Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule - 2002-12-17
The ARISS (a joint effort of AMSAT, the ARRL, NASA, the ARISS international partners including Canada, Russia, the European Partners, and Japan) operations team wishes to announce the following very tentative schedule for ARISS school contacts. The ARISS (a joint effort of AMSAT, the ARRL, NASA, the ARISS international
partners including Canada, Russia, the European Partners, and Japan)
operations team wishes to announce the following very tentative schedule for
ARISS school contacts. This schedule is very fluid and may change at the
last minute. Remember that amateur radio use on the ISS is considered
secondary. Please check the various AMSAT and ARISS webpages for the latest
announcements. Changes from the last announcement are noted with (***).
Also, please check MSNBC.com for possible live retransmissions
(http://www.msnbc.com/m/lv/default.asp). Listen for the ISS on the downlink
of 145.80 MHz.
For information about educational materials available from ISS partner space
Agencies, please refer to links on the ARISS Frequently Asked Questions page.
If you are interested in supporting an ARISS contact, then you must fill
in an application. The ARISS operations mentor team will not accept a
direct request to support an ARISS contact.
You should also note that many schools think that they can request a
specific date and time. It does not work that way. Once an application
has been accepted, the ARISS mentors will work with the school to
determine a mutually agreeable date.
Websites that may be of interest include:
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/index.html
http://ehb2.gsfc.nasa.gov/edcats/educator_guide/
Your completely filled out application should be returned to the
nearest coordinating ARISS region if your specific region is not
listed. E-mail is the preferred method of submitting an application.
Here are the email addresses:
ARISS-Canada and all other countries not covered: ve2ka@rac.ca (Daniel
Lamoureux VE2KA)
ARISS-Europe: jh.hahn@gmx.net (J. Hahn, DL3LUM / PA1MUC)
ARISS-Japan and all Region 3 countries: iaru-r3@jarl.or.jp (Keigo Komuro
JA1KAB)
ARISS-Russia: n2ww@attbi.com (Valerie Agabekov N2WW/UA6HZ)
ARISS-USA: ARISS@arrl.org (The American Radio Relay League)
ISS Expedition 6 crew:
Kenneth Bowersox KD5JBP
Nikolai Budarin RV3FB
Donald Pettit KD5MDT
World Scout Jamboree 2003, Sattahip, Thailand, Direct via E20AJ
Contact is on for Saturday 2002-12-28 08:40 UTC
Don Pettit is the scheduled astronaut.
Here are the proposed questions for the World Scout Jamboree.
1. How do you eat your food? How is it cooked?
2. Do you think the camping skill is useful as astronauts?
3. What are you doing to maintain your health?
4. What is the first thing you want to do when you come back to the earth?
5. Do you think that the earth is still blue?
6. How do you find time for your family or loved ones and how do you
communicate with them?
7. Astronauts are dedicated, patient, and under constant pressure, how do you
handle all the demands on yourself?
8. What are you feeling from living in space?
9. If you were to meet Thai people, what would you like to ask them?
10. May I have your message to the scouts?
11. What was the most delightful thing as astronaut?
12. Do you want your children to become astronaut like you?
13. How can I be the astronaut like you?
14. How do you obtain fresh water, is there big tank?
15. How does the lack of gravity affect the body and how do you manage it?
16. How do you take a bath?
17. How is the temperature in the space station maintained? What is the
outside temperature?
18. If the ISS slip from it's orbit, how would you take it back to the right
position?
19. When you left the earth, did any cosmic rays affect you and how?
20. Do you feel something great in the space?
Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Chicago, Illinois direct via AJ9N
Contact is on for 2002-12-29 18:21 UTC
Ken Bowersox is the scheduled astronaut.
Look for possible live streaming video/audio, the website is
http://www.adlerplanetarium.org
Here are the proposed questions for Adler.
1. What happens if you run out of gas in space?
2. What kind of plants will you be growing on this mission and why are you
growing them?
3. What is your favorite space food and how do you cook it?
4. Do you get home sick and how do you handle it?
5. How many sunrises do you see in a day?
6. Are the astronauts able to communicate with their families? And if so, how
often?
7. When I try something new or different, sometimes I get a little nervous.
Do you ever get a little nervous doing something new or different in space?
8. What is the most interesting and/or important thing you have learned in
space?
9. How does the space station fly in the air?
10. How do you sleep in the ISS?
11. How do you eat and drink when there is no gravity?
12. How big is the space station compared to the Sears Tower which is 1,400
ft tall?
Groupe scolaire "René Mure", Commelle-Vernay, France
1st choice 2003-01-02 10:03 UTC
2nd choice 2002-12-31 10:18 UTC
Cape Cod National Seashore, Wellfleet, MA, Telebridge
1st choice Monday 2003-01-13 18:35 UTC via WH6PN 59 deg (***)
2nd choice Wednesday 2003-01-15 17:29 UTC via ZS6BTD 58 deg (***)
3rd choice Thursday 2003-01-16 17:20 UTC via WH6PN 51 deg (***)
Ecole Immaculle Conception, Brest, France, Direct (***)
1st choice Monday 2003-01-06 07:54 UTC 86 deg (***)
2nd choice Wednesday 2003-01-08 07:37 UTC 62 deg (***)
3rd choice Tuesday 2003-01-07 08:33 UTC 36 deg (***)
Sacajawea Middle School, Montana Direct (***)
1st choice Wednesday 2003-01-08 15:19 UTC 90 deg (***)
2nd choice Friday 2003-01-10 15:03 UTC 50 deg (***)
3rd choice Tuesday 2003-01-07 16:16 UTC 48 deg (***)
Hochwald-Gymnasium, Wadern, Germany, Direct via DN1TA
TBD 2003-02
Cowichan Secondary School, Duncan, BC, Canada, Direct via VE7POH
TBD 2003-02
Park Ridge, Illinois (***)
TBD (***)
Oregon State University (***)
TBD 2003-02 (***)
The latest ARISS announcement and successful school list in now available on
the ARISS web site. Several ways to get there.
click on English (sorry I don't know French)
you are now at http://www.rac.ca/ariss/
click on News
Currently the ARISS operations team has a list of over 60 schools that we
hope will be able to have a contact during 2002-2003. As the schedule
becomes more solidified, we will be letting everyone know. Current plans
call for an average of one scheduled school contact per week.
73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors