[amsat-bb] Update: ARISS Contact today at 16:40 UTC

Fri Apr 24 23:13:52 UTC 2015

As part of my zillion other duties as an ARISS mentor, I post ARISS  
announcements to the SAREX-BB.  Oftentimes Dave AA4KN (another ARISS  mentor) will 
post an announcement for each specific school a few days before the  actual 
contact that has a little more information about the school itself to the  
AMSAT-BB and SAREX-BB.

We do not have an ARISS only type of list.

As part of my announcements I do indicate where one can find the complete  
schedule.  You can go to:

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf  This one has all of 
the schools that are presently in our  schedule queue.

http://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html  This one has the schools that 
have actually received their  contact date and time.

http://www.issfanclub.com/  The ISS fan club always is user updated  
regularily.

As always, ARISS suggests that you start listening about 10 minutes before  
the indicated time.

73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS mentors

In a message dated 4/24/2015 3:11:35 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
johnbrier at gmail.com writes:

Thanks  so much for the heads up. Does ARISS have an email list I can
sign up for  to be notified of these events? I got a really good
reception here in the  Triangle of North Carolina, specifically in
Durham where I work. check it  out:

https://youtu.be/nUavS6Ih8pQ

John Brier, KG4AKV, Raleigh,  NC

On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Frank Bauer  <ka3hdo at verizon.net> wrote:
> All,
>
>
>
>  I wanted to remind everyone that there will be an ARISS contact today  
with
> the East Coast Chapter Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., Youth In Aviation  Program
> (ECCTAI YIAP) and the Oxon Hill High School, Oxon Hill,  Maryland through 
the
> K6DUE telebridge station located in Greenbelt,  Maryland.  Contact time
> should be starting around 12:40 Eastern  Time (16:40 UTC).
>
>
>
> Listen in on 145.80  MHz.
>
>
>
> Questions from the students  follows.
>
>
>
> 73,  Frank Bauer,  KA3HDO
>
>
>
>
>
> 1.       Monika: What influenced you to concentrate on  aerospace
> propulsion and lightweight structures?
>
>  2.            Zion:  Was going into space a  goal, or did the opportunity
> arise and you found it  interesting?
>
> 3.             Aric:  How did your experience being a fighter pilot help 
you
>  adapt to being astronaut?
>
> 4.           Jeremy:  What would you do in the event harmful gases are
>  detected on the space station?
>
> 5.         Hannah-1: What are some things that you go through to be
>  trained to become an astronaut?
>
> 6.         Terrence:  What new technologies are being tested, and  how
> soon will they be available to the general public?
>
>  7.            Hannah-2:  Due to the  gravitational change, is it harder 
to
> complete experiments in space  than it is on Earth?
>
> 8.           Philip:  What will the International Space Station,  
especially
> your expedition, do to prepare for the Commercial Crew  Program?
>
> 9.             Deborah:  Is it hard to integrate with all the other
>  international astronauts that live on the space station?
>
>  10.          Ari:  How can NASA send probes into  space without them
> colliding into space junk?
>
>  11.          Amira:  What does it feel like  after launch when leaving
> Earth's atmosphere?
>
>  12.          Anthony:  How do you think current  reseach will affect 
future
> space expeditions?
>
>  13.          Monika: Since the launch, have you  experienced any trouble 
with
> the ISS?
>
> 14.     Zion:  Does each crew member work on all the  experiments, or
> are the experiments assigned to members based on  experience in that 
field?
>
> 15.         Aric:  During the 2.5 hours that astronauts exercise, what  
type
> of exercises are included in the Integrated Resistance and  Aerobic 
Training
> Study?
>
> 16.         Jeremy:  How effective is the Functional Task Test to  
determine
> the physiological impairment after long space  flights?
>
> 17.          Hannah-1: What  was the most influential factor in deciding 
to
> become an  astronaut?
>
> 18.           Terrence:  What is your daily work schedule like, and how 
many
>  hours of sleep do you get?
>
> 19.         Hannah-2:  Through what educational training did you go in
>  order to prepare yourself for the space program?
>
> 20.   Philip:  What is the future for the  International Space
> Station, and human spaceflight in  general?
>
> 21.          Deborah:   How do you train to live without gravity?
>
> 22.     Ari:  How does the microgravity environment on ISS  affect your
> ability to smell and taste?
>
> 23.   Amira:  What were some of the negative  effects you experienced
> because of prolonged space  flight?
>
> 24.          Anthony:   Of the current experiments, how many do you 
expect to
> complete while  you are onboard the International Space  Station?
>
>
>
>
>
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