An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Technological Centre for Innovation in Communications (CeTIC) Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, 35017, Spain on 03 March. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 14:17 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and EG8ISS. The contact should be audible over the Canary Islands and adjacent area. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English.

The Institute for Technological Development and Research in Communications (IDeTIC®), formerly known as CeTIC, is a Research and Development centre at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), which was founded in 2006. Formerly the CeTIC was composed of three research divisions in communications engineering with more than 10 years worth of experience, to whom were later added two new divisions in early 2009. Its main goal is transferring technology between companies and the university and, as part of it, to teach and train students in communications. Our staff includes researchers (both internal and third-party), PhD, MSc and BSc students, along with other collaborating staff members. In the last 5 years our research strategies and results have been supported by more than 200 publications on scientific magazines and international conferences. All of them endorsed by our participation in more than 50 research projects, most being joint collaborations amongst international institutions and cutting-edge technological companies.

Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

1. Can you tell me the different procedures that you must follow if you

have an important technical problem?

2. Are the effects of climate change on Earth visible from space?

3. Has the station any way to simulate day and night so you know when to

sleep?

4. Can you see pollution on Earth from space?

5. How old were you when you first thought of being an astronaut?

6. How do solar storms affect the space station?

7. Would a game console like the Wii work on the ISS?

8. Do you see sparks when you close your eyes as the astronauts in the

Apollo program used to?

9. What do you do in your free time?

10. What is the temperature in degrees Celsius inside and outside the

station?

11. Have you seen the Canary Islands from space?

12. How are circadian rhythms affected by living in orbit?

13. Does food taste the same as here?

14. What will you miss most from space when you'll be back on Earth?

15. How long do you think it will take to inhabit other planets?

16. If you established communications with a U.F.O. and you only had three

words to describe humanity, which ones would you choose?

17. What would happen if you found space debris on your way?

18. What would you do if any member of the crew in the spaceship got

seriously sick?

19. What is more important for the space trip: physical training or

psychological preparation?

20. I would like to work for a space agency, what do you advise me to do?

Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact.

Next planned event(s):

TBD

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