An Expedition 19 ARISS contact has been planned with participants at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, Space Day, Washington, DC on 02 May. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 1523 UTC.

The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and W6SRJ. The contact should be audible over western N. America. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. Audio from the contact may also be available via the AMSAT conference on EchoLink and via the 9010 Discovery reflector on IRLP. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.

[img]http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/160328main_iss019e009806.jpg[/img] Image above: Expedition 19 Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata squeezes honey out of a tube near the galley in the Zvezda service module of the International Space Station. Credit: NASA Tuesday proved to be a busy day for the three full-time residents aboard the International Space Station, as the Expedition 19 crew stowed tools and performed scientific experiments. Flight Engineer Mike Barratt began his day logging data for a study of crew sleep patterns and light exposure. Barratt is wearing a small wristwatch-like device that will measure light levels and record his patterns of sleep and activity throughout the week.