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To : SAT@AMSAT
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 227.01 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. August 15, 2004
To ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-227.01
The ARISS team is pleased to announce that the next school contact with
the International Space Station astronauts will take place Monday, 16
August between the ISS crew and students at Challenger Learning Center
at Prairie Aviation Museum, Bloomington, Illinois, USA. The contact is
scheduled to begin approximately 1805 UTC.
"The Challenger Learning Center at Prairie Aviation Museum is a
not-for-profit educational organization offering an interactive
simulated space science experience for students, public and corporate
groups. Each of the over 50 centers world-wide are chartered through the
Challenger Center for Space Science Education, founded in Alexandria,
Virginia, in 1986 by the families of the seven astronauts tragically
lost during the STS 51-L Challenger space shuttle mission. Through
scheduled team missions, the Challenger Learning Center promotes
leadership, communications, problem-solving and critical thinking skills
while supporting our country's goals of improving science, math and
technology education. For this contact, [the museum is] partnering with
Central Illinois Radio Club (CIRC), a local amateur radio club."
More details will be provided as they become available.
ARISS is an international educational outreach program with US
participation from NASA, AMSAT (The Amateur Satellite Radio Corp.), and
the American Radio Relay League. 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 experience, first hand, how Amateur
Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in
science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS
programme is available on the website http://www.rac.ca/ariss
[ANS thanks Scott Stevens, N3ASA]
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