November 17 2010
ARISS CONTACT WITH EURO
SPACE CENTER SUCCESSFUL
The ARISS School Contact scheduled with the Euro Space Center, Belgium, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 at 19.42 UTC, was a success.
US astronaut
Doug Wheelock KF5BOC answered
15 questions from students
of the International School
of Zurich, Switzerland, who
are on Space Camp at the Euro Space Center. His answers were
very detailed on every topic.
The contact was a telebridge operated by Tony Hutchison VK5ZAI, located in southern Australia. Doug answered Tony’s call immediately and the downlink
signals were loud and clear
during the whole pass, till the ISS went over
the horizon.
The radio
contact was distributed on EchoLink and on IRLP by John Spasojevitch AG9D. John noted connections from Australia, Canada, Belgium, Poland, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy and the
USA.
An audio recording of this space talk will be appended to this Bulletin, archived at
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 onboard 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.
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Gaston Bertels – ON4WF
ARISS Chairman