ARISS event - One Stop Richmond Hill Community Center, Richmond Hill, New York, Tuesday (Aug 7) 13:25 UTC
An International Space Station Expedition 15 ARISS school contact has been planned with children at the One Stop Richmond Hill Community Center, Richmond Hill, New York, USA on 07 Aug. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 13:25 UTC.
The contact will be a telebridge between stations NA1SS and WH6PN. The contact should be audible in Hawaii. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. In addition, the audio should be available via IRLP and EchoLink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
Richmond Hill Community Center began as a block association 37 years ago. It expanded to become the One Stop Richmond Hill Community Center and serves the neighborhood with many programs including children's summer camp, citizenship and English as a Second Language courses, after school tutoring for neighborhood children, Mommy and Me preschool programs, Videoconference and Computer Technology after school and summer program for elementary school children, local civilian patrol and a Community Emergency Response Team program (CERT). The community center also holds meetings regularly to get neighborhood feedback and concerns to solve local area problems.
All of these programs are funded and supported by state elected officials (bipartisan) and therefore are offered at no cost to the community.
The One Stop Richmond Hill Community Center in NYC (Queens, NYC) is headed by Community Center President Simcha Waisman and Director Joan Bachert.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. What was the biggest challenge the crew faced during any of the spacewalks while you were working on the ISS?
2. What is your favorite foods in space and does chocolate taste strange in space?
3. How often are you able to email your family from space?
4. What activity is the most fun as you float around the space station?
5. What is your favorite module of the space station and why?
6. What did you bring with you to remind you of family and home?
7. What are you doing with robots on the space station? We notice it is on your list of activities.
8. It is exciting up there. What do you do if you have trouble going to sleep?
9. Do you ever share meals and what kind of food is your favorite?
10. What do you eat for breakfast -- and can you change your mind about what you want to eat?
11. We know you have private family conference time. How long do you talk to your family and can you see them?
12. What surprises have there been? What did not go as expected?
13. How did you first become interested in space science?
14. Do your children want to travel in space like you and why?
15. Has any of you gotten sick in space and what did you do about it?
16. Do you have Internet on the ISS and what video games are your favorite (if you have any)?
17. How do you get news up in space? Can you watch any of it and does mission control send any news to you?
18. When you return home, what is the first thing you want to do?
19. What food do you miss most up in space?
20. What sports can you play up there in microgravity?
21. Fire safety is important here. What has to be done when you inspect the ISS smoke detectors?
22. How is trash prepared for return to Earth? Is there a compactor?
23. Is the ISS going to become a national laboratory and what kind of experiments will be most important?
24. What fun things will you be leaving behind for the next crew to use?
Information about the next scheduled ARISS contact can be found at http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact http://www.rac.ca/ariss/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.rac.ca/ariss http://www.rac.ca/ariss (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada).
Thank you & 73, Kenneth - N5VHO
An International Space Station / STS-118 ARISS school contact has been planned with children in the McCall-Donnelly School District in McCall, Idaho, USA on 16 Aug. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:14 UTC.
The contact will be a telebridge between stations NA1SS and VK4KHZ. The contact should be audible in eastern Australia. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. In addition, the audio should be available via IRLP and EchoLink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
McCall-Donnelly School District consists of two high schools, one middle school, and two elementary schools for approximately 900 students. The school district's motto is "Educating Students for Life". Located in McCall, Idaho; the district is nestled in amongst the Payette National Forest. A former logging community, McCall located about 100 miles north of Boise and is now considered a year round resort destination with the nickname "Ski Town USA". Barbara Morgan taught in the district for years and was an active member of the community. The district science team works closely with the State Department of Education and the University of Idaho as members of Idaho Reaches Into Space (IRIS) to coordinate classroom activities and assemblies developed by NASA aerospace educators and aligned to Idaho achievement standards.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1) How many years did you train to become an astronaut? 2) How did your body feel during the launch? 3) What is your main duty on this mission? 4) What do you do in your free time? 5) Is it hard to eat in microgravity? 6) Is there anything that looks like it is moving on Earth? 7) How do you sleep in space? 8) How do you exercise on the space station? 9) What is the temperature outside the space station? 10) What protects the space station from asteroids? 11) If you had to choose one, would you be an astronaut or a teacher?
Information about the next scheduled ARISS contact can be found at http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact .
Next planned event(s): Nanjing No. 3 High School, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P.R.China, direct via BY4RRR Sun 2007-08-26 10:44 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.rac.ca/ariss (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada).
Thank you & 73, Kenneth - N5VHO
An International Space Station Expedition 15 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, Illinois, USA on 05 Sep. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:44 UTC.
The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and N9CHA. The contact should be audible in most of eastern North America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. In addition, the audio should be available via IRLP and EchoLink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
Gail Borden Library is over 130 years old with a long history of providing materials and services to community members. The first library building was donated by the family of Gail Borden, the inventor of condensed milk. The Library has a history of being innovative. GBPL was the first library in the country to create a center for preschoolers, offering intellectual and social stimulation in a creative, hands-on environment. GBPL was on of the first libraries in the country to install a fiber optic network, linking the library with the City of Elgin and six area schools. Other distinguishing hallmarks include developing services for the Hispanic population with the addition of Spanish-language materials and formation of a steering committee which led to the creation of a literacy training organization. The contact will be part of our Space: Dare to Dream exhibit which is bringing the daring and imagination of the space program through NASA materials and partnering with our local school district. The students participating in the contact represent 12 of the schools in the Elgin U-46 school district which covers 90 square miles and serves portions of 11 communities in the northwest suburbs of Chicago in Cook, DuPage and Kane Counties with over 40,000 children in grades preK-12. They have been studying about space and scientific activities aboard the ISS. The event is planned to have live video streaming. Visit http://www.gailborden.info/webcast/ariss/ for more information.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. When do you anticipate the first "kid" going into space? 2. How long have you been living in the ISS and how many people can live there at a time? 3. What do you eat in outer space? 4. Do you have to wear a lot of special equipment while in space? 5. What are your daily jobs up in space station? 6. In space is it different at day then at night? 7. Do you miss your family? How long do you have to be away from them? 8. Are you weightless in the ISS and if you are, how does it feel? 9. Is it hard to stay in space so long? 10. How good are the computers that you use? 11. What made you want to become an Astronaut? 12. How much will the Aercam help with the EVA's outside the Shuttle and ISS? 13. How will exploring space now going to help people my age when we grow up and what changes could be made in our lives because you are in outer space? 14. How do you read in outer space and what books are you reading now? 15. Is it ever sort of scary or strange being in space? 16. What do you see on the surface of the moon? 17. What experiments are you currently working on that will have a significant impact on man on earth and what have you discovered so far? 18. Who is your favorite author? 19. What is it like blasting off and being in space? 20. What will you do when you return to Earth?
Information about the next scheduled ARISS contact can be found at http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact .
Next planned event(s): 1. King Academy, Mount Clemens, Michigan USA, Tue 2007-09-11 16:06 UTC via N8LC
2. Westbrook Intermediate, Friendswood, Texas USA, Fri 2007-09-14 18:40:52 UTC via W6SRJ
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.rac.ca/ariss (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada).
Thank you & 73, Kenneth - N5VHO
An International Space Station Expedition 15 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at King Academy in Mount Clemens, Michigan, USA on 11 Sep. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:13 UTC.
The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and N8LC. The contact should be audible in most of eastern North America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. In addition, the audio should be available via IRLP and EchoLink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
Mt. Clemens Michigan is located northeast of Detroit, and is the county seat of Macomb County. Located along the picturesque Clinton River, it is approximately five miles west of Lake Saint Clair. As of the most recent census, there were nearly 18,000 people living in Mount Clemens. Originally settled in 1818, Mount Clemens was widely known in the early 20th century for its pungent and therapeutic mineral baths. The Mount Clemens Historical Society maintains the "Crocker House" as a museum to early life in Mt. Clemens. With a vibrant downtown and many county offices, Mount Clemens is a busy place and a great place to raise a family. We are the home of Mount Clemens Regional Medical Center, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and nearby Selfridge Air National Guard Base.
King Academy of Year-Round Education is one of three elementary schools under the jurisdiction of Mount Clemens Community Schools. As the only Year-Round school in the district our students attend school nearly eight hours per day and 199 days per school year. We educate over three hundred students in grades kindergarten through fifth and are a Title I and Michigan Integrated Behavior and Learning Support Initiative (MiBLSi) school. We integrate Positive Behavior Support (PBS) together with data collection, analysis and multiple research based learning strategies to educate our students. Under our former name (Alexander Macomb Academy) we were recognized by the Middle Cities Education Association by being awarded the "Robert and Patricia Muth Excellence in Leadership" award in 2005, and the National Association for Year-Round Education's "School of Merit" in 2006. We continue these award winning programs at our new location for 2007-2008 - King Academy of Year-Round Education. This event should be available via webcast at http://www.mtcps.org/streaming/ARISS.html
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. How do you get fresh water in space? 2. How long did it take you to get up to the space station? 3. How do you eat? Does the food fly around? 4. What is your job on the ISS? 5. How do you entertain yourself? What do you play with when you have free time? 6. Is it tough to sleep in space? Do you have to strap yourself down? 7. What is the temperature in space? 8. How do you eat your food? Do you eat together? Do you eat sitting down? 9. How do you train to be an astronaut and how long does it take? 10. Have you seen any different creatures in space? 11. How do you get exercise in space? 12. Have you taken a space walk? What was it like? 13. How do you write to a friend? 14. How do you wash up? 15. When you are floating do you get caught up in things? 16. What kind of shoes do you wear in space? 17. When you are in space do you see how the Earth spins? 18. Is it fun in space when you are weightless? 19. Do certain people speak Chinese or Russian or Japanese or other languages on the ISS? 20. Do you have a hard time putting on your clothes in space? 21. Do you have a certain time to go to sleep? 22. What do you do in your free time? 23. What do you do if you get sick? 24. How do you stay mentally healthy?
Information about the next scheduled ARISS contact can be found at http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact .
Next planned event(s): Westbrook Intermediate, Friendswood, Texas USA, Fri 2007-09-14 18:40:52 UTC via W6SRJ
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.rac.ca/ariss (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada).
Thank you & 73, Kenneth - N5VHO
Due to a scheduling conflict, the King Academy contact has been rescheduled for Wed, at 15:00 UTC. All other related information should stay the same.
--- "Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR]" [email protected] wrote:
An International Space Station Expedition 15 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at King Academy in Mount Clemens, Michigan, USA on 11 Sep. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:13 UTC.
The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and N8LC. The contact should be audible in most of eastern North America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. In addition, the audio should be available via IRLP and EchoLink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
Mt. Clemens Michigan is located northeast of Detroit, and is the county seat of Macomb County. Located along the picturesque Clinton River, it is approximately five miles west of Lake Saint Clair. As of the most recent census, there were nearly 18,000 people living in Mount Clemens. Originally settled in 1818, Mount Clemens was widely known in the early 20th century for its pungent and therapeutic mineral baths. The Mount Clemens Historical Society maintains the "Crocker House" as a museum to early life in Mt. Clemens. With a vibrant downtown and many county offices, Mount Clemens is a busy place and a great place to raise a family. We are the home of Mount Clemens Regional Medical Center, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and nearby Selfridge Air National Guard Base.
King Academy of Year-Round Education is one of three elementary schools under the jurisdiction of Mount Clemens Community Schools. As the only Year-Round school in the district our students attend school nearly eight hours per day and 199 days per school year. We educate over three hundred students in grades kindergarten through fifth and are a Title I and Michigan Integrated Behavior and Learning Support Initiative (MiBLSi) school. We integrate Positive Behavior Support (PBS) together with data collection, analysis and multiple research based learning strategies to educate our students. Under our former name (Alexander Macomb Academy) we were recognized by the Middle Cities Education Association by being awarded the "Robert and Patricia Muth Excellence in Leadership" award in 2005, and the National Association for Year-Round Education's "School of Merit" in 2006. We continue these award winning programs at our new location for 2007-2008 - King Academy of Year-Round Education. This event should be available via webcast at http://www.mtcps.org/streaming/ARISS.html
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
- How do you get fresh water in space?
- How long did it take you to get up to the space
station? 3. How do you eat? Does the food fly around? 4. What is your job on the ISS? 5. How do you entertain yourself? What do you play with when you have free time? 6. Is it tough to sleep in space? Do you have to strap yourself down? 7. What is the temperature in space? 8. How do you eat your food? Do you eat together? Do you eat sitting down? 9. How do you train to be an astronaut and how long does it take? 10. Have you seen any different creatures in space? 11. How do you get exercise in space? 12. Have you taken a space walk? What was it like? 13. How do you write to a friend? 14. How do you wash up? 15. When you are floating do you get caught up in things? 16. What kind of shoes do you wear in space? 17. When you are in space do you see how the Earth spins? 18. Is it fun in space when you are weightless? 19. Do certain people speak Chinese or Russian or Japanese or other languages on the ISS? 20. Do you have a hard time putting on your clothes in space? 21. Do you have a certain time to go to sleep? 22. What do you do in your free time? 23. What do you do if you get sick? 24. How do you stay mentally healthy?
Information about the next scheduled ARISS contact can be found at http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact .
Next planned event(s): Westbrook Intermediate, Friendswood, Texas USA, Fri 2007-09-14 18:40:52 UTC via W6SRJ
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.rac.ca/ariss (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada).
Thank you & 73, Kenneth - N5VHO
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An International Space Station Expedition 15 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at Westbrook Intermediate, Friendswood, Texas USA on 14 Sep. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:48 UTC.
The contact will be a Telebridge between stations NA1SS and W6SRJ. The contact should be audible along the western coastline of North America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. In addition, the audio should be available via IRLP and EchoLink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
Westbrook Intermediate, one of 8 intermediate schools in Clear Creek Independent School District, is a 6th - 8th grade campus of almost 1500 students. Housed on the campus is the district's intermediate gifted and talented (GT) magnet, Webster Academy - Visions in Education, or WAVE. This GT magnet brings together over 500 gifted and talented students from across the district to participate in a unique program design. One of the opportunities available to WAVE students is an amateur (ham) radio license class. In partnership with the Clear Lake Amateur Radio Club, over 300 students have earned their ham radio license over the last 8 years. At any time, there are approximately 100 hams in attendance at the school.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. Which activities that are very much a part of your regular life on Earth do you find most difficult to perform in space? 2. What aspects of daily life are different in space? 3. How did you feel when you first opened the airlock on your first spacewalk? 4. How realistic do space simulators and training facility pools feel compared to really being in space? 5. Compare the foods that you eat in space to the foods you eat at home. Why does space food have to be different? 6. How is the climate controlled on the ISS and in the shuttle? 7. After a shuttle launch, the fuel tank and solid rocket boosters fall from space. What happens to them? 8. What would happen if there were a fire on the ISS, and what would fire look like in space? 9. How does the work on the ISS bring us closer to the forming of Lunar, Mars, or other planetary colonies? 10. What does a sunrise and sunset look like from space? 11. What happens to your muscles when you are in zero gravity, and you don't use them for long periods of time? 12. How does your body "act" in space? Example: Do you need haircuts? 13. What do you do with your free time? 14. What are the physical effects of the G-forces on your body? 15. What preparations and training have you had for emergencies like a leak on the ISS? 16. What do you feel are the most important reasons for humanity in general and America in particular to continue manned space flight despite the cost in lives and money? 17. What was the first hurricane you saw from space, and how big was it? 18. Can you only communicate with NASA, or sometimes do you have the chance to talk with your family? 19. On Earth, is there any feeling that we have that can compare to what you feel in space? 20. What space sights have you seen? Like dying stars or space storms? 21. If you could do another job other than being an astronaut, what would you do? 22. Going into space was a big dream of yours, and you have now accomplished that. What are your next goals? 23. What's it like to live on the International Space Station? 24. How much would the ISS weigh if it were on earth? 25. There are rumors that a meteor could hit earth in a few years. Is there a possibilty that a meteor or space debris could hit ISS? 26. Does seeing space from the scientific point of view spoil the "mystery" of space? 27. : What does it feel like blasting off at hundreds of miles per hour, then breaking the atmosphere, and finally reaching space? 28. What question are you asked the most? 29. What's the most important job at the ISS? 30. How do you think space aeronautics will change in the next decade?
Information about the next scheduled ARISS contact can be found at http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact . Packet is occassionally active on 145.825 simplex.
Next planned event(s): 1. Mitchell Elementary School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, direct via NØEFT, Mon 2007-09-17 13:39 UTC
2. Pueblo Magnet High School, Tucson, Arizona, direct via KD7RPP, Fri 2007-09-21 15:04 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.rac.ca/ariss http://www.rac.ca/ariss (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada).
Thank you & 73, Kenneth - N5VHO
An International Space Station Expedition 15 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at Heidelberg University for Applied Sciences, Heidelberg, Germany on 24 Sep. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:00 UTC.
The contact will be a telebridge between stations NA1SS and WH6PN. The contact should be audible in Hawaii. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. In addition, the audio should be available via IRLP and EchoLink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
Currently, we build a CubeSat-Satellite called HeidelSat. It should measure cosmic rays. The launch is planned for September 2009. Also we build a ground station for it with a satellite dish having a diameter of 3,4m. It will operate in July 2007. In that project we do involve children from the age of 12 years onwards. Currently the do meet every Wednesday to prepare for the radio amateur license exam which will take place on September 7th. Also, of course students are involved in that project. If we can have an organized radio contact with the International Space Station, we would then invite all schools around Heidelberg area for that event. We plan to present films about Sputnik, Gagarin, Apollo11, Jules Verne's story "The travel to the Moon". Also we plan to invite Prof. Messerschmitt from Stuttgart to give a talk. And of course we present our HeidelSat.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. How does a compass work on the ISS? 2. What was the reason for you to participate in this extraordinary mission, and will your expectations be fulfilled? 3. Is there anything human you can see from space? 4. How much free time do you have and how do you spend it? 5. Has the International Space Station already rammed space scrap metal? 6. As there is no gravitation is it possible to take a shower on the ISS? 7. Was it your childhood dream to become an astronaut? 8. What is the coolest thing you have seen or done on the ISS yet? 9. Do you miss your family when you are in Space? 10. Can you describe what you feel when you see the Earth from above? 11. You have spent six months in space. Are you happy to come back to Earth? 12. Which training did you get to become an astronaut? 13. Do watches work in Space? Does one have a feeling of time in Space? 14. Have you ever seen an asteroid near your space station? 15. Do you do optical observation in meteorite research, if so what do you see? 16. Are all of you able to do all the tasks on the ISS or are you specialized for only a few tasks? 17. How does your emergency-flat look like if your resources come to an end, the oxygen is scarce or a vital part of the International Space Station is destroyed and you cannot be reached from the earth? 18. How do you brush your teeth on the ISS? 19. What do you do if some member gets seriously sick, for example, an acute appendicitis and needs to get an operation? 20. How do you organize your daily life? Do you have any privacy?
Information about the next scheduled ARISS contact can be found at http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact . Packet is now active on 145.825 simplex but will be shut down prior to the Soyuz relocation activity planned for Sep 27.
Next planned event(s): 1. Goforth Elementary School, Clear Creek, Texas, telebridge via WH6PN Wed 2007-09-26 16:52 UTC
2. Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC., telebridge via WH6PN Sat 2007-09-29 16:28 UTC
3. Town of Anamizu ARISS School Contact Executive Committee, Anamizu-town, Housu-gun Ishikawa, Japan, via 8J9ISS Sat 2007-10-06 09:24 UTC
4. Prairielands Council, Boy Scouts of America, Space Jamboree Camp Robert Drake (Oakwood, IL), Champaign, Illinois, telebridge via VK4KHZ Sat 2007-10-06 19:12 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.rac.ca/ariss (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada).
Thank you & 73, Kenneth - N5VHO
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Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR]