As part of my zillion other duties as an ARISS mentor, I post ARISS announcements to the SAREX-BB. Oftentimes Dave AA4KN (another ARISS mentor) will post an announcement for each specific school a few days before the actual contact that has a little more information about the school itself to the AMSAT-BB and SAREX-BB.

We do not have an ARISS only type of list.

As part of my announcements I do indicate where one can find the complete schedule. You can go to:

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf This one has all of the schools that are presently in our schedule queue.

http://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html This one has the schools that have actually received their contact date and time.

http://www.issfanclub.com/ The ISS fan club always is user updated regularily.

As always, ARISS suggests that you start listening about 10 minutes before the indicated time.

73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS mentors

In a message dated 4/24/2015 3:11:35 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, johnbrier@gmail.com writes:

Thanks so much for the heads up. Does ARISS have an email list I can sign up for to be notified of these events? I got a really good reception here in the Triangle of North Carolina, specifically in Durham where I work. check it out:

https://youtu.be/nUavS6Ih8pQ

John Brier, KG4AKV, Raleigh, NC

On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Frank Bauer ka3hdo@verizon.net wrote:

All,

I wanted to remind everyone that there will be an ARISS contact today

with

the East Coast Chapter Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., Youth In Aviation Program (ECCTAI YIAP) and the Oxon Hill High School, Oxon Hill, Maryland through

the

K6DUE telebridge station located in Greenbelt, Maryland. Contact time should be starting around 12:40 Eastern Time (16:40 UTC).

Listen in on 145.80 MHz.

Questions from the students follows.

73, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO

1.   Monika: What influenced you to concentrate on  aerospace
   

propulsion and lightweight structures?

2.        Zion:  Was going into space a  goal, or did the opportunity
   

arise and you found it interesting?

3.         Aric:  How did your experience being a fighter pilot help 
   

you

adapt to being astronaut?

4.       Jeremy:  What would you do in the event harmful gases are
   

detected on the space station?

5.     Hannah-1: What are some things that you go through to be
   

trained to become an astronaut?

6.     Terrence:  What new technologies are being tested, and  how
   

soon will they be available to the general public?

7.        Hannah-2:  Due to the  gravitational change, is it harder 
   

to

complete experiments in space than it is on Earth?

8.       Philip:  What will the International Space Station,  
   

especially

your expedition, do to prepare for the Commercial Crew Program?

9.         Deborah:  Is it hard to integrate with all the other
   

international astronauts that live on the space station?

10.      Ari:  How can NASA send probes into  space without them
    

colliding into space junk?

11.      Amira:  What does it feel like  after launch when leaving
    

Earth's atmosphere?

12.      Anthony:  How do you think current  reseach will affect 
    

future

space expeditions?

13.      Monika: Since the launch, have you  experienced any trouble 
    

with

the ISS?

14. Zion:  Does each crew member work on all the  experiments, or
    

are the experiments assigned to members based on experience in that

field?

15.     Aric:  During the 2.5 hours that astronauts exercise, what  
    

type

of exercises are included in the Integrated Resistance and Aerobic

Training

Study?

16.     Jeremy:  How effective is the Functional Task Test to  
    

determine

the physiological impairment after long space flights?

17.      Hannah-1: What  was the most influential factor in deciding 
    

to

become an astronaut?

18.       Terrence:  What is your daily work schedule like, and how 
    

many

hours of sleep do you get?

19.     Hannah-2:  Through what educational training did you go in
    

order to prepare yourself for the space program?

20. Philip: What is the future for the International Space

Station, and human spaceflight in general?

21.      Deborah:   How do you train to live without gravity?
    
    

22. Ari:  How does the microgravity environment on ISS  affect your
    

ability to smell and taste?

23. Amira: What were some of the negative effects you experienced

because of prolonged space flight?

24.      Anthony:   Of the current experiments, how many do you 
    

expect to

complete while you are onboard the International Space Station?

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