An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Collège Les Gondoliers, La Roche sur Yon, France on 17 Jan. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:51 UTC The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and F6KUF/p. The contact should be audible over France 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.

Les Gondoliers Secondary School, with its 500 pupils -aged 11-15- is located in Vendée, 70 km south of the city of Nantes, where famous Jules Verne author was born . At the end of the last year, the pupils take an exam called "Diplôme National du Brevet". Our Astronomy Club has resumed its activities this year with the objective to enter in contact with the ISS. The starting point has been the visit of the exhibition "Voyages planétaires" (Planetary spaceflights), in Nantes, during the International Planetary Science Congress. Various astronomy and amateur radio activities will be organized, with the help of members of the association of "radioamateurs of Vendée", who will come to our school to display their activities and provide us with the tools that will be necessary to get in contact with the ISS.

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

1. How do you make a difference between your day and night?

2. How does it feel living in zero gravity?

3. How many hours of exercise do you do per day?

4. What was the subject of the last scientific experiment you carried out?

5. Do you get news from your family and how often?

6. Which time zone do you use?

7. Are there any diseases specifically related to space?

8. Do you have any problems with your balance?

9. How does space sickness show itself?

10. What educational qualifications are needed to join the crew of the ISS?

11. How many hours do you sleep per day?

12. How did your family and friends feel about you leaving?

13. How many hours do you work per day?

14. Can you sense your direction of travel in the ISS?

15. Does your stay in the ISS seem long?

16. How do you renew your reserves of oxygen on board?

17. Do you have individual menus at mealtimes?

18. Does zero gravity have any ill effects on your blood circulation?

19. How do you move around when you are outside?

20. Can you go outside just for pleasure?

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Next planned event(s):

1. Wallingford STEM Academy/Town of Wallingford, Wallingford, CT

telebridge via K6DUE

Sat, 18Jan2014, 15:18 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.ariss.org/ (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada).

Thank you & 73,

David - AA4KN

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