[amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Space Port Area Conference for Educators (SPACE), Kennedy Space Center, FL

Tue Jul 10 14:47:06 UTC 2018

An International Space Station school contact has been planned at the Space Port Area Conference for Educators (SPACE), Kennedy Space Center, FL with participating students from Burns Science and Technology Charter School in Oak Hill, FL. on 13 July. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 14:00 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and W6SRJ. The contact should be audible over the west coast of the U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English.

Burns Science and Technology Charter School is a K-8 public charter school operating within the Volusia County School District. It is a tuition free school, with an open admission policy. It is located in a rural area in the town of Oak Hill, Florida. The school is a STEM school, offering core curriculum, with emphasis on science, technology, and 21st century skills. The school has a strong belief that in order to prepare students for success in the 21st century, today's learners must be able to think critically and creatively, work collaboratively, and master an ever-growing arena of skills. The school has 450 students, 25 classroom teachers, seven special area teachers, and two teaching assistants. The school's mission is to cultivate learners and leaders who are inspired, able, and prepared to make a positive difference in the world.

Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 

1. What is the most valuable item you've ever found or discovered in space?

2. What experiments or items do you think would best help astronauts aboard   

   the Orion spacecraft on the trip to Mars?

3. Do they allow you to bring any lucky charms aboard the ISS? What did or 

   would you bring as your lucky charm?

4. In 12 years, do you think you might get to go to Mars in the Orion MPCV 

   for EM-2?

5. What do you want to do as soon as you get back home?

6. How does CIMON stabilize in antigravity? And, can CIMON be used as a Wi-Fi 

   hotspot for games?

7. Does CIMON have the capability to monitor air quality (gasses in 

   particular), and are there multiple air quality sensors throughout the 

   different sections of the ISS?

8. Yesterday was my birthday, how many birthdays have been celebrated aboard     

   the ISS?

9. Will absolute zero ever be accomplished in the ISS, and if so, will the 

   cooled atoms in the CAL have no motion at all; creating a wonderful 

   opportunity to observe and experiment with quantum physics?

10. What does it feel like wearing a spacesuit? Have there been any special 

    suit modifications for astronauts who are more sensitive to having things 

    touch their skin?

11. Is Commander Drew Feustel going to try to beat his third-place record for 

    cumulative time spacewalking during this mission?

12. What sensors are used to collect data and determine the amount of Cosmic 

    rays aboard the ISS?  And who monitors that data over time?

13. How do you draw blood in space for all the experiments requiring that? Do 

    you have to use a special type of syringe?

14. Is your daily routine regimented to a time zone, or can you sleep, wake, 

    and work at times you choose?

15. How long did it take to make CIMON and get it approved for this mission, 

    and has anyone nicknamed it "HAL" yet?

16. Do ambient noises sound different in the Bigelow Expandable Activity 

    Module (BEAM) compared with the other sections of the ISS, and can you 

    please record ambient sounds inside the Bigelow Expandable Activity 

    Module (BEAM) for us?

17. What happens if you take apart a jumbled Rubik's cube and reassemble it 

    correctly in front of CIMON?  Will it detect that as cheating and call 

    you out on it?

18. Would Infrared lights help the High Definition Earth Viewing (HDEV) 

    cameras to see Earth when the ISS is looking at the night sides?

19. Have you watched the new episodes of BattleBots on Discovery Channel? Our 

    school S.T.E.A.M. Director JediJill, and I, and Ethan, and Cayden, and 

    Sara from Team Kraken-BattleBots are all here today. Our robot's primary 

    weapon is a pneumatic crusher. What kind of pneumatics are used on board 

    the ISS or the Soyuz?

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Next planned event(s):

1. Essex Heights Primary School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, telebridge   

   via VK4KHZ. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS

   The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT

   Contact is a go for: Tue 2018-07-17 08:24 UTC

About ARISS: 

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).  The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues.  With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums.  Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio.  For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org.

Thank you & 73,

David - AA4KN

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