An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at DLR School Lab, Braunschweig, Germany on 11 July. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:37 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between DP0ISS and DN2DLR. The contact should be audible over Germany and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in German.

The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is one of Europe's largest and most modern research institutions. Here is where the aircraft of the future are being developed and pilots trained, rocket engines tested and images of distant planets analyzed. In addition, over 7,700 DLR staff members are investigating next-generation high-speed trains, environmentally responsible methods of generating energy, and much more.

DLR_School_Lab in Braunschweig investigates many topics related to transportation: whether on the road, rails, or in the air. In various experiments, school classes can acquaint themselves with the research topics being studied at the science institutes at DLR Braunschweig. Five advanced courses in physics (11th and 12th grade) with more than 100 students from 4 schools in Braunschweig and Wolfenbüttel are participating in this event.

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

1. Dürfen Sie in ihrer Freizeit Weltraumspaziergänge machen?

2. Was ist das Schönste daran, im Weltraum zu sein?

3. Wie bzw. was war ihr erster Eindruck in der ISS?

4. Woran dachten sie unmittelbar bevor sie in den Weltraum geflogen sind?

5. Was wollten Sie schon immer im Weltraum machen?

6. Helfen Ihnen Ihre Erfahrungen aus der Antarktis weiter?

7. Vermissen Sie die Schwerkraft in manchen Situationen?

8. Ist die Vorbereitung unter Wasser gleich der "echten" Schwerelosigkeit?

Wenn nicht,

wie ist es anders?

9. Herr Gerst, wie war das Andock-Manöver für Sie persönlich? Und in wie

fern waren sie daran beteiligt?

10. Wie verhält sich Feuer in der Schwerelosigkeit?

11. Wie schützt man sich vor der Weltraumstrahlung?

12. Was war das erste, was sie getan haben, als zum ersten Mal die

Schwerkraft aussetzte?

13. Wie fühlt es sich an, wenn man an der Raumkrankeit leidet?

14. Was werden Sie als Geophysiker im Weltraum testen? Was werden Ihre

Hauptaufgaben sein?

15. Werden die Ergebnisse der Experimente untereinander ausgetauscht, oder

bleiben sie geheim?

16. Ist der Job im All gut bezahlt?

17. Kann man im Weltraum heiraten? Wenn ja, in welchem Land wäre die

Vermählung eingetragen?

18. Wie werden Krankheiten oder Infektionen im Weltall behandelt? Variieren

sie von denen auf der Erde?

19. War Astronaut schon immer ihr Traumberuf?

20. Hat man trotz des zweistündigem täglichen Trainings Muskelschwund?

1. Are you able to go on Space Walks in your free Time?

2. What is the nicest thing about being in space?

3. What was your first impression when entering the ISS?

4. What were your thoughts just before you flew in space?

5. What did you always want do in space?

6. Can you apply your experience from your time in Antarctica?

7. Do you sometimes miss gravity in space?

8. Is the preparation under water the same as "real" weightlessness? If not,

how is it different?

9. How did you experience the docking maneuver? Were you involved?

10. How does fire behave in zero gravity?

11. How do you protect yourself from space radiation?

12. What was the first thing you did when gravity stopped for the first

time?

13. How/what do you feel, when suffering from the space sickness?

14. What are you going to survey in space as a geophysicist)? What are your

main projects/tasks?

15. Do you exchange the experimental results with the other astronauts or

are the results secret?

16. Is the job in space well paid?

17. Is it possible to get married in space? If yes, where would this

marriage then be registered?

18. What are you doing when you're getting sick in space (like an infection)

and how do they vary from them on earth?

19. Was Astronaut always your dream job?

20. Do you still suffer from amyotrophia although you are training for two

hours a day?

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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

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