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Subj: ARISS Status - 30 May 2005
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 156.04
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
June 5, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-156.04
1.California School Contact Successful
On Tuesday, May 24, Phillips' second crew pick, Village Elementary
School, in Coronado, California, experienced an ARISS contact via the
telebridge station NN1SS in Greenbelt, Maryland. Sixteen students and
their teacher asked 20 questions. Adam Phillips, nephew of John Phillips
and a third grader at the school, participated in the session. The
audio was successfully fed through Echolink and the IRLP Reflector 9010.
It was also webcast. The local newspaper, Coronado Eagle & Journal,
covered the event.
2.Upcoming School Contacts
Zurich International School in Horgen, Switzerland has been approved for
an ARISS contact. It will take place on Friday, 10 June at 0910 UTC.
3.ARRL Article on New York School Contact
Iroquois Middle School in Niskayuna, New York participated in an ARISS
contact on 16 May. ARRL covered the event in an article entitled, "It's
Not Really 'Zero Gravity' on Space Station, Astronaut Tells Youngsters."
See:
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/05/26/1/?nc=1
4.SuitSat Status
The SuitSat Educational Proposal has generated interest from several
schools.
The U.S. team continues to work on hardware which is expected to be
shipped to Russia on June 10. Audio has been collected for use on
SuitSat. Greetings have been recorded in English, French, Spanish,
German, Japanese and Russian. A NASA Explorer School, Eastern Middle
School, supplied the voice message for the U.S. English contribution.
5.Astronaut Training
ESA French astronaut Leopold Eyharts has been scheduled for U.S. amateur
radio license training with Nick Lance and Kenneth Ransom. The training
sessions will tentatively begin on 31 May and continue over a two week
period.
6.Student Teacher Training
Nick Lance participated in the Pre-Service Teacher Institute at JSC
where college students were taught how to incorporate math and science
into their elementary and middle school curricula. He taught an amateur
radio licensing course and twelve students passed the exam and received
their Technician Class licenses.
[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI for the above information]
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