Archive - Jul 2012 - Recorded Contacts
July 26th
Capt. Sunita Williams (NA1SS) - Virginia Air & Space Center, Hampton, VA, 1407 UTC on 26 July 2012
Capt. Sunita Williams (NA1SS) speaks with youth at the Virginia Air & Space Center (KE4ZXW) in Hampton, Virginia at 1407 UTC on 26 July 2012. She answers the following questions (and a few extra):
1. Why did other countries help America and Russia build the ISS?
2. What do you do when you are bored in space?
3. Is the food good in space?
4. What happens if you break a bone?
5. What do you do in space?
6. Are there any unknown satellites?
7. What made you want to go into space?
8. Is it scary going into space?
9. What's it like seeing shooting stars every night?
July 23rd
Sunita Williams contacts Women in Engineering at the Rochester Institute of Technology on 2012-07-23 at 13:27 UTC
Good to hear from a fresh voice on the ISS. Looks like Sunita could be doing alot of school contacts during her stay. This was NA1SS contacting W2RIT in Rochester, NY USA on 2012-07-23. My recording starts at 13:34 UTC and stops at 13:41 UTC. These are the questions she answered -
5. If the ISS is designed to be in permanent orbit, are there adjustments that are made to maintain orbit and how are they accomplished?
6. What do I need to study in school if I want to be an astronaut?
7. While you're in space do you have any peculiar content in your dreams?
July 4th
Joe Acaba (NA1SS) - Cirqiniq Summer Camp, Kuujjuaq, Quebec on 04 July 2012 at 1423 UTC
Joe Acaba (NA1SS) speaks to youth at the Cirqiniq Summer Camp, Kuujjuaq, Quebec (Nunavik), Canada on 04 July 2012 at 1423 UTC. He answers the following questions:
1. What physical fitness requirements are needed to deal with the launch and stay in space?
2. How do you maintain your physical fitness levels while on an extended stay in space?
3. What are the psychological issues you face when preparing for a first time visit into space?
4. Are physical activities more difficult in space than here on earth?
5. What kind of food do you eat?
6. Does your diet change from that on earth?