Topics in this report:
1. Upcoming School Contacts
2. Commander Jeffrey Williams and Taiwanese Youth Speak via ARISS Contact
3. Cosmonauts Participate in Two ARISS Contacts with Kursk University
4. Astronaut Training Status
5. ARISS Audio in Podcast
6. ARRL Articles on Record Number of ARISS Contacts

1. Upcoming School Contacts
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for Minato Junior High School in Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan on Friday, January 22 at 09:24 UTC. Students are learning about the goals of the ISS as well as radio communications and are studying for their amateur radio licenses.

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Minato Junior High School, Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan on 21 Jan. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:24 UTC.
The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds.

The contact will be direct between NA1SS and 8J7MJH. The contact should be audible over Japan and adjacent area. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in Japanese.

Our school is located in Minato Machi of Hachinohe City, Aomori-ken,Nothern Japan. Minato Machi faces to the Pacific Ocean and has a large fishing port. Hachinohe City has a population of about 244,000 now.