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Subj: Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2003-01-24 05:00 UTC
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 026.02 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. JANUARY 26, 2003
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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The ARISS (a joint effort of AMSAT, the ARRL, NASA, the ARISS international
partners including Canada, Russia, the European Partners, and Japan)
operations team wishes to announce the following very tentative schedule for
ARISS school contacts. This schedule is very fluid and may change at the
last minute. Remember that amateur radio use on the ISS is considered
secondary. Please check the various AMSAT and ARISS webpages for the latest
announcements. Changes from the last announcement are noted with (***).
Also, please check MSNBC.com for possible live retransmissions
(http://www.msnbc.com/m/lv/default.asp). Listen for the ISS on the downlink
of 145.80 MHz.
For information about educational materials available from ISS partner space
Agencies, please refer to links on the ARISS Frequently Asked Questions
page.
If you are interested in supporting an ARISS contact, then you must fill
in an application. The ARISS operations mentor team will not accept a
direct request to support an ARISS contact.
You should also note that many schools think that they can request a
specific date and time. It does not work that way. Once an application
has been accepted, the ARISS mentors will work with the school to
determine a mutually agreeable date.
Websites that may be of interest include:
http://www.arrl.org/sarex
http://www.arrl.org/ariss
http://www.amsat.org
http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/index.html
http://ehb2.gsfc.nasa.gov/edcats/educator_guide/
Your completely filled out application should be returned to the
nearest coordinating ARISS region if your specific region is not
listed. E-mail is the preferred method of submitting an application.
Here are the email addresses:
ARISS-Canada and all other countries not covered: ve2ka@rac.ca (Daniel
Lamoureux VE2KA)
ARISS-Europe: jh.hahn@gmx.net (J. Hahn, DL3LUM / PA1MUC)
ARISS-Japan and all Region 3 countries: iaru-r3@jarl.or.jp (Keigo Komuro
JA1KAB)
ARISS-Russia: n2ww@attbi.com (Valerie Agabekov N2WW/UA6HZ)
ARISS-USA: ARISS@arrl.org (The American Radio Relay League)
ISS Expedition 6 crew:
Kenneth Bowersox KD5JBP
Nikolai Budarin RV3FB
Donald Pettit KD5MDT
Field School Park Ridge, Illinois
Contact is 2003-01-23 14:37 UTC, telebridge via ZS6BTD
Contact failed and is being rescheduled. (***)
Proposed questions for Field School are:
1. What do thunderstorms look like for the ISS?
2. Do you ever get claustrophobic in the ISS?
3. What did the Leonid meteor shower look like from the space station?
4. Why did you want to become an astronaut?
5. What is your diet like in space?
6. Can we talk to you only when you are above us?
7. What changes in the Earth have you seen from photos you have taken?
8. Which of your experiments is your favorite and why?
9. How do you keep the things that you use in the space station from
floating
away?
10. During a shuttle launch, "lift off" is straight up. On an airplane,
"take off" is at an angle. Why is there a difference?
11. How do you sleep in space?
12. Do you ever get dizzy in the space station?
13. Will any of the ISS experiments help the military to learn how to make
better weapons?
14. What kind of experiment are you doing on kidney stones?
15. What does it feel like to be in zero gravity?
16. Is it hard to get around in the space station?
17. Is brushing your teeth in space just like brushing your teeth on Earth?
If not, how do you brush your teeth?
18. How do the astronauts get from the space shuttle onto the space station,
and how do the astronauts exit the space station to get back to earth?
19. How long does it take to orbit the world?
20. Is it difficult to move around in the space station?
21. Have the space station experiments led to any surprises or accidental
discoveries?
22. What is your opinion of civilians going to space?
23. Have you noticed any changes in your own body from having been in space?
24. Do you ever get homesick?
Hochwald-Gymnasium, Wadern, Germany, Direct via DN1TA
TBD 2003-02
Cowichan Secondary School, Duncan, BC, Canada, Direct via VE7POH
TBD 2003-02
Oregon State University
TBD 2003-02-21
ISIS Malignani, Cervignano del Friuli, Italy
TBD
Hirano Elementary School, Kobe, Japan direct via 8N3HES
TBD
Lounsberry Hollow Middle School, New Jersey
TBD
Porin Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu, Pori Senior High school, Finland
TBD
Krueger School of Applied Technology, San Antonio, Texas
TBD
Saint Ursula's College, Toowoomba, Australia
TBD
The latest ARISS announcement and successful school list in now available on
the ARISS web site. Several ways to get there.
http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov
click on English (sorry I don't know French)
you are now at http://www.rac.ca/ariss/
click on News
Currently the ARISS operations team has a list of over 60 schools that we
hope will be able to have a contact during 2003. As the schedule becomes
more solidified, we will be letting everyone know. Current plans call for
an
average of one scheduled school contact per week.
73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana AJ9N for the above information]
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