[76] SpaceStation March 6, at 10:03 am, 145.800

[Marian Juskuv]

Hello to all,

Anybody interested to hear Space Station? On Echolink? Here we are.

Marian, AA1VU




>
>An International Space Station Expedition 14 ARISS school contact has
>been planned with students at Boulder Hill Elementary School,
>Montgomery, Illinois, USA on 06 March. The event is scheduled to begin
>at approximately 16:03 UTC.
>
>The contact will be direct between stations NA1SS and W9BHB. 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.
>
>Boulder Hill Elementary School in Montgomery, Illinois has been
>scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
>(ARISS) contact . To prepare for the contact, fourth and fifth graders
>involved in the school's Ham Radio Club have been engaged in science and
>communications experiments and have used amateur radio to speak with
>others locally, nationally, and internationally.
>
>This important contact will be integrated in the school's curricula
>through science and art activities including the investigations of the
>Earth in space, communication, and the International Space Station.
>Kindergarteners will be focusing on the planet Earth, first graders on
>Astronauts (Sunita Williams), second graders on Air transportation,
>third graders on solar energy, fourth graders on
>satellites/communication, and fifth graders on the ISS.
>
>Students from the school's Amateur Radio Club will be participating in
>the contact during an all school assembly. Members of the local amateur
>radio community will assist the school station W9BHB. Also, local
>government officials and the media have been invited to the event.
>
>Students will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
>1. What is the most challenging task you do everyday?
>2. How long have you wanted to be an astronaut?
>3. What is your favorite thing to do in space?
>4. If I wanted to become an astronaut, what type of classes would I need
>to take in school?
>5. If you weren't an astronaut, what would you be?
>6. How hard is it to dock your spacecraft to the station?
>7. What happens if you get seriously hurt, do you have medical training?
>8. What was your favorite type of helicopter to fly?
>9. What kind of clothes do you wear in space?
>10. Have you ever seen a storm on a different planet?
>11. Is the food you eat up there good?
>12. How many times have you gone into space?
>13. How did you become an astronaut?
>14. What was the experience of launching like?
>15. How much oxygen do you have when you do a spacewalk?
>16. What's the scariest thing you have ever done in space?
>17. What kind of games do you play in space?
>18. How do you brush your teeth in space?
>19. How do you take showers in space?
>20. What other planets can you see?
>21. How long does it take to get out of the atmosphere?
>22. Do your ears pop when you go into space?
>23. Have you ever seen space rocks?
>
>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):
>Mission Viejo, CA, direct via  K6UCI,  Thu 2007-03-08 16:42 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

>

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