An Expedition 19 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at Besyo Elementary School, Saitama Saitama, Sitama, Japan on 11 May. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 1101 UTC.

The contact will be a direct between NA1SS and 8J1KW. The contact should be audible over Japan. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in Japanese.

The Besyo elementary school separates from the Miyahara elementary school (ARISS school contact was success at 2 April 2009) in 1974, and comes the 34th anniversary after founding a school. Koichi Wakata studied from 5th and 6th grade. Also he graduated this school.

An Expedition 19 ARISS contact has been planned with participants at Flemish Space Days, Leuven, Belgium on 10 May. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 1055 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.

For the 5th time VRI - Flemish Space Industries - organizes with the support of the Federal and Flemish government the Flemish Space Days. This year the event will focus especially on the new mission of the Belgian ESA astronaut Frank De Winne and on the International Year of Astronomy.