An International Space Station Expedition 13 ARISS school contact has been planned with students at Northeast Middle School, Clarksville, TN USA for Monday, 28 Aug, 2006. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 15:59 UTC.

The contact will be a telebridge between stations NA1SS and VK4KHZ . The contact should be audible to anyone in the eastern portions of Australia. 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. _________________________________ AUDIO STREAMING AND AUDIO REPLAY PARTICIPANT INFORMATION: To join the event: URL: https://e-meetings.mci.com CONFERENCE NUMBER: 4081260 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. _________________________________

Northeast Middle School opened in the fall of 1990 to relieve overcrowding in three existing middle schools and to accommodate the closing of another one. It is located in one of the fastest growing areas of Clarksville, Tennessee, which is the fifth largest city in Tennessee. The school serves grades 6-8, with approximately 1280 students enrolled. It is comprised of 41% military, with 37% of the students having a parent or both parents serving in Iraq at this time. Despite having a large number of students who move in and out each year, Northeast Middle continues to score above the state of Tennessee on state testing.

Participants at Northeast Middle School will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

1. Why did you want to become an astronaut and if you could choose another job what would it be? 2. Do you get lonely when you are there and your family isn't with you? 3. How do you sleep on a bed while floating around? 4. What do you do if you have a medical emergency while you are up there? 5. How can you breathe in the space shuttle or on the space station without wearing a space suit? 6. If the Space Station is International, how many different nationalities are representing their countries and do you all speak one common language? If so, what language is it? 7. What different types of food do you eat on the International Space Station? 8. What would you do if you were outside making repairs and your line broke? 9. How do you talk from space down to the command center on earth? 10. How long will you be staying at the International Space Station? 11. Are the astronauts experimenting on plant survival rates at the space station? 12. What is going through your mind when you are in space? 13. How important is being physically fit in a weightless environment? 14. Are you at zero gravity the whole time you are up there or do you experience some gravity? 15. How do you eat in space without having gravity? 16. What is the maximum time limit you could stay at the International Space Station before you started having medical problems or muscle weakness? 17. Is it difficult to use the restroom on the International Space Station? 18. Is it scary to you when you're coming in for a landing? 19. What are the most important safety precautions used on the Space Station? 20. What type of research will you be doing at the Space Station?

Please note, the amateur equipment on the ISS has been unavailable due to recent SSTV testing. After the contact, radios will likely remain powered off in preparation for the three US spacewalks planned for the STS-115 shuttle mission. Information about the next scheduled ARISS contact can be found at http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact.

Next planned event(s): TBA

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