[sarex] Upcoming ARISS contact with Evansville Day School, Evansville, IN

Tue Sep 2 19:21:04 UTC 2014

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Evansville Day School, Evansville, IN on 03 Sept. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 14:32 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and W9OG. The contact should be audible over portions of the mid and eastern U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English.

Evansville Day School is an independent school located in Evansville, Indiana. We have just over 300 students in junior pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. After five of our teachers flew in microgravity in the summer of 2012, our entire school has been excited to learn more about space. We have been looking forward to this ARISS project since last spring when the students participated in an amateur radio demonstration with the help of the Tri-State Amateur Radio Society. All of our students have had the opportunity to discuss what they would ask an astronaut, and submit their questions. We are really looking forward to participating in this contact. 

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

1.  What time zone do you go by when you're in space?

2.  Does it smell different in space?

3.  What do you do for fun up there in space?

4.  What activities are difficult in microgravity, but simple in Earth's 

    gravity?

5.  What is it like to transition from Earth's gravity to zero gravity?

6.  How hard is it to digest food on the Space Station?

7.  What is the hardest part about being an astronaut?

8.  Does life on the ISS get lonely?

9.  What was most surprising or unexpected the first time you went into 

    space?

10.  How has your outlook on life changed by being in space?

11.  Could everyday civilians become accustomed to space travel?

12.  Which of your research projects has the most scientific potential?

13.  How long do you stay up there?

14.  What training did you do to become an astronaut?

15.  How do you go to the bathroom in space?

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Next planned event(s):

1.   St.  Petersburg, Russia 

      Contact is a go for: Fri, 05Sept2014, 10:00 UTC, direct via TBD  

      No other details are available at this time. 

2.   St. Joan of Arc  School, Lisle, IL, direct via K9LEZ

      Contact is a go for: Mon,  08Sept2014, 18:34 UTC 

3.   Lanier Middle School and Lanier Cluster  Schools, Sugar Hill, GA, 

      direct via W4GR

      Contact is a go for: Tue, 09Sept2014,  11:16 UTC 

ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA.

ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ 

Thank you & 73,

David - AA4KN

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