ARISS School Contact planned with school
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An ARISS School Contact is planned for Collège
Joseph Chassigneux, Vinay, France, Tuesday February 1 at 07:02 UTC, which is
08:02 CEWT.
The
School ”Joseph Chassigneux” is located in Vinay,
south-east of
The
small school is surrounded by walnut trees. The pupils come mostly from the
small neighbouring villages, so they essentially live in rural environment.
There
are 500 pupils and 36 teachers. The pupils aged from 11 to 15 attend
traditional lessons of a French school. They take part in many cultural and
sport activities at school and also outside the school.
The
students participating in the ARISS project worked on two subjects: space and
the radio. They organised Science Days at school, they built satellite models,
water rockets, electronic devices and published a newspaper
explaining the project. Moreover, they participated twice in a regional
hamradio exhibition in order to present their project to the visitors.
The
ARISS contact will be the final step of the project on Space and Radio.
The planned ARISS contact will be conducted
in English. Interested parties can listen in on 145.800 MHz FM. Downlink signals
will be audible over
Students will ask as many of the
following questions as time allows:
1. Alicia: What’s the maximum time you
can stay onboard the ISS?
2. Marwan: Is it likely to see UFO?
3. Gautier: How do you cope if you’re
ill?
4. Lisa: Do you sometimes see
meteorites?
5. Vincent: What does your job consist
in at the moment?
6. Romain: Do you feel something special
in weightless conditions?
7. Caroline: What did you feel when you
first saw the planet Earth from ISS?
8. Pauline: Do you often leave the
station to walk in Space?
9. Sarah: What does it feel like to
leave Earth to go to the ISS?
10. Paul: How do you cope with the
toilets?
11. Benjamin: What was your first
reaction when you walked into the ISS?
12. Gabrielle: Do you carry out
experiments on animals?
13. Lola: What do you do to entertain
yourself?
14. Jules: Is it cold in Space?
15. Remy: What impressed you most when
you came in Space?
16. Vincent: How many times did you do
an EVA and for how long?
17. Romain: How do you sleep in Space?
18. Jules: Do you catch the world's news
from Space?
19. Caroline: Isn't it difficult to eat
in Space?
20. Lola: What sort of fixing do you do
outside the ISS?
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