Upcoming school contacts


                 revised 2012-05-18 

 

The ARISS operational team maintains a list of scheduled school contacts, and regularly updates it as necessary to take into account crew workload, and other changes to Space Agency scheduling. This page provides information about what we expect will happen, but readers should be aware that there may always be last minute changes and cancellations.

Tentative list of upcoming school contacts.

Next Contact

Every effort will be made to keep the information on the next contact current, but occasionally, due to other responsibilities, I may not be able to keep the information below up to date. (the webmaster)

The International Space Station's Expedition 31 is now onboard. The following ARISS contacts have been scheduled:

 

 

  

      

 

 



                                    
 

 

 

 

Northland Preparatory Academy, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA - Don Pettit, KD5MDT

Thursday, May 24, 2012

 

Station KF7RCV in Arizona will call NA1SS at approximately 17:00 UTC.

 

Northland Preparatory Academy is a public charter school located in Flagstaff, Arizona currently serving 559 students in grades 6-12. Founded in 1996 by a group of parents determined to provide a rigorous education for their children, NPA is a thriving learning community and has already established an excellent track record of preparing students for college success. NPA does not have selective entrance requirements; its students gain admission through a lottery which determines a waiting list for available spots. NPA is fully accredited by the North Central Association/AdvancEd.

Students will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

1. How can you tell when to go to sleep in space?
2. Do solar flares affect your life in space?
3. Why do you do experiments in space when we do not live in space?
4. What goes through your head when you think you are spending the next 6 months away from home?
5. Do you still catch colds and the flu in space?
6. Do you conserve resources such as water, electricity, etc. since you only have a limited amount?
7. How do you swallow water without gravity to bring it down your throat?
8. What are some of your daily activities on the ISS?
9. What was the toughest obstacle that you had to get around to be where you are now?
10. Between launch and re-entry which one scares you the most and why?
11. How has being in space changed your perspective of Earth and life on Earth?
12. What differences are you finding between plants grown in space and here on Earth?
13. Do you ever get claustrophobic while living on the ISS?
14. Besides family and loved ones, what do you miss the most from Earth?
15. Did you get to bring any photos or persona items to the ISS?
16. Do you ever get sick from floating around?
17. How do you avoid hitting an object floating around the Earth?
18. How long did it take you to learn all the cool buttons and gadgets in the ISS?
19. How hard is it to adjust to the schedule on the space station?
20. When you are sleeping in space do you ever get “that sensation of falling” that you can sometimes experience here on earth?
21. What made you want to be an astronaut?
22. Does everyone there have a specific job?
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As always, the ISS will be audible to anyone listening in on the 145.80 MHz downlink.

*Note* - for telebridge contacts, the ground station will NOT be near the school that is contacting the ISS.

Please note, the amateur equipment on the ISS will be turned off prior to the beginning of the contact. It will be returned to service as quickly as possible.

Upcoming ARISS events can be found at  http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf   The next scheduled event is a contact with students attending Northland Preparatory Academy in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA  on Thursday, May 24 at approximately 17:00 UTC.

 

ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS programme is available on the website http://www.rac.ca/ariss (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada). Information about the next scheduled ARISS contact can be found at http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact.

 

Send comments or questions to: C Jackson