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An International Space Station Expedition
12 ARISS school contact has been planned with
students at Evangelisches Gymnasium Lippstadt, Germany on
The contact will be direct between
stations NA1SS and DN2LP.
The contact should be audible to anyone in central
The Evangelisches
Gymnasium Lippstadt is a grammar school belonging to
the Protestant Church of Westfalia. At present
about 900 pupils aged 10 to 19 attend our school. The school has set
itself the ambitious aim to integrate the necessary preparations for the ISS contact into its school curriculum. The preparation has
been part of the school lessons. In addition to working with the ISS education kit, many questions arousing from the
theoretical field of amateur radio technology (technical knowledge) were well
combined with compulsory topics of an extensive physics course. The youngsters'
goal is to obtain an amateur radio operator's license.
Students at
1. Do you make use of the radio or the
internet in order to follow the current political events on earth?
2. Have you ever taken an insect into
space by accident? If so, how did you react?
3. Are there dirty fluffs floating in the
air and how can you get rid of them?
4. Is it possible to have a runny nose in
zero gravity?
5. Which influence does zero gravity have
on photosynthesis of plants?
6. Are your dreams in space different
from your dreams on earth?
7. Can you see a difference between urban
areas and rural areas from the ISS?
8. What temperature is there outside the ISS?
9. Which physical experiments are
performed on the ISS at the moment?
10. Are you able to see the Great Chinese
Wall from space?
11. Are you afraid of colliding with
orbital debris and has this already happened?
12. Which state law is ratified on the ISS?
13. Does zero gravity have any influence
on the distribution of tears?
14. Does a
candle burn in zero gravity?
15. What are the main electric applances on board and what is the maximum total power
consumption of the ISS?
16. Is everyone
of you able to do all the tasks on the ISS or are you
specialized?
17. What kind of entertainment like
watching TV do you have in space?
18. Did you bring clean clothes for
several months or is there some sort of washing machine on board?
19. How much spare time do you have on
the ISS and what do you do when you're not working?
20. Is there a video recorder or a DVD
player on board?
21. Do you get a backstroke when you
sneeze?
Please note, the amateur equipment on the
ISS will be turned off prior to the contact It will be returned to regular amateur radio operations as
soon as possible afterwards.
ARISS is an international educational outreach program
partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the amateur
radio societies 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 program is available on the website http://www.ariss-eu.org.
Gaston Bertels,
ON4WF
ARISS-Europe chairman