30 May 2007
SUNITA WILLIAMS TALKS WITH
SCHOOLCHILDREN IN
The radio contact with the International
Space Station was established at
The telebridge
between W6SRJ and the school in
Sunita Williams answered 13 questions, giving detailed information on several
topics. An audio recording of the conversation is hereto appended.
Before the contact, ARISS-Europe
chairman Gaston Bertels, ON4WF had introduced amateur
radio to the audience and shown how volunteering ARISS members collaborate with
the space agencies to offer educational outreach to the youth.
After the radio contact, an English language
teacher translated the astronaut’s answers into French.
ESA candidate astronaut Vladimir Pletser participated to the event. He presented several
videos on space exploration, especially on parabolic flight campaigns and Mars
camps.
Pierre Emmanuel Paulis,
About 150 schoolchildren of 3 schools
assisted to the event. Several teachers, members of the school organisation and
parents also assisted.
Three TV stations and newspapers were
present. The same day, the ARISS school contact was in the main TV News, local
and national.
The audio of this ARISS School Contact has
been broadcast worldwide to the amateur radio community by EcholInk,
thanks to Dieter Scliemann KX4Y. Connections were
noted in the
This ARISS contact was the first ever
set up in a school of the French speaking region of
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Gaston Bertels
ARISS-Europe chairman