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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 072.05
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 13, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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1. Recent ARISS Contacts
On Wednesday, March 2 an ARISS contact was held
between on-orbit astronaut Paolo
Nespoli, IZ=D8JPA and Mackay State High School students in Queensland,
Australiavia telebridge station VK5ZAI, Australia. All 16
questions were answered. One of
the approximately 200 people in attendance was
the mayor of Mackay who asked the
ARISS team to "keep up the good work - you are doing a great job inspiring
our
students." He expressed his amazement on how well timed and extremely
enjoyablethe contact was. Three television stations
covered the radio hookup and snippets
of the event were broadcast on at least 2 regional TV channels all afternoon
following the contact. The Mackay Daily Mercury wrote a story on the event:
http://www.dailymercury.com.au/story/2011/03/03/historic-link-to-space-mackay-
high-school/
Technological Centre for Innovation in Communications (CeTIC) in Las Palmas
deGran Canaria, Spain experienced a successful
ARISS contact on Thursday, March 3.
Astronaut Paolo Nespoli, IZ=D8JPA answered all 20 questions posed to him by
thestudents. The contact supplemented lessons on orbit prediction,
satellitetracking and common communications systems.
Victory Primary School in Nelson, New Zealand participated in an ARISS
contacton Thursday, March 3 via telebridge station W6SRJ in California. Cady
Coleman,KC5ZTH answered 17 questions prepared by the students. One
additional query wasanswered with the help of shuttle crew member Alvin
Drew. The contact was theculmination of a science curriculum focused on
space and technology.
2. NASA Posts Article on Ten Years of ARISS Contacts
NASA posted a feature story on the 10th
anniversary of ARISS contacts to its Web
site. =93One Small Radio Call for a Ham=94 may be found on the following
page:http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/one-small-radio-call.html
3. Astronaut Training Status
A few exam review sessions were provided for Chris Cassidy this past week.
Astronauts Andre Kuipers, PI9ISS and Don Pettit, KD5MDT participated in
simulated ARISS contacts with students in Belgium and Canada, respectively
on
March 3.
An ARISS introductory course is planned for Mike Hopkins on March 9 and a
refresher course for Chris Hadfield is scheduled for March 10.
[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]
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