ARISS CONTACT PLANNED WITH
An International Space
Station Expedition 17 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants
at
The
Two of Sinai's pupils, Jessica and Amelia Diamond, visited the
Sinai are excited to use this fantastic opportunity as part of its "The Earth
and Beyond" unit which follows the National Curriculum for the year 5 age
group (ages 9/10). During this period of study our pupils learn in detail about
space and the planets. The topic is mainly science based but there are many
planned activities which cross over into other areas of the curriculum such as
literacy, maths and information technology.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. What training do you do to become an astronaut?
2. What is the purpose of your trip?
3. Could you describe a typical day in space?
4. How do you go the toilet?
5. In what ways can an astronaut observe their religion in space?
6. What qualifications do you need to become an astronaut?
7. Will there ever be a day when we can holiday on the moon?
8. What's the food like?
9. What inspired you to become an astronaut?
10. How close are you to the planets and how do you/ can you identify them?
11. What do you miss?
12. What has been your most exciting moment so far?
13. Could you describe what the earth looks like when you are in space
and can you identify countries, weather conditions and the seas?
14. How does it feel to be in Space without gravity?
15. What is the International Space Station?
16. Do you notice light and dark, day and night, temperature when you are in
space?
17. How do you sleep?
18. What do you do for fun up there?
19. If one of your children wanted to be an astronaut what would you say to
them?
20. How many people are involved in preparing you for the trip and in supporting
you while you are in space?
The contact will be a telebridge contact between stations NA1SS and WH6PN. The
contact should be audible over
The audio for this
event will be fed into the EchoLink *AMSAT* (101 377) and *JK1ZRW* (277 208)
servers.
Please note that there
are automatic breaks in the EchoLink audio transmission every 2.5 minutes
during the event and while we listen to preparations going on for this contact.
Each audio break is approximately 1 second long. Please configure your
systems to not time out during times of inactivity or ongoing audio
transmissions.
This ARISS event will
possibly be broadcast through the IRLP "Discovery" Reflector 9010 on
the Internet.
It is then available via the "Discovery" Reflectors companion web
site www.discoveryreflector.ca
. Once on its main page, select "Live Streaming Audio" (left side
bar) and follow the prompts.
More directly the URL
is as follows: www.discoveryreflector.ca:8000/listen.pls
The audio on the
Internet is typically delayed by about two minutes.
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. See http://www.ariss-eu.org/schoolcontacts.htm
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Gaston Bertels, ON4WF
ARISS-Europe chairman