An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Sekolah Kebangsaan, Putrajaya, Malaysia on 07 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:04 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and 9M2RPN. The contact should be audible over portions of Malaysia 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.
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Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. Please tell of your feelings when you first stepped into the ISS.
2. What were your feelings when you first walked into space?
3. You have been the longest in space and how do you adjust physically when
you return to earth.
4. How does zero gravity affect your body?
5. How does one get treated for a sudden sickness in space?
6. What was your most unusual experience in space?
7. How does ISS maintain its orbit in space?
8. Can you weigh yourself in weightlessness?
9. Do you miss your GORBY?
10. How is air and water recycled in ISS?
11. If there is an air leak what emergency measures are taken?
12. How many people does ISS carry and what are their crew position?
13. What do astronauts miss most in space?
14. Is it hard to eat in space?
15. Do you wear makeup in space?
16. Is the spacesuit self contained, or do astronaut rely on oxygen through
an umbilical cord?
Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact.
Next planned event(s):
1. St George's International School, Luxembourg, telebridge via W6SRJ
Mon 08Oct12 10:47 UTC
2. Liceo Statale Adelaide Cairoli, Pavia, Italy, telebridge via W6SRJ
Tue 09Oct12 10:00 UTC
Watch for live streaming at http://www.livestream.com/AMSAT_Italia
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