ARISS SCHOOL CONTACT SCHEDULED WITH UK NATIONAL SPACE CENTRE

ARISS

Interesting possibility to listen Astronauts from Space this evening April 4 at 18:29 UTC (this is the correct time verified by the computer tracking) during the scheduled ARISS contact with UK National Space Centre.
Thanks for this news sent by G6LVB

73 ISS FanClub Staff
(Please note that the actual time of the contact has been confirmed as 18:29Z, 19:29UK, 20:29 Continental Europe)
From Gaston Bertels, ON4WF
ARISS Vice Chairman

ARISS SCHOOL CONTACT SCHEDULED WITH UK NATIONAL SPACE CENTRE

The Rushey Mead secondary school is located in Leicester, UK. It is a State
Secondary Comprehensive School for the 11-16 years old age range. It has a
large number of pupils from ethnic minorities.

The school has an excellent examination record and is particularly
successful in science. The amateur radio club has been established in the
Science Department for 20 years and has previously listened into the space
shuttle including the very first Amateur Radio operations and also listened
to the UK astronaut Helen Sharman when she was aboard MIR.

The ground station to be used is the amateur radio club located in the
nearby National Space Centre. This club was established in 2000 with the
express purpose of demonstrating the amateur radio aspects of Space
Communications to the many thousands of visitors to the Space Centre. By its
efforts it is hoped that many new recruits will be made to the ranks of
radio amateurs.

The station holds the special exhibition callsign GB2NSC as well as M1NSC.
It is active on VHF, UHF and Microwaves via the various amateur satellites.

An ARISS School Contact has been scheduled with the students of Rushey Mead
at the National Space Centre next Friday April 4, 2003 at 19:26 UTC, which
is 20:26 UK time and 21:26 continental time.

The students at Rushey Mead have prepared the following questions:

1. My name is Kirsty. What made you interested in being an astronaut and do
you like your job? OVER
2. My name is Victoria. How long have you been interested in going into
space and is your job good or bad? OVER
3. My name is Rahul. How do you know what time to go to sleep? OVER
4. My name is Kishan. How do you wash yourself and keep clean in space? OVER
5. My name is Jatin. What does space look like from up there, what colour is
it? OVER
6. My name is Bhavin. How many years training do you have to do to be an
astronaut? OVER
7. My name is Vishal. What entertainment do you have up there, can you watch
TV? OVER
8. My name is Mitchell. What is the food like, (5 star)? Do you eat proper
meals and if not how do you eat? OVER
9. My name is Dhaval. What is the view like when you take off and how fast
roughly are you travelling? OVER
10. My name is Mehul. When you are in 0% gravity do you bang about on the
equipment and do you break it? OVER
11. My name is Neeraj. What kind of qualifications do you need to be an
Astronaut? OVER
12. My name is Trishan. Have you ever seen a mysterious object like a UFO?
OVER
13. My name is Suraj. Can you see the planets and how does it feel to see
these things? OVER
14. My name is Jitesh. What parts of the Space Station do you have to
complete before returning to Earth? OVER
15. My name is Rajesh. Will there be a party when you get back? OVER
16. My name is Raahul. Have you ever bumped your head on the ceiling and
does it hurt? OVER
17. My name is Kishan. What time is it on the space station, do you keep the
same time as America or Russia? OVER
18. My name is Bhavin. Have you got any pets on the space station? OVER
19. My name is Jitesh. What experiments are you doing on the space station?
OVER

Interested parties are invited to listen to the astronaut answering these
questions on 145.800 MHz

Gaston Bertels, ON4WF
ARISS Vice Chairman

IK1SLD – Fri, 2003 – 04 – 04 15:15
x

Date UTC Az El Lat Lon Orbit Vis
Print
x

Select your Location

x

Live APRS Tracking