ARISS event - St. Teresa's School, South Wairarapa, New Zealand, Thu (Nov 20) at 04:30 UTC
An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at St. Teresa's School, South Wairarapa, New Zealand on 20 November. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 0430 UTC.
The contact will be a telebridge contact between stations NA1SS and VK4KHZ. 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.
St Teresa's School in Featherston is located 65Kms north from Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. It is a small rural school of 125 pupils in a district of 3 schools and covers an age range 5-13 years. There are 70 girls and 55 boys with 5 full time and 3 part time teachers. The district of South Wairarapa is a farming community, dairying, sheep and cattle farms, grapes are also grown near by for a small but significant wine industry. Olives, apples and pears are grow here
Featherston with a population of 3270 is the main town in this 3 town district. The main railway from Wellington to Hawks Bay passes through the centre of the town. St Teresa's is a Catholic school.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Have you ever seen any comets or meteorites? 2. How far is it from earth in kms? 3. How long is day and night up in space? 4. How do you wash your clothes, bodies and teeth in space? 5. What type of food do you eat? 6. What does the Milky Way look like? 7. What do you do for leisure/fun? 8. Do you feel anything when going through the earths' atmosphere? 9. What work are you currently doing in space? 10. Do you ever take animals into space? 11. What type of training do you need to become an astronaut? 12. What is it like when you step back on earth after you have been moving round with no gravity? 13. How often are you able to have contact with your family? 14. Can you describe some of the routines that you need to do while in space? 15. Do you think there is life on the other planets you can see from up there? 16. How do you keep fit in space? 17. Do you have any arguments or disagreements with the other astronauts - as you live in very close quarters? 18. Can you smoke or drink wine or beer while in space? 19. What does your bedroom look like - what do you sleep on? 20. How long do you have to train before going into a space ship? 21. Do you have weather patterns like we do on earths e.g. storms, rain, wind?
Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact .
Next planned event(s): Wairarapa Home School Association, Carterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand, Wed 2008-11-26 02:19 UTC via VK4KHZ
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 Wairarapa Home School Association, Carterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand on 26 November. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 0227 UTC.
The contact will be a telebridge contact between stations NA1SS and VK4KHZ. 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.
Wairarapa Home School Association is a support group for many of the Home Schoolers in the Wairarapa province located about 90 Kms north east on Highway 2 from the Capital City, Wellington. We are a rural community consisting of dairying, cattle, sheep, timber, cropping and some fruit growing industries. The Wairarapa in Maori means "sea of sparkling waters" from Lake Wairarapa, a fresh water lake in the province. Our organisation provides a point of communication for events and resources that are in the Wairarapa, and for parents to plan events that will provide for educational and social activities for our families.
Some families live in remote areas in the farming community and others live in the 8 country towns, Masterton is the main town in the province The children who will be asking the questions are schooled by their parent from a Correspondence curriculum, the ages of the children range from 5 to 14 years, many come from big families, where English is their first language.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1) What made you want to be an astronaut? 2) How long do you go into space for, and what are you doing up there? 3) Have you gone outside the space station yet? 4) What can you see out the window? 5) What does the Milky Way and other planets look like from the space station? 6) Have you ever seen a shooting star, and what did it look like from the space station? 7) How do you exercise in space? 8) Is the cabin pressurised so you can eat food like we do on earth, or do you float around like they do on movies and have to drink pureed food? 9) What happens if there is a fire on the space station? 10) How do you handle it when two of you have an argument on he space station? 11) What is the operating system for your computers on board the space station? 12) Do you enjoy take-offs and landings, and what are they like? 13) How do you do your washing in space? 14) How often do you have contact with your family on earth? 15) How long are your work shifts, and what do you do during your free time on the space station other than sleep?
Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact .
Next planned event(s): St Anthony's College, Shillong, India, Mon 2008-12-01 08:04 UTC 32 deg via WH6PN
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 Anthony's College, Shillong, India on 01 December. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 0819 UTC.
The contact will be a telebridge contact between stations NA1SS and WH6PN. The contact should be audible over Hawaii. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
Founded in 1934 by Fathers of the Don Bosco Society, St.Anthony's College is one of the oldest colleges in the North East India. The college is situated in Shillong which is a picturesque hill station in India and which is considered as the 'Scotland of the East'. Since its humble beginning 74 years ago, the college has since grown manifold in size and ranking. Today, the college has 28 departments with 120 teaching staff, 60 support staff and over 2100 students, and is considered as a premier institute of education in whole country of India. Students from the various states of the country as well as some foreign countries like Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Zambia etc study here. The College has been awarded with the highest degree of Five Stars for excellence by the National team, and is well recognized by the UGC (University Grant Commission). In everything that we do, our aim is the education of the total person, in keeping with our motto: EVER MORE BETTER EVER, the translation of the Latin Excelsior
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. Do you see any man made objects like the Great Wall of China or the Pyramids etc from the ISS on earth? 2. How does the human body adjust the balance in outer space? 3. Do you notice any affect of pollution or climate change destroying the beauty of the earth.? 4. What type of food you eat and drink there? 5. What is that you miss most of the earth as you are out in the space? 6. What do you do when one of you get sick? 7. Do you make oxygen there? How do you breathe? 8. What happens when you are in space and the shuttle starts to malfunction? 9. How does it feel to come back into the earth's atmosphere? 10. Can you say something in Assamese? 11. We came to know that you know several languages like Japanese, Russian etc. Do you want to learn some words of Khasi language, the language of our state?
Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be found at http://www.ariss.org/upcoming.htm#NextContact .
Next planned event(s): Quispamsis Elementary/ Middle School, Quispamsis, New Brunswick, Canada, Thu 2008-12-04 18:23 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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