ARISS event - Scuola Media Statale Donato Forlani, Conversano, Italy, Tue (Oct 07) at 11:29UTC
An International Space Station Expedition 17 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at Scuola Media Statale Donato Forlani, Conversano, Italy on 07 October. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 1129 UTC.
The contact will be a direct contact between stations OR4ISS and IZ7MKW. The contact should be audible over Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
The Scuola media D. Forlani is a middle school in the suburb of Conversano, a small town located 30km from Bari in South-east Italy
The school has 30 classrooms and various laboratories, including an astronomy lab. About 250 pupils attend the school, aged from 11 to 14. Extracurricular activities include English conversation, sport, theatre, the environment and other research activities.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What is the most ambitious spatial project for the future? 2. What do you see at the moment when you are looking outside the ISS? 3. How does it feel to be in space? 4. Is it difficult to get used to zero gravity? 5. What do you think about extraterrestrial life in the universe? 6. How many years ago did you start your career as astronaut? 7. What studies are necessary to become an astronaut? 8. Where does the electric power come from on board the ISS? 9. Was it your childhood dream to become an astronaut? 10. At what age did you discover your passion for space? 11. What do you miss most from Earth during the mission? 12. How long can a human being stay in orbit without any physical problems? 13. What happens if an astronaut gets seriously ill in space? 14. What do you think about future projects of living on the moon? 15. What systems do you use for the communication to the Earth? 16. Is there any danger for the ISS module to be hit by Space debris? 17. How are the daily astronauts´ duties organized on board the ISS? 18. What kind of optical instruments have you on board to watch the space? 19. What are the main scientific experiments during Expedition 17? 20. What are the minimum and maximum temperatures inside and outside the ISS?
Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact .
Next planned event(s): Colombia Mission Project at Buchanan High School, CA via NN1SS, Sat 2008-10-11 16:10 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, Kenneth - N5VHO
An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at Armada Area Schools, Armada, Michigan, USA on 24 October. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 1709 UTC.
The contact will be a direct contact between stations NA1SS and K8UO. The contact should be audible over most of N. America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
Armada Area Schools is located 30 miles north of Detroit in Macomb County, Michigan. The district covers approximately 74 square miles. The area is basically a rural "bedroom" community with agriculture serving as the primary source of income for 6% of the district's households. The village of Armada is the main business and service center in the school district.
Armada Area Schools provides a comprehensive curriculum for students with varied interests and abilities. Coupled with highly qualified teachers and administrators, attention to student needs, and an emphasis on professional development, state assessment test scores are consistently among the highest in Macomb County.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What kind of fuel does the space shuttle use? 2. If there isn't a space shuttle available, do you have an escape plan if you have to evacuate the space station? 3. How big is the space station and how large will it be when it is finished? 4. Are you able to watch television on the space station? 5. How do you deal with the after effects of living in a weightless environment for extended periods of time? 6. How hot does it get inside the space shuttle during re-entry? 7. What supplies do you need in space? 8. If I wanted to go into the field of aerospace, what would I have to do now to fulfill this goal? 9. How many people can live on the space station at one time? 10. What do you miss most when you are in space? 11. What is going through your mind as you are traveling away from Earth? 12. Are you able to see weather changes that happen on Earth from the space station? 13. How much fuel does the space shuttle hold? 14. Will the space station survive if something happens to the Earth? 15. How often do they change astronauts on the space station? 16. Who or what inspired you to be an astronaut? 17. How does NASA choose which astronauts will go on a mission? 18. How long does it take to get to the space station and once you are there how would you get inside? 19. What personal items are you allowed to bring with you in space? 20. How are you able to wash your hands or take a shower in space?
Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact .
Next planned event(s): Scuola Media Statale Donato Forlani, Conversano, Italy, direct via IZ7MKW, Tue 2008-10-28 09:37 UTC
Santa Teresa del Bambin Gesù, Rome, Italy,direct via IK0US0, Thu 2008-10-30 08:51 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, Kenneth - N5VHO
An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at Scuola Media Statale Donato Forlani, Conversano, Italy on 28 October. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 0937 UTC.
The contact will be a direct contact between stations OR4ISS and IZ7MKW. The contact should be audible over Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
The Scuola media D. Forlani is a middle school in the suburb of Conversano, a small town located 30km from Bari in South-east Italy
The school has 30 classrooms and various laboratories, including an astronomy lab. About 250 pupils attend the school, aged from 11 to 14. Extracurricular activities include English conversation, sport, theatre, the environment and other research activities.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What is the most ambitious spatial project for the future? 2. What do you see at the moment when you are looking outside the ISS? 3. How does it feel to be in space? 4. Is it difficult to get used to zero gravity? 5. What do you think about extraterrestrial life in the universe? 6. How many years ago did you start your career as astronaut? 7. What studies are necessary to become an astronaut? 8. Where does the electric power come from on board the ISS? 9. Was it your childhood dream to become an astronaut? 10. At what age did you discover your passion for space? 11. What do you miss most from Earth during the mission? 12. How long can a human being stay in orbit without any physical problems? 13. What happens if an astronaut gets seriously ill in space? 14. What do you think about future projects of living on the moon? 15. What systems do you use for the communication to the Earth? 16. Is there any danger for the ISS module to be hit by Space debris? 17. How are the daily astronauts´ duties organized on board the ISS? 18. What kind of optical instruments have you on board to watch the space? 19. What are the main scientific experiments during Expedition 17? 20. What are the minimum and maximum temperatures inside and outside the ISS?
Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact .
Next planned event(s): Santa Teresa del Bambin Gesù, Rome, Italy,direct via IK0US0, Thu 2008-10-30 08:51 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, Kenneth - N5VHO
An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at Santa Teresa del Bambin Gesù, Rome, Italy on 30 October. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 0855 UTC.
The contact will be a direct contact between stations NA1SS and IK0USO. The contact should be audible over Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
The school "Santa Teresa del Bambino Gesù" is a catholic primary school in Rome, established to answer to the needs and demands for catholic education of the local population. The school belongs to the Congregation of Missionary Carmelitane Sisters of Saint Therese of Jesus Child. The school is open to families that take care of the religious education and formation of their children. The preparation of the ISS radio contact is under way since a long time: educational projects on different scientific topics support the special event.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Why do you eat liquid food? 2. What does the moon look like from the space station? 3. How long are you staying on the ISS? 4. What do the stars look like from the space station? 5. What happens if you are ill? 6. Could a child stay on the ISS? 7. How is the daily life organized on board the space station? 8. Is it difficult to be an astronaut? 9. Why did you choose to become an astronaut? 10. Are you afraid of the space outside the ISS? 11. Could an animal stay on board the space station? 12. Is it possible to see the ozone hole from the ISS? 13. Is there a bathroom on board the space station? 14. What does the earth look like from above? 15. Have you ever met an alien? 16. Have you ever seen other planets? Which ones? 17. Is there a doctor with you? 18. What do you eat and drink for breakfast, lunch and dinner? 19. How do you drive the space station? 20. How do you move without gravity on board the ISS?
Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact .
Next planned event(s): 1. IES Trassierra, Córdoba, Spain-14011, direct via AO7URC, Mon 2008-11-03 08:58 UTC 2. St. Thomas' Primary School, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, direct via VK4HBK Tue 2008-11-04 10:10 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, Kenneth - N5VHO
An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at IES Trassierra, Córdoba, Spain on 03 November. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 0903 UTC.
The contact will be a direct contact between stations OR4ISS and AO7URC. The contact should be audible over western Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
The IES Trassierra is a Secondary Education School with 900 students. It is located between a developing area and an area of low social-economical status. The project "Sailing through Space" will help students to broaden their knowledge in the field of space and also will be a very important tool to motivate them to study. The project is going to last two years and it will include a wide variety of activities such as observing the sky from Cordoba, visiting the workshop that the Observatory of Granada brought to the school and making trips to the observatory situated in Toledo.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What kind of food do you eat? Do you have a special diet? 2. Are you in contact with your family? 3. How long have you been in the ISS? 4. What do you miss the most? 5. How long does it take to go to the space? 6. What is your favorite thing up there? 7. Have you ever felt frightened? 8. What is the weight of your space-suit? 9. What is your mission onboard? 10. How do you have a shower? 11. What have you studied to be an Astronaut? 12. When are you coming back? 13. How long are you going to be in space? 14. What is the temperature in the ISS? 15. How is it like to live in the ISS? 16. What do you do in your free time? 17. How do you drink? 18. What is the most important thing you have done in the ISS? 19. What is your position at this moment relative to the earth? 20. How do you go to the toilet?
Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact .
Next planned event(s): 1. St. Thomas' Primary School, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, direct via VK4HBK, Tue 2008-11-04 10:15 UTC 2. Dibrugarh University, India telebridge via W6SRJ, Fri 2008-11-07 07:15 UTC 3. Anderson's Creek, Primary School, Warrandyte, Victoria, Australia, telebridge via VK5ZAI, Mon 2008-11-10 07:56 UTC 4. International Education Week (Poolesville, MD, Quito, Ecuador and Raleigh, NC) telebridge via WH6PN, Fri 2008-11-14 15:02 UTC 5. Newcomers Club in Saitama, Japan direct via JK1ZAM, Sat 2008-11-15 10:22 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, Kenneth - N5VHO
An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at St. Thomas' Primary School, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on 04 November. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 1015 UTC.
The contact will be a direct contact between stations NA1SS and VK4HBK. The contact should be audible over eastern Australia. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
Several displays are planned for the library on the school ARISS project. These displays will have information on the NASA space program, Amateur Radio and ARISS. They will also have a link to the school ARISS Project web site, NASA and the current location of the International Space Station. We also plan an interactive section where children can listen to past ARISS school contacts.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. How did the space station get into space and how does it stay there? 2. What is it like eating and sleeping in space? 3. Do you have night and day in the space station? 4. Where does the space station get it's power from? 5. Besides humans, are there any living things on the space station? 6. Is there any danger of being hit by a meteoroid when on a space walk and what protection do you have? 7. What do you do if some one gets sick or injured in space? 8. With astronauts on the space station from so many countries, what time zone does it work in? 9. Do you get to speak to your family from the space station? 10. How long is it safe to live in the space station before it starts to affect your health? 11. How do you have enough oxygen to breath on the space station? 12. What do you miss the most about earth? 13. When you have spare time on the space station what do you do to relax? 14. What is the hardest aspect of living on a space station? 15. Where does the water supply for the space station come from? 16. How many astronauts can fit in a space shuttle and live on the space station? 17. What sort of experiments are done on the space station? 18. Is there any gravity in the space station? 19. Were you scared the first time you went into space? 20. Does your voice sound normal and does sound travel in space?
Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact .
Next planned event(s): 1. Dibrugarh University, India telebridge via W6SRJ, Fri 2008-11-07 07:15 UTC 2. Anderson's Creek, Primary School, Warrandyte, Victoria, Australia, telebridge via VK5ZAI, Mon 2008-11-10 07:56 UTC 3. International Education Week (Poolesville, MD, Quito, Ecuador and Raleigh, NC) telebridge via WH6PN, Fri 2008-11-14 15:02 UTC 4. Newcomers Club in Saitama, Japan direct via JK1ZAM, Sat 2008-11-15 10:22 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, Kenneth - N5VHO
Today at 1803 UTC, Ron AH6RH and I made the FIRST packet QSO/exchange via ISS's digipeater RS0ISS. We had several pings on my 1 minute 20 second mutual visibility pass between us. See http://www.ariss.net/wlmailhtml:{B6E7A62F-23E5-48A8-A1AF-40037DC90145}mid://00000324/!x-usc:http://www.ariss.net/
Ever since ISS packet/voice was activated, I was looking for a partner on the east side of the Big Island of Hawaii to do this. I sent out blind emails to all hams in the area. Looked at packet from Hawaii etc... Finally about 3 years ago, I met up with Ron, AH6RH who shared my goal. For the past few years we have been trying to make this first contact. Between ISS packet being off the air, and limited times to try with work etc, it finally became a reality today! I did my victory DX dance when Ron called me from Hawaii screaming in excitement!
Thanks to ARISS for it's support of amateur radio on the ISS.
73, Scott WA6LIE CM96eq
Kenneth,
Can you confirm this as a new distance record?
I have no information from any other attempts and am unaware of any "records" for this sort of activity so I can't say if yours would be a record or not. Congratulations on the success of your efforts.
Personally, I made a contact with VE1DX in Nova Scotia (from Houston) during a similar low elevation pass but never took the time to make the point to point distance calculations. Not sure how many other long shot contacts are out there that were never reported. Maybe your notice will prompt others to provide examples of other long distance contacts via ISS in various modes.
Kenneth - N5VHO
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From: Scott- Extingflame [mailto:extingflame@hotmail.com] Sent: Sat 11/1/2008 3:35 PM To: sarex@AMSAT.Org; Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] Subject: NEW RECORD Set Via ISS
Today at 1803 UTC, Ron AH6RH and I made the FIRST packet QSO/exchange via ISS's digipeater RS0ISS. We had several pings on my 1 minute 20 second mutual visibility pass between us. See http://www.ariss.net/
Ever since ISS packet/voice was activated, I was looking for a partner on the east side of the Big Island of Hawaii to do this. I sent out blind emails to all hams in the area. Looked at packet from Hawaii etc... Finally about 3 years ago, I met up with Ron, AH6RH who shared my goal. For the past few years we have been trying to make this first contact. Between ISS packet being off the air, and limited times to try with work etc, it finally became a reality today! I did my victory DX dance when Ron called me from Hawaii screaming in excitement!
Thanks to ARISS for it's support of amateur radio on the ISS.
73, Scott WA6LIE CM96eq
Kenneth,
Can you confirm this as a new distance record?
Good evening, Kenneth....
RE your Nova Scotia contact: Distance between EL29JM & FN84HS is 3260.79 km (2026.256 miles)
73 de <michael> KC7QYR Burien, WA
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR]" Kenneth.G.Ransom@nasa.gov To: "Scott- Extingflame" extingflame@hotmail.com Cc: sarex@AMSAT.Org Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 3:04 PM Subject: [sarex] Re: NEW RECORD Set Via ISS
I have no information from any other attempts and am unaware of any
"records" for this sort of activity so I can't say if yours would be a record or not. Congratulations on the success of your efforts.
Personally, I made a contact with VE1DX in Nova Scotia (from Houston)
during a similar low elevation pass but never took the time to make the point to point distance calculations. Not sure how many other long shot contacts are out there that were never reported. Maybe your notice will prompt others to provide examples of other long distance contacts via ISS in various modes.
Kenneth - N5VHO
From: Scott- Extingflame [mailto:extingflame@hotmail.com] Sent: Sat 11/1/2008 3:35 PM To: sarex@AMSAT.Org; Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] Subject: NEW RECORD Set Via ISS
Today at 1803 UTC, Ron AH6RH and I made the FIRST packet QSO/exchange via
ISS's digipeater RS0ISS.
We had several pings on my 1 minute 20 second mutual visibility pass
between us. See http://www.ariss.net/
Ever since ISS packet/voice was activated, I was looking for a partner on
the east side of the Big Island
of Hawaii to do this. I sent out blind emails to all hams in the area.
Looked at packet from Hawaii etc...
Finally about 3 years ago, I met up with Ron, AH6RH who shared my goal.
For the past few years we have been
trying to make this first contact. Between ISS packet being off the air,
and limited times to try with work etc,
it finally became a reality today! I did my victory DX dance when Ron
called me from Hawaii screaming in excitement!
Thanks to ARISS for it's support of amateur radio on the ISS.
73, Scott WA6LIE CM96eq
Kenneth,
Can you confirm this as a new distance record?
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I worked England via ISS packet. The picture of my D-700 screen on my website shows a distance of 3711 for the contact I had with G8LMY, FM29pe to IO91vi. A quick check shows the distance from Hi to Ca as around 2500 miles. Can anyone beat 3711 NMI?
73 Jeff kb2m ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR]" Kenneth.G.Ransom@nasa.gov To: "Scott- Extingflame" extingflame@hotmail.com Cc: sarex@AMSAT.Org Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 6:04 PM Subject: [sarex] Re: NEW RECORD Set Via ISS
I have no information from any other attempts and am unaware of any "records" for this sort of activity so I can't say if yours would be a record or not. Congratulations on the success of your efforts.
Personally, I made a contact with VE1DX in Nova Scotia (from Houston) during a similar low elevation pass but never took the time to make the point to point distance calculations. Not sure how many other long shot contacts are out there that were never reported. Maybe your notice will prompt others to provide examples of other long distance contacts via ISS in various modes.
Kenneth - N5VHO
From: Scott- Extingflame [mailto:extingflame@hotmail.com] Sent: Sat 11/1/2008 3:35 PM To: sarex@AMSAT.Org; Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] Subject: NEW RECORD Set Via ISS
Today at 1803 UTC, Ron AH6RH and I made the FIRST packet QSO/exchange via ISS's digipeater RS0ISS. We had several pings on my 1 minute 20 second mutual visibility pass between us. See http://www.ariss.net/
Ever since ISS packet/voice was activated, I was looking for a partner on the east side of the Big Island of Hawaii to do this. I sent out blind emails to all hams in the area. Looked at packet from Hawaii etc... Finally about 3 years ago, I met up with Ron, AH6RH who shared my goal. For the past few years we have been trying to make this first contact. Between ISS packet being off the air, and limited times to try with work etc, it finally became a reality today! I did my victory DX dance when Ron called me from Hawaii screaming in excitement!
Thanks to ARISS for it's support of amateur radio on the ISS.
73, Scott WA6LIE CM96eq
Kenneth,
Can you confirm this as a new distance record?
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I found one reference that mentioned that the ISS "circle of visibility" was around 5000 kM so your record of 3711 nautical miles sounds hard to beat.
Nice catch!
I think that Scott has the possibility of WAS via ISS from his location though ;-)
Ahh the benefits of living on the coasts...
Roger WA1KAT
----- Original Message ----- From: "jeff" kb2m@comcast.net To: sarex@AMSAT.Org Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 9:01 PM Subject: [sarex] Re: NEW RECORD Set Via ISS
I worked England via ISS packet. The picture of my D-700 screen on my website shows a distance of 3711 for the contact I had with G8LMY, FM29pe to IO91vi. A quick check shows the distance from Hi to Ca as around 2500 miles. Can anyone beat 3711 NMI?
73 Jeff kb2m ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR]" Kenneth.G.Ransom@nasa.gov To: "Scott- Extingflame" extingflame@hotmail.com Cc: sarex@AMSAT.Org Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 6:04 PM Subject: [sarex] Re: NEW RECORD Set Via ISS
I have no information from any other attempts and am unaware of any "records" for this sort of activity so I can't say if yours would be a record or not. Congratulations on the success of your efforts.
Personally, I made a contact with VE1DX in Nova Scotia (from Houston) during a similar low elevation pass but never took the time to make the point to point distance calculations. Not sure how many other long shot contacts are out there that were never reported. Maybe your notice will prompt others to provide examples of other long distance contacts via
ISS
in various modes.
Kenneth - N5VHO
From: Scott- Extingflame [mailto:extingflame@hotmail.com] Sent: Sat 11/1/2008 3:35 PM To: sarex@AMSAT.Org; Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] Subject: NEW RECORD Set Via ISS
Today at 1803 UTC, Ron AH6RH and I made the FIRST packet QSO/exchange
via
ISS's digipeater RS0ISS. We had several pings on my 1 minute 20 second mutual visibility pass between us. See http://www.ariss.net/
Ever since ISS packet/voice was activated, I was looking for a partner
on
the east side of the Big Island of Hawaii to do this. I sent out blind emails to all hams in the area. Looked at packet from Hawaii etc... Finally about 3 years ago, I met up with Ron, AH6RH who shared my goal. For the past few years we have been trying to make this first contact. Between ISS packet being off the air, and limited times to try with work etc, it finally became a reality today! I did my victory DX dance when Ron called me from Hawaii screaming in excitement!
Thanks to ARISS for it's support of amateur radio on the ISS.
73, Scott WA6LIE CM96eq
Kenneth,
Can you confirm this as a new distance record?
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Mir Packet distance, 4300 km, 2600 Miles
Dave Larsen N6C0 and I Miles WF1F were the system operators for the Russian Space Station Mir (1994 –2001).
Dave lives in a small town in California called Pine Grove. At that time, I lived in a town called Billerica in Massachusetts.
Each night Dave and I would get on the Mir frequency (145.550 or 145.985 ) and upload traffic to the Mir crew, School Schedules, phone patches etc. We would also handle NASA message to the Americana crewmembers. Dave would get access to Mir first and if he was not successful in getting the message up, I would be on line to finish uploading the rest of the traffic. Most of our work took place between midnight and 5am local time.
Every few days there would be a very small opening in which I could see packets coming down from Mir to Dave’s Station N6CO. The link between us only lasted about 30 seconds. We decided to try a two-way link, on a few of those occasions we were successful and were able to exchange a few Unproto packets to between each other. We did not use APRS, we just used simple Unproto packets.
Each station was running an Oscar Class station with 12-dBd+ antenna Gain, ERP 1200-4800 watts. The Space Station Mir was Running the following: Kenwood TM-733 at 5 watts. Kantronics KPC-9612 Packet system. Antenna was a Larsen Dual Band Mobile antenna mounted outside on Mir.
My rough calculations come out to be approximately 4,300 km or 2600 statute miles.
Ill have to dig through my Mir packet logs to see if we can narrow down dates of those contacts.
Congradulations on a new ISS record.
73 Miles
ps, hey N6CO, are your antennas still up?
--- On Sat, 11/1/08, Roger Kolakowski rogerkola@aol.com wrote:
From: Roger Kolakowski rogerkola@aol.com Subject: [sarex] Re: NEW RECORD Set Via ISS To: "jeff" kb2m@comcast.net, sarex@AMSAT.Org Date: Saturday, November 1, 2008, 9:39 PM I found one reference that mentioned that the ISS "circle of visibility" was around 5000 kM so your record of 3711 nautical miles sounds hard to beat.
Nice catch!
I think that Scott has the possibility of WAS via ISS from his location though ;-)
Ahh the benefits of living on the coasts...
Roger WA1KAT
----- Original Message ----- From: "jeff" kb2m@comcast.net To: sarex@AMSAT.Org Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 9:01 PM Subject: [sarex] Re: NEW RECORD Set Via ISS
I worked England via ISS packet. The picture of my
D-700 screen on my
website shows a distance of 3711 for the contact I
had with G8LMY, FM29pe
to IO91vi. A quick check shows the distance from Hi
to Ca as around 2500
miles. Can anyone beat 3711 NMI?
73 Jeff kb2m ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR]"
To: "Scott- Extingflame"
Cc: sarex@AMSAT.Org Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 6:04 PM Subject: [sarex] Re: NEW RECORD Set Via ISS
I have no information from any other attempts and
am unaware of any
"records" for this sort of activity so I
can't say if yours would be a
record or not. Congratulations on the success of
your efforts.
Personally, I made a contact with VE1DX in Nova
Scotia (from Houston)
during a similar low elevation pass but never
took the time to make the
point to point distance calculations. Not sure
how many other long shot
contacts are out there that were never reported.
Maybe your notice will
prompt others to provide examples of other long
distance contacts via ISS
in various modes.
Kenneth - N5VHO
From: Scott- Extingflame
[mailto:extingflame@hotmail.com]
Sent: Sat 11/1/2008 3:35 PM To: sarex@AMSAT.Org; Ransom, Kenneth G.
(JSC-OC)[BAR]
Subject: NEW RECORD Set Via ISS
Today at 1803 UTC, Ron AH6RH and I made the FIRST
packet QSO/exchange via
ISS's digipeater RS0ISS. We had several pings on my 1 minute 20 second
mutual visibility pass
between us. See http://www.ariss.net/
Ever since ISS packet/voice was activated, I was
looking for a partner on
the east side of the Big Island of Hawaii to do this. I sent out blind emails to
all hams in the area.
Looked at packet from Hawaii etc... Finally about 3 years ago, I met up with Ron,
AH6RH who shared my goal.
For the past few years we have been trying to make this first contact. Between ISS
packet being off the air,
and limited times to try with work etc, it finally became a reality today! I did my
victory DX dance when Ron
called me from Hawaii screaming in excitement!
Thanks to ARISS for it's support of amateur
radio on the ISS.
73, Scott WA6LIE CM96eq
Kenneth,
Can you confirm this as a new distance record?
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Congratulations! You beat me by 241.243 miles.
The distance between you in CM96eq & AH6RH in BL11ch is 3879.74 km (2410.868 miles)
My best: 09-02-2002 @ 14:30 I made pkt contact with PETER, W2SKY in FN13gd from CN87tr. A distance of 3491.51 km (2169.625 miles).
73 de <michael> KC7QYR Burien,WA
----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott- Extingflame" extingflame@hotmail.com To: sarex@AMSAT.Org; "Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR]" Kenneth.G.Ransom@nasa.gov Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 1:35 PM Subject: [sarex] NEW RECORD Set Via ISS
Today at 1803 UTC, Ron AH6RH and I made the FIRST packet QSO/exchange via
ISS's digipeater RS0ISS.
We had several pings on my 1 minute 20 second mutual visibility pass
between us. See http://www.ariss.net/wlmailhtml:{B6E7A62F-23E5-48A8-A1AF-40037DC90145}mid://00000324/!x-usc:http://www.ariss.net/
Ever since ISS packet/voice was activated, I was looking for a partner on
the east side of the Big Island
of Hawaii to do this. I sent out blind emails to all hams in the area.
Looked at packet from Hawaii etc...
Finally about 3 years ago, I met up with Ron, AH6RH who shared my goal.
For the past few years we have been
trying to make this first contact. Between ISS packet being off the air,
and limited times to try with work etc,
it finally became a reality today! I did my victory DX dance when Ron
called me from Hawaii screaming in excitement!
Thanks to ARISS for it's support of amateur radio on the ISS.
73, Scott WA6LIE CM96eq
Kenneth,
Can you confirm this as a new distance record?
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An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at Newcomers Club in Saitama, Iruma, Sitama, Japan on 15 November. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 1028 UTC.
The contact will be a direct contact between stations NA1SS and JK1ZAM. The contact should be audible over eastern Asia. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
After the first school contact in Japan, many children wanted to get their amateur license. In Saitama area, about 30 children got the amateur licenses. Therefore, we organized the newcomers club and applied for the school contact. Already we are teaching about the orbit of a satellite and so on. Also, the students are learning how to QSO.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Is it true that you have a plan to connect the space station to the earth with the carbon nanotube? 2. How did you vote for presidential election ? 3. What do you think to become an asutronaut? 4. What is inconvenience to live under zero gravity? 5. Is space food delicious? 6. When do you feel difficulty in space station? 7. Which planet would you like to visit in the future? And why ? 8. How do you spend your free time? Do you play games? 9. What is your favorite Japanese word? 10. How long do you think you can live in the space station? 11. What was today's wake-up call? What is the most favorite wake-up call? 12. How much does it cost for round trip between the space station and the earth? 13. Why doesn't the space station fall down? 14. Do you clean up inside the space station? How do you clean it up? 15. Why does the earth look blue? 16. Can you use the Internet in the space station? 17. I heard that the muscle gets weak if you stay in space for a long time. How long does it take to recover after you come back to the earth?
18. What was the most delicious space food you've ever eaten? 19. Are there addresses in space? 20. Can you see the autumn colours from space?
Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact http://www.ariss.org/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.ariss.org/ http://www.ariss.org/ (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada).
Thank you & 73, Kenneth - N5VHO
An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at Quispamsis Elementary/Middle School, Quispamsis, New Brunswick, Canada on 04 December. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 1823 UTC.
The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and VE9LC. The contact should be audible over eastern North America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English. The event is also planned to be streamed live at http://www.aliant.net/SpaceStation once the link is activated.
This ARISS contact will take place at the Quispamsis Middle School, Quispamsis, New Brunswick, Canada and will involve a total of 20 students, 5 from the Quispamsis Elementary School (K- Gr.5) and 15 from the Quispamsis Middle School (Gr. 6-8). For the past 3 years Grade 5 teacher Valerie Conrod has been supplementing normal science studies with an extended curriculum in space exploration and space studies. Students who have studied under this exciting "hands on" project will be participating in this contact by asking the questions below.
In preparation for this unique experience recent studies have focused on STS as well as ISS activities.
Sessions providing information on topics directly related to the ARISS contact are being made available to the student body and staff by various mentors. Coordination with the Education Office of the Canadian Space Agency has resulted in a variety of materials being made available. Future plans with the CSA include a visit from an Agency representative to both participating Schools. On a much lighter note, a QMS dance planned for the same week as the contact will have a "space" theme.
It is expected that 500 students as well as staff from both schools, parents and friends will be in attendance during the contact. Representatives from the School District and 3 levels Government (Municipal, Provincial and Federal) are being invited. Media coverage is expected to include Regional and National outlets for radio, television and press.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. Does it take a lot of physical effort to live and work in microgravity? 2. What is the best part of your job? 3. Was there anyone or anything that inspired you to become an Astronaut? 4. Can you describe one experiment that is going on in the Space Station? 5. What does it feel like in space? 6. What do you do with any free time that you have? 7. Do you think Astronauts will go to Mars? 8. At night can you see lights on Earth? 9. What is it you hear and see during a space walk? 10. What have you found to be the most difficult task to perform in space 11. How is Dexter performing? 12. Has living in space been what you expected it to be? 13. After landing what do you feel, see and smell? 14. When do you think the Space Station will be completed? 15. What is you main job on the Space Station? 16. Will the new modular crew quarters make a big difference to life on the Space Station? 17. What is the most amazing thing that you have seen from space? 18. What were your thoughts on your very first mission? 19. How hard is it to complete a space walk? 20. Would you like to be part of another mission?
Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact .
Next planned event(s): 1) Ellis School, Belleville, IL, USA, Mon 2008-12-08 16:54 UTC 2) Stephen F. Austin Elementary School, Richmond, Texas, USA Tue 2008-12-09 15:43 UTC 3) Istituto Comprensivo "Marco Polo", Grado I-34073, Italy, Wed 2008-12-10 10:08 UTC 4) 2 Circolo Didattico, San Giuseppe, Mola di Bari, Italy, Fri 2008-12-12 14:14 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, Kenneth - N5VHO
An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at Ellis School, Belleville, IL, USA on 08 December. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 1656 UTC.
The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and K9GXU. The contact should be audible over central and eastern North America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
Grades 5-8. Ellis School is located 15 minutes from St. Louis and serves approximately 400 students ranging from kindergarten through fourth grade. Ellis school has been named a No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon winner for 2008. Only 21 schools in Illinois received this honor and Ellis School was the only school in Southern Illinois to be named a Blue Ribbon School. Nationwide, 329 schools were selected as Blue Ribbons Schools. The students that will be talking to Sandy on board the International Space Station will be 16-third graders that have been studying about the shuttle, ISS and the planets during this year at school. The questions that they will be asking Sandy are questions that the students have developed over the past few weeks. Dr. Gina Segobiano is the Superintendent of District 175; Pam Leonard is the Principal of Ellis School and Jennifer May is the Third Grade Teacher.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. Is it fun to float in the ISS, what do you like to do best when you are floating? 2. How can you tell if it is day or night in space when you are inside the ISS? 3. How do you move the robotic arm? 4. Is there a limit of how many days a person can live on the ISS and stay in space? 5. Since you are going to be on the ISS for Christmas, how are you going to get your presents? 6. Do you watch TV or movies in the ISS and if so, which ones? 7. How did it feel when you took off on Endeavour, was it scary? 8. What was the first thing you did when you got into space? 9. How long does it take to get from Earth to the ISS? 10. How funny do you think a bird would look if it was flying inside the ISS-would it fly like a bird on Earth? 11. What are some of the fun experiments you are doing? 12. What is your favorite thing to do in your space time? 13. If you could invite a superhero to the ISS, who would it be and why? 14. How long does it take for the ISS to travel around the Earth? 15. When you are eating, how do you prepare your food in space? 16. How fast does the shuttle travel when it comes back into the Earth's gravity? 17. How do you get power on the ISS since you cannot plug something in an outlet with an extension cord? 18. How much oxygen do you have in the white suit when you do an EVA? 19. How long does it take for you to get dressed in the morning since there is no gravity and your clothes would float away? 20. If something breaks on the ISS, how hard is it to fix it? 21. Do you feel different in space than on Earth?
Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact .
Next planned event(s): 1) Stephen F. Austin Elementary School, Richmond, Texas, USA Tue 2008-12-09 15:45 UTC 2) Istituto Comprensivo "Marco Polo", Grado I-34073, Italy, Wed 2008-12-10 10:11 UTC 3) 2 Circolo Didattico, San Giuseppe, Mola di Bari, Italy, Fri 2008-12-12 14:18 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, Kenneth - N5VHO
An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at Stephen F. Austin Elementary School, Richmond, Texas USA on 09 December. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 1545 UTC.
The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and NT5SM. The contact should be audible over central and eastern North America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
The students at Stephen F. Austin Elementary School in Richmond, Texas have studied space and the identifying characteristics of objects in our solar system, including the soon, planets and moon.
Each year the fifth grade students participate in a simulated space shuttle mission, performing tasks that would happen on a regular shuttle flight. Each grade level is involved in some manner with the various missions that occur throughout the day. The school has integrated the ARISS contact as part of this activity.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. How would you be rescued if you floated off during a spacewalk? 2. What does a hurricane look like from the Space Station? 3. Do you burn calories the same way in space as on Earth? 4. Have you ever seen the Aurora Borealis from space? 5. Has an asteroid ever hit the space station? 6. Is sleeping on the space station difficult because you are weightless? 7. Do you tell the time the same way in space as on Earth? 8. What is the most life-changing experiment you have done? 9. Have you seen any unusual objects floating around in space? 10. How do you train for zero gravity? 11. Do you miss going outside and getting fresh air? 12. Do you ever vomit because your food is floating around in your stomach? 13. How do you stop your muscles from getting weak in zero gravity? 14. Do you think people will ever live on another planet? 15. What does it feel like at the exact moment you enter zero gravity? 16. How do you feel about the new urine-to-drinking water system? 17. Does a cut bleed or heal differently when there is no gravity? 18. How dos the carbon dioxide/oxygen cycle work on the space station? 19. How often do you get to talk with your family? 20. How difficult is it to change clothing when you are weightless?
Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact .
Next planned event(s): 1) Istituto Comprensivo "Marco Polo", Grado I-34073, Italy, Wed 2008-12-10 10:11 UTC 2) 2 Circolo Didattico, San Giuseppe, Mola di Bari, Italy, Fri 2008-12-12 14:18 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, Kenneth - N5VHO
An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at Istituto Comprensivo "Marco Polo" , Grado, Italy on 10 December. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 1011 UTC.
The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and IV3YZB. The contact should be audible over most of Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
Grado is a little town, located on the northernmost coast of the Adriatic Sea, 80km east of Venice, between the rivers Isonzo and Tagliamento. It has a remarkable history: it was under the Roman Empire, it defended the inhabitants against Attila in 452 AD, it became Austrian after the Treaty of Campo Formio in 1797 and again Italian after the 1st World War. Today, Grado has 8600 inhabitants and the economy is based on tourism and fishing industry. The "Marco Polo" is a secondary school but it includes also a primary school. 550 students attend the school.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How many spacesuits do you have onboard and what kind of spacesuits do you use for the extra-vehicle-activities? 2. How much time can you stay outside during an EVA? 3. Do you use spacesuits equipped with rockets to move around the ISS? 4. Were you instructed to repair all the station's equipment? 5. How much time would it take to change the ISS' orbit in order to avoid an impact with space debris? 6. What kind of experiments are you doing during this mission and what are they useful for? 7. How many experiments are you supervising every day? 8. Is every astronaut trained just for special tasks or can everybody do everything onboard? 9. What repair parts do you have on board? 10. For how much time does the ISS' air supply last? 11. Do you think that you will participate in the assembling of another space station in the future? 12. What is the brightest area you can see from up there? 13. What is the temperature inside the station? 14. Do you think that in the future even common people could live in Space? 15. Do you always watch the stars and constellations in your spare time? 16. How much time does it take to build the Space Shuttle? 17. Will there be a permanent station on the moon and on Mars in the future? 18. What is the space station and the Space Shuttle made of? 19. What happens if the spacesuit tears during an EVA? Do you have a repair tool with you for these incidents outside the spaceship?
20. How do you feel in Space?
Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact .
Next planned event(s): Two Circolo Didattico, San Giuseppe, Mola di Bari, Italy, Fri 2008-12-12 14:18 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, Kenneth - N5VHO
An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at 2 Circolo Didattico, San Giuseppe, Mola di Bari, Italy on 12 December. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 1418 UTC.
The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and IZ7EVR. The contact should be audible over most of Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
The Didactic Center "San Giuseppe" is located in Mola di Bari, a city in Southern Italy. The school center includes two primary schools and three kindergartens. There are more than 800 pupils and 70 teachers. The primary schools have multimedia facilities and scientific laboratories. The pupils play an active role in a numerous projects, they gain experience on music, dance, theatre, physical education and more.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. How do you feel in Space? 2. How many satellites are flying in the Earth's orbit? 3. How do you rest onboard the ISS? 4. What studies are necessary to become an astronaut? 5. Which tools do you use when you work outside the ISS? 6. Can you see the hole in the ozone layer from the ISS? 7. How is the junction between two spaceships made? 8. Why do you have zero gravity in Space? 9. Have you ever seen anything strange outside the ISS? 10. What do you see at this moment when you look through the window of the ISS? 11. How do you wash yourself? 12. Do you see any planet from the ISS? 13. How do you communicate with your family? 14. How do you spend your free time? 15. How do you carry out chemical experiments without gravity? 16. Is it fun to live onboard the ISS? 17. How do you cook your food without gravity? 18. How long does it take from Earth to the ISS? 19. How is the spacesuit made of? 20. What is the temperature inside the ISS?
Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact .
Next planned event(s): 1) King George Elementary School, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, Mon 2008-12-15 16:51 UTC 2) Scuola Elementare Faleriense "Gianni Rodari",Porto S. Elpidio,Italy, Thu 2008-12-18 12:10 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, Kenneth - N5VHO
An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at King George Elementary School, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada on 15 December. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 1651 UTC.
The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and VE5ISS. The contact should be audible over most of N. America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
The School is over 100 years old having been fully renovated in the late 90s to accommodate the installation of modern educational tools including computer labs etc.. The School houses both elementary and secondary students and is located n the heart of Moose Jaw at 1150 5th Avenue.
Moose Jaw (population 34,156) is an urban centre with historic charm, a wealth of heritage and culture and a name remembered around the world. It is located 175 km from the U.S. Border nestled in a picturesque valley where the Moose Jaw River and Thunder Creek River meet. Primary industries include agriculture, including cereal, pulse, and special crops, cattle and hogs; manufacturing and processing; mining; service and retail.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. What is the most visible man made structure seen from space? 2. If you could bring only one luxury to space with you, what would it be and why? 3. In your opinion, what is the hardest task to complete on the International Space Station? 4. Has any astronaut become ill on the International Space Station? 5. How long will you be in space, and what is the longest a person has been in space? 6. How frustrating does it get not being able to do things as easily as you can do them on Earth? 7. When you go outside to work on the space station or do other experiments, how does it make you feel? 8. How much training does it take to be an astronaut? 9. Have you ever waken up in the middle of the night and thought "Where am I?" 10. What is it like not being with your family for long periods of time?
Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact .
Next planned event(s): Scuola Elementare Faleriense "Gianni Rodari",Porto S. Elpidio,Italy, Thu 2008-12-18 12:10 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, Kenneth - N5VHO
An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at Scuola Elementare Faleriense "Gianni Rodari", Porto S. Elpidio, Italy on 18 December. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 1210 UTC.
The contact will be a direct between stations OR4ISS and I6KZR. The contact should be audible over most of Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
The school "Gianni Rodari" is located in Porto Sant'Elpidio, a small town in Southern Italy. It is situated on the shore of the Adriatic Sea, 50 km away from Ancona and 30 km from the beautiful city of San Benedetto del Tronto. "Gianni Rodari" is a big primary school including a kindergarten. The school offers practical courses and projects such as the radio contact with the International Space Station.
Another important and exciting project for the pupils is the construction and test of the "coherer", the primitive radio signal detector. It was invented by Temistocle Calzecchi Onesti, who demonstrated in experiments in 1884 through 1886 that iron filings contained in an insulating tube will conduct an electrical current under the action of an electromagnetic wave. This discovery was important for the later work of Sir Oliver Lodge, Edouard Branly and Guglielmo Marconi in the development of the radio. Onesti lived in Monterubbiano, a small village near the city of Porto Sant'Elpidio.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. How are you? 2. What's your name and how old are you? 3. How long are you already onboard the ISS on this mission? 4. What do you feel during takeoff? 5. Are you afraid of anything during your stay onboard the ISS? 6. When did you decide to become an astronaut? 7. Did you have good marks at school? 8. What do you see right now when you look through the window of your spaceship? 9. What exactly is a black hole? 10. Do you see any planet from the spaceship? 11. What does the spaceship inside look like? 12. Is it your first time in the spaceship? 13. What is the total size of the spaceship? 14. Do you sleep in a bed with sheets and blanket? 15. What do you eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner? 16. How many hours do you sleep per day? Do you sleep well? 17. What's your daily routine onboard up there? 18. Are you bored sometimes? 19. Are you homesick? What do you do when you feel like that? 20. Have you children? 21. Is it very hard living without gravity?
Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact .
Next planned event(s): Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Sat 2008-12-27 15:53 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, Kenneth - N5VHO
The 18th is correct but that should be Thursday.
Kenneth - N5VHO
-----Original Message----- From: ariss-press-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:ariss-press-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 7:17 AM To: sarex@amsat.org Subject: [ARISS-press] ARISS event - Scuola Elementare Faleriense "GianniRodari", Porto S. Elpidio, Italy, Fri (Dec 18) at 12:10 UTC
An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at Scuola Elementare Faleriense "Gianni Rodari", Porto S. Elpidio, Italy on 18 December. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 1210 UTC.
The contact will be a direct between stations OR4ISS and I6KZR. The contact should be audible over most of Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
The school "Gianni Rodari" is located in Porto Sant'Elpidio, a small town in Southern Italy. It is situated on the shore of the Adriatic Sea, 50 km away from Ancona and 30 km from the beautiful city of San Benedetto del Tronto. "Gianni Rodari" is a big primary school including a kindergarten. The school offers practical courses and projects such as the radio contact with the International Space Station.
Another important and exciting project for the pupils is the construction and test of the "coherer", the primitive radio signal detector. It was invented by Temistocle Calzecchi Onesti, who demonstrated in experiments in 1884 through 1886 that iron filings contained in an insulating tube will conduct an electrical current under the action of an electromagnetic wave. This discovery was important for the later work of Sir Oliver Lodge, Edouard Branly and Guglielmo Marconi in the development of the radio. Onesti lived in Monterubbiano, a small village near the city of Porto Sant'Elpidio.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. How are you? 2. What's your name and how old are you? 3. How long are you already onboard the ISS on this mission? 4. What do you feel during takeoff? 5. Are you afraid of anything during your stay onboard the ISS? 6. When did you decide to become an astronaut? 7. Did you have good marks at school? 8. What do you see right now when you look through the window of your spaceship? 9. What exactly is a black hole? 10. Do you see any planet from the spaceship? 11. What does the spaceship inside look like? 12. Is it your first time in the spaceship? 13. What is the total size of the spaceship? 14. Do you sleep in a bed with sheets and blanket? 15. What do you eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner? 16. How many hours do you sleep per day? Do you sleep well? 17. What's your daily routine onboard up there? 18. Are you bored sometimes? 19. Are you homesick? What do you do when you feel like that? 20. Have you children? 21. Is it very hard living without gravity?
Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact .
Next planned event(s): Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Sat 2008-12-27 15:53 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, Kenneth - N5VHO
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An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum, Ann Arbor, Michigan USA on 27 December. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 1559 UTC.
The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and WA2HOM. The contact should be audible over most of N. America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
The Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum is 40,000 square feet of science, math and fun located in downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan. Opening in 1982, the Museum has welcomed over 3.5 million guests, averaging 200,000 guests annually. The Museum has received national recognition by the National Science Foundation, the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Association of Science and Technology Centers. Named Best Museum in 2003 by The Detroit Free Press, The Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum is consistently rated the Best Kids' Activity in the annual "Best of Ann Arbor" list.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. How long is day and night up in space? 2. How do you wash your clothes, bodies and teeth in space? 3. What type of food do you eat? 4. What work are you currently doing in space? 5. How do you exercise in space? 6. Have you gone outside the space station yet? 7. How long are your work shifts, and what do you do during your free time? 8. Do you make oxygen there? How do you breathe? 9. How does it feel to come back into the earth's atmosphere? 10. How long can one stay in the ISS? 11. Can the ISS function unmanned or is the continual presence of the crew essential? 12. Where do you get electricity from in the station? 13. What is the best part of your job? 14. What is the most amazing thing that you have seen from space? 15. How can you tell if it is day or night in space when you are inside the ISS? 16. Is there a limit of how many days a person can live on the ISS and stay in space? 17. What was the first thing you did when you got into space? 18. How long does it take to get from Earth to the ISS? 19. Is there a limiting age to become an astronaut? 20. Do plants grow differently in space and how do you water them?
Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact .
Next planned event(s): Technopolis, Mechelen, Antwerpen, Belgium, telebridge via VK4KHZ, Sat 2009-01-03 10:35 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, Kenneth - N5VHO
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jeff -
KC7QYR -
MM -
Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR] -
Roger Kolakowski -
Scott- Extingflame