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Subj: ARISS News & Info - 25 July 2004
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 207.03 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. July 25, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-207.03
+ Meizen School Contact Successful
Meizen High School in Kurume-City, Fukuoka, Japan, experienced a
successful contact with Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, on Tuesday, July 13.
Seventeen students (10 elementary, 3 junior high and 4 high school
students) prepared 29 questions for the contact. They were able to ask
17 questions and Mike surprised the audience of 50 elementary, 20 junior
high, and 250 high school students as well as 80 parents, when he
answered the questions in both English and Japanese. Also attending the
event were six TV stations, including NHK (Japan Broadcasting
Corporation), and 5 newspapers. Osamu Nakamura, NH7TA, a student of
Meizen High School, was the control operator during this contact. He
received his FCC license last November specifically for this event. All
preparations for this contact were made by the Meizen High School
students themselves - this was a first for Japan, and a very successful
event for all!
+ Expedition 9 Video to Japan
Astronaut Mike Fincke, requested that a video be sent to Habikino prior
to its scheduled contact on July 29. The video, "Expedition 9 Tour,"
gives students a tour of the Space Station. Mike Fincke and Gennady
Padalka both participate in the video, giving students answers to
commonly asked questions such as "How do you eat and drink in space?"
and "How do you use the bathroom in space?" The video is very well done
and will make a nice addition to the ARISS contact for the students. A
CD of the video was sent to Japan ARISS representative, Satoshi Yasuda,
and it has been uploaded to the ARISS section of the AMSAT server.
Please see:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/Video/
+ Gilmour Academy Contact Leads to New Hams
Inspired by the ARISS Program, members of the Gilmour Academy community
in Gates Mills, Ohio went on to earn their Amateur Radio licenses. Two
students, Jess Noeth, KD8ACJ, and Britt Mawby, KD8ACL, as well as parent
David Noeth, KD8ACO (Jess' dad) earned their callsigns after
experiencing an ARISS contact with Expedition 8 Commander Mike Foale,
KB5UAC, on January 2, 2004. Congratulations to all!
[ANS thanks the ARISS team for the above information]
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