure in the International Space Station? Are there books to read, movies to watch, music to listen to? 5. What is your next goal as a futuristic space explorer after having set the US record for space walks? 6. What is your favorite memory from Mission Viejo High School? 7. I hear that you are a big movie buff... If you could recommend one romantic and one comedic film what would they be? 8. How and where do you sleep in space? 9. As a freshman at a big high school, it is common to feel very small. Now that you appear to be the bigger object from where you are in space, what does Mission Viejo High School appear to look like? 10. What made you interested in becoming an astronaut? 11. Do you feel your dream of being an astronaut has been fulfilled now that you are in space? Is space everything you dreamed it to be? 12. If you were to go back to high school and start your career over still knowing what you do now, would you choose a different career or become an astronaut again? 13. When did you know you wanted to be an astronaut? 14. What is life like in outer space? 15. Can you really see the Great Wall of China? 16. As you orbit earth, are you worried about all of the debris left orbiting our planet? 17. Do you have any advice for students pursuing a career in the science? 18. Has the preparation for your mission been helpful for the actual mission? 19. What does it feel like when you are being launched? G Force on your body? 20. What is the most beautiful thing you've seen from space? 21. How does it feel to move about the space station? 22. Do you ever play with the food while you're in space? 23. Who was your favorite teacher at MVHS? 24. When you return from your current mission, will you please come back and visit MVHS?
Please note, the amateur equipment on the ISS is not functioning in the automatic modes properly and may be silent more than usual. Information about the next scheduled ARISS contact can be found at http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact .
Next planned event(s): University School, Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA, direct via K8RBV, Fri 2007-03-16 16:28 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.rac.ca/ariss (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada).
Thank you & 73, Kenneth - N5VHO