An International Space Station Expedition 15 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at King Academy in Mount Clemens, Michigan, USA on 11 Sep. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:13 UTC.
The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and N8LC. The contact should be audible in most of eastern North America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. In addition, the audio should be available via IRLP and EchoLink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
Mt. Clemens Michigan is located northeast of Detroit, and is the county seat of Macomb County. Located along the picturesque Clinton River, it is approximately five miles west of Lake Saint Clair. As of the most recent census, there were nearly 18,000 people living in Mount Clemens. Originally settled in 1818, Mount Clemens was widely known in the early 20th century for its pungent and therapeutic mineral baths. The Mount Clemens Historical Society maintains the "Crocker House" as a museum to early life in Mt. Clemens. With a vibrant downtown and many county offices, Mount Clemens is a busy place and a great place to raise a family. We are the home of Mount Clemens Regional Medical Center, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and nearby Selfridge Air National Guard Base.
King Academy of Year-Round Education is one of three elementary schools under the jurisdiction of Mount Clemens Community Schools. As the only Year-Round school in the district our students attend school nearly eight hours per day and 199 days per school year. We educate over three hundred students in grades kindergarten through fifth and are a Title I and Michigan Integrated Behavior and Learning Support Initiative (MiBLSi) school. We integrate Positive Behavior Support (PBS) together with data collection, analysis and multiple research based learning strategies to educate our students. Under our former name (Alexander Macomb Academy) we were recognized by the Middle Cities Education Association by being awarded the "Robert and Patricia Muth Excellence in Leadership" award in 2005, and the National Association for Year-Round Education's "School of Merit" in 2006. We continue these award winning programs at our new location for 2007-2008 - King Academy of Year-Round Education. This event should be available via webcast at http://www.mtcps.org/streaming/ARISS.html
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. How do you get fresh water in space? 2. How long did it take you to get up to the space station? 3. How do you eat? Does the food fly around? 4. What is your job on the ISS? 5. How do you entertain yourself? What do you play with when you have free time? 6. Is it tough to sleep in space? Do you have to strap yourself down? 7. What is the temperature in space? 8. How do you eat your food? Do you eat together? Do you eat sitting down? 9. How do you train to be an astronaut and how long does it take? 10. Have you seen any different creatures in space? 11. How do you get exercise in space? 12. Have you taken a space walk? What was it like? 13. How do you write to a friend? 14. How do you wash up? 15. When you are floating do you get caught up in things? 16. What kind of shoes do you wear in space? 17. When you are in space do you see how the Earth spins? 18. Is it fun in space when you are weightless? 19. Do certain people speak Chinese or Russian or Japanese or other languages on the ISS? 20. Do you have a hard time putting on your clothes in space? 21. Do you have a certain time to go to sleep? 22. What do you do in your free time? 23. What do you do if you get sick? 24. How do you stay mentally healthy?
Information about the next scheduled ARISS contact can be found at http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact .
Next planned event(s): Westbrook Intermediate, Friendswood, Texas USA, Fri 2007-09-14 18:40:52 UTC via W6SRJ
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