An International Space Station Expedition 14 ARISS school contact has been planned with students at International School of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium on 27 Mar. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 13:45 UTC.

The contact will be a telebridge between stations NA1SS and NN1SS. The contact should be audible in portions of Central and Eastern North America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. Additional listening options are listed below. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.

IRLP - Connect to the IRLP reflector 9010. You may also connect via the IRLP Discovery website at http://www.discoveryreflector.ca/listen.htm.

EchoLink - The audio from this contact will be available on the EchoLink *AMSAT* (node 101 377) and the *JK1ZRW* (node 277 208) conference rooms. Please connect to the *JK1ZRW* server to keep the load light on the *AMSAT* server. This will ensure good audio quality for all listeners.

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To join the event: URL: https://e-meetings.mci.com CONFERENCE NUMBER: 6604852 PASSCODE: SPACE STATIO

To access the Audio Replay of this call, all parties can: 1. Go to the URL listed above. 2. Choose Audio Streaming under Join Events. 3. Enter the conference number and passcode. (Note that if this is a recurring event, multiple dates may be listed.) Replays are available for 30 days after the live event.

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The East Aurora Union Free School District is currently educating approximately 2040 students in four schools: Parkdale Elementary (K-2), Main Street Elementary (3-5), the Middle School (6-8) and the High School (9-12). We serve a Town of Aurora population of nearly 14,000 residents.

Our students consistently rank within the region's top schools in measures of academic achievement, and the community regularly demonstrates solid support for its schools. Our website address is www.eaur.wnyric.org.

East Aurora Middle School, led by Principal Jeffrey Banks, has a population of approximately 500 students and 37 staff members. The staff of the East Aurora Middle School is committed to excellence in education. We feel that it is vital to show enthusiasm for learning and hope that children want to attend our school. We believe that attendance at school each day is very important and we communicate that attitude to our students.

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

1. What is the goal and purpose for your Mission? 2. Do you think there will be the ability and technology for regular people to travel to space in the near future? 3. How much food and liquid do you drink each day and is it difficult because you are weightless? 4. What time is it on the space station and how do you know when it's nighttime? 5. What is a typical day like on the space station? 6. Is it dangerous to live on the space station? 7. How do you use the bathroom in space? 8. Is everyday interesting on the Space Station or do you get bored? 9. How long have you been on the space station and how long will you expect to stay? 10. When you come back to earth, will it be hard to readjust to gravity?

11. Is this your first trip into space? 12. Do you believe that sending people to Mars is the most efficient use of public money? 13. How many people are on the space station and do you ever fight with one another? 14. How do you wash yourself? Is there a shower? 15. Why did you choose this dangerous work? 16. Do you miss Earth, your family and friends? 17. How do you breathe and where does the oxygen come from? 18. What are you able to see outside? 19. How did you get to be an astronaut? 20. Do you believe that there could be extraterrestrial intelligent creatures?

Please note, the amateur equipment on the ISS is not functioning in the automatic modes properly and may be silent more than usual. Information about the next scheduled ARISS contact can be found at http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact .

Next planned event(s): Glenden State School, Glenden, Queensland, Australia, direct via VK4KHZ, Wed 2007-04-04 22:39 UTC St. Michael's Primary School, Daceyville, NSW, Australia, direct via VK2KVE, Thu 2007-04-05 23:00 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