An International Space Station ARISS school contact has been planned with the last of five Malaysian Group of Schools at the National Planetarium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 20 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 14:50 UTC.

The contact will be a direct between and Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor - 9W2MUS and station 9M2RPN. The contact should be audible in most of Malaysia. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.

This will be the fifth ARISS opportunity to establish a radio link between school children and the ISS, also talking to our Malaysian Astronaut. This is going to be a most stimulating experience for school children to learn first hand something about Space and human spaceflight.

NASA managers are set to gather at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday for a final readiness review for the upcoming flight of space shuttle Discovery. The STS-120 mission to the International Space Station is currently targeted for launch on Oct. 23. Agency managers will decide on an official launch date at the conclusion of Tuesday's review.

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