An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at DLR Project Lab, Neustrelitz, Germany on 2 July. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 12:05 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between DP0ISS and DN1BV. 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 Neustrelitz was opened in September 2011 at DLR in Neustrelitz in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Here is where the data from various satellites are received by means of large antennas, and subsequently processed. The student lab is available for visits of one or several days by school classes from this most northerly German state and further afield.

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

1. Going back to Earth can't be realized easily. Do you have problems with

homesickness?

2. Did you bring a talisman / keepsake to the ISS?

3. How does it feel to be in zero gravity?

4. What would happen if you spill water on board the ISS?

5. How do you shower on the ISS?

6. How many hours of sleep do you have per day and how long do you have to

work?

7. Do you feel aching muscles after exercising like on Earth?

8. Have you seen the aurora from the ISS yet?

9. Could you take a great photo of the Earth from the ISS for our school

lab?

10. How long have you been a radio amateur?

11. How and when do you contact your family?

12. Are there any diseases one can get only in space?

13. How long does it take to return to the Earth?

14. Do you have any plans for the time after your ISS mission?

15. Do you dream differently in space?

16. How did you feel as you entered the ISS?

17. Which wave bands will be used to communicate with ground based systems on

Earth?

18. Can you catch a cold during a spacewalk?

19. Can radiation be dangerous during missions outside the spacecraft?

20. Some people think food tastes differently in higher altitudes. you

noticed any differences on the ISS so far?

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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

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