École primaire de l’Apprenti-Sage, Québec, Québec, Canada - TBD UTC

Lively District Secondary School, Lively, Ontario, Canada - TBD UTC

Webster High School, Webster, N.Y. - TBD UTC

Stanford University
Palo Alto Gunn High School, California - TBD UTC
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://www.arrl.org/sarex
http://www.arrl.org/ariss
http://www.amsat.org
http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov
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 7 crew:
Ed Lu KC5WKJ
Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP

Klem Road South Elementary, Webster, N.Y.
Contact was successful. Congrats Ed Lu and Klem Road South! (***)

2003-05-27 13:01 UTC via WH6PN in Hawaii

Proposed questions for Klem Road are:

1. How do you keep your things together, and not just floating around the Space
Station?
2. Do you have snacks while you are in your rocket? If so, what do you have?
What do you crave while you are in space?
3. Can you describe where in space the International Space Station is? Is it
above a certain continent or planet?
4. If someone wanted to become an astronaut, which subjects in school are the
most important?
5. Can you describe what zero gravity feels like? What does it feel like to
switch between zero gravity, and “1-G"?
6. Do you have any pets or lab animals on the International Space Station? If
so, do the animals act any differently that they would on earth?
7. I once read a book about astronauts having to exercise frequently so their
heart would not get smaller. Does this really happen, and if so, why?
8. Do you have 3 meals a day? What do you eat while in your rocket or in the
International Space Station?
9. What would happen if there was a malfunction aboard the International Space
Station, and it was damaged beyond repair?
10. What samples do you collect in space, and what kinds of experiments do you
do?
11. When you brush your teeth in zero gravity, where do you spit?
12. What kinds of special equipment do you use?
13. What is the hardest part of being in space? What part is the funniest or
most fun?
14. What is the most interesting thing that you have seen in space so far?
15. Joey Heinlein, grade 3: What kinds of things do you use electricity for? Do
you need to conserve it?
16. If you were working on the outside of the Space Station and fell, what would
happen to you?
17. How close are you to Venus?
18. When do you think we will have spaceships carrying humans finally go to
Mars?
19. Which space movie that you have seen is the most accurate?
20. Can you describe what you see when you look out the Space Station window?
21. Is the other astronaut your friend?
22. Do you feel safe when you are on the TMA-2?
23. What would happen if you sustained a serious injury? Would you have to fly
home, if for example you broke your arm or needed stitches?
24. What kinds of things do you use electricity for? Do you need to conserve
it?
25. Do you like to be up in space? Why or why not?

École primaire de l’Apprenti-Sage, Québec, Québec, Canada
TBD UTC

Lively District Secondary School, Lively, Ontario, Canada
TBD UTC

Proposed questions for Lively are:
1) If you had a chance to choose your very own mission, where would you go
and why?

2) Is it harder to do everyday things in space compared to Earth, such as
sleeping, eating, and going to the bathroom?

3) Have you ever experienced something really interesting that made you
want to stay up there forever? If so, what was it?

4) What would you do in the event of an emergency? For example, if you
were hit by something and it caused significant damage and you had to
evacuate?

5) If you could bring one person with you, famous or not, who would it be?

6) What is the most valuable lesson you have learned as an astronaut?

7) What is your biggest fear being up in space?

8) Have you experienced any unexplained anomaly while in space?

9) Are you afraid of getting radiation sickness from the Sun while you are
in orbit?

10) If you could thank someone for helping you achieve your goals and
dreams, who would it be and why?

11) What scientific research are you doing currently?

12) Everyone who hasn't been in a spacecraft probably imagines it to be
something like the movies Armageddon or Apollo 13, or at least I do? Is
this true? Do you guys experience minor or major problems often? If it
is not like the movies, what is it like?

13) On Earth there are relaxing things like a calm lake and a beautiful
sky. Is there anything relaxing or calming in space? If so, what is it?

14) Do you believe in life on other planets?

15) What is the weirdest object you have seen floating in our atmosphere?

16) What do you hope to accomplish through space exploration?

17) How is medical attention received if you get sick? Is it more
dangerous to get sick in space? Is it easier to get sick?

18) Were there restrictions on any items that you are allowed to bring with
you? If so, what is the most important item you brought?

Webster High School, Webster, N.Y.
TBD UTC

Stanford University
Palo Alto Gunn High School, California
TBD UTC

Cornell University
TBD UTC

Boulder High School, Colorado
TBD UTC

Panahou High School, Honolulu, Hawaii
TBD UTC

Fédération Départementale des Radioamateurs de Seine Maritime - FDARSM
Rouen, France
TBD UTC

Rains High School, Texas
TBD UTC

Challenger Learning Center of Tallahassee, Tallahassee, FL
TBD UTC

Contact was not completed

Proposed questions for Challenger Learning Center are:
1. What do you do for fun in space?
2. How do you do anything like eat or read if everything is floating?
3. What is the weather like in space?
4. How and when do you sleep?
5. Can you talk to your family from space?
6. How fast can a spaceship go?
7. Do the astronauts always get along being together for that length of time?
8. What's the best thing about being in space?
9. Do you ever get homesick?
10. Do you get to watch TV or listen to the radio in space?
11. Is space scary? What is the scariest thing you have seen in space?
12. What would happen if you dropped something in space?
13. Is it always black in/around the space?
14. What is in a spaceship?
15. What do you do for all the time you are in space?
16. What noises do you hear when you are out in space?
17. Why do things float in space?
18. What do you have to do to be an astronaut?
19. What time is it in space? What day is it?
20. What is one thing you wish you could do in space that you haven't?
21. How big is a spaceship?
22. How do weigh stuff in space if everything floats?
23. What do you eat while you are in space?
24. Have you kept a souvenir from space? If so, what?
25. How can you tell where you are going in space?
26. Can you see the sun rise or set in space?
27. What kind of gas does a spaceship use?
28. Do you have any funny stories about being in space?
29. What kind of experiments are you doing in space?
30. Are you scared to maybe be coming home in the capsule?

Kuise Elementary School, Amagasaki, Japan
TBD UTC

Euro Space Center Space Camp, Transinne, Belgium
TBD

Space Science Education Center, Challenger Learning Center of Northwest Indiana
TBD (***)

The latest ARISS announcement and successful school list is now available on the
ARISS web site. Several ways to get there.

Latest ARISS announcements and news
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt

Successful school list
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf

or
http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov

If you can not get into the GSFC site, then go directly to the RAC site. (***)

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 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