An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Hamasuka Junior High School, Chigasaki City, Kanagawa, Japan,on 4 March. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 10:09 UTC.

The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds.

The contact will be direct between NA1SS and 8J1SN. The contact should be audible over Japan and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in Japanese.

Hamasuka Junior High School was established at 1975. Our school has 546 students (15 classes). Souichi Noguchi graduated from our school.

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

1. What kind of scenery is in space it now? 2. Is Japan seen from space really bright? 3. Is the earth seen from space, and what tune do you imagine by yourself? 4. What is the most serious to decide to go to space? 5. How much gravity hangs when the space shuttle leaves the ground? 6. What do you do until arriving at the space platform in the rocket? 7. What feelings did it become at the first time? 8. Is it based in space on what time? 9. How is the temperature of the space platform going? 10. How much is not there space suit like an oven or weight? 11. Do it live in space, and do not it get drunk? 12. Do you injure in space? 13. How do it become if the junk ball is thrown out in space? 14. Is it true though read as the living in space in 40 years or 50 years

with the book? 15. When returning from space to the earth, what is the most serious thing?

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