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Subj: ARISS Status - 14 March 2005
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 079.05
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 20, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-079.05
1. Texas School Contact Successful
Rains High School in Emory, Texas is predominately made up of low income
students, and participating in programs such as ARISS is rare for the
school. On March 8, students were given an opportunity to speak with
Leroy Chiao, KE5BRW, via the telebridge station, WH6PN in Hawaii.
Students were able to ask 15 questions. At least one television station
covered the event. The audio was streamed over the internet, compliments
of MCI. It was also heard over EchoLink, where over 230 stations
monitored the contact, from areas including Japan, India, Europe, and
North America.
2.ARRL Article on Bentley Contact
The fourth graders at Bentley School began studying Space in September.
They learned about the International Space Station and Expedition 10, in
particular. Following the ISS current events in daily newspapers, they
worked in small groups to determine the best questions to ask Leroy
Chiao, and practiced for the contact, to determine the number of
questions that might be answered. They again worked in small groups so
that they could present information to the audience, in the event that
all of their questions were not answered. The students wore "Expedition
X" T-shirts for the event. Students and teachers both thought that
Leroy answered their questions with much enthusiasm, and the children
liked having the astronaut call them by their first names, making the
contact a very personal event for each of them. The February 28 contact
was covered in the ARRL article, entitled, "ISS Crew Commander Addresses
Litter, Space Station 'Tilt' in Ham Contact." See:
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/03/08/2/?nc=1
3. St John's School Video St. John's School in Houston, Texas had an
ARISS contact with Leroy Chiao on February 23, 2005. The video of the
event can be found on the school's website. Go to:
http://www.sjs.org/news/news/detail.asp?newsid=151565# and click on
"Space Station Hook Up." Select: iss contact_300k.swf.
4. Astronaut Training
On March 9, Kenneth Ransom held an amateur radio training session for
the backup crew members of Expedition 12. Clay Anderson (KD5PLA), Jeff
Williams (KD5TVQ) and Leo Eyharts attended. Covered in the class were
school operations, radio capabilities, and radio modes of operation.
Astronauts Anderson and Williams are currently slated as the primary
crew of Expedition 14.
5. ARISS School Selection Committee Meeting Held
The ARISS Educational Outreach/School Selection Committee met via
teleconference on Thursday, March 10. The minutes will be posted to the
ARISS website in the near future.
[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI for the above information]
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