An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Kawatinagano Higashi Junior High School, Kawatinagano, Japan on 06 June. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:18 UTC.

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

The contact will be direct between NA1SS and 8N3KN. 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 English.

Kawachinagano Higashi junior high school was established in 1970. Three schools were integrated into Higashi junior high school. There are 486 students in Higashi junior high school now. The school zone has beautiful nature and two famous temples which is called "Kanshinji" and "Enmeiji". Therefore both history and culture exist in our school.

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

1. Have you ever seen some aliens and UFOs?

2. What do you eat in the space?

3. When you want to meet your family, what do you do?

4. What did you enjoy in the space?

5. Is it possible to see the aurora from space?

6. How is your body clock in space?

7. What happens when you pass gas in space?

8. How do you sleep?

9. What's the temperature in space?

10. What do you want to do first when you come back to Earth?

11. What made you decide to become an astronaut?

12. What has impressed you most about being in space?

13. Would you tell me your schedule in a day?

14. How much did you study in your school days?

15. Do you have a family?

16. Did your family oppose to your going to space?

17. When do you feel the hardest in space?

18. How do you take a shower?

19. What is fun in space?

20. Do you want to go back to earth soon?

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

Next planned event(s):

1. ESA-ESTEC, Nederlands Ruimtevaartmuseum, Lelystad, Netherlands,

telebridge via W6SRJ

Tue, 12 June 2012, 09:25 UTC

2. St Anne's Primary School, Strathfield South, NSW, Australia,

telebridge via LU8YY

Wed, 13 June 2012, 10:31 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