ARISS CONTACT SCHEDULED
An ARISS radio contact is planned for Escola
EBI/JI de
The school EBI/JI de Montenegro is located
at 3 kilometers from the capital of
This ARISS contact is the Physics and
Chemistry teacher Patrícia Raposo’s project. The project involves Manuel
Mil-Homens, the teacher responsible for image and sound, and Dina Ferreira, the
English teacher. There are 20 students involved in the project, classroom
representatives from grades 7th to 9th. Students´ representatives have met with
the teacher in charge to talk about the questions and proceedings.
The radio equipment is provided by REP
(Portuguese Radio Amateur Society). A local radio amateur was contacted to handle
the radio communication. The school also prepared, with the local Radio amateur
Club of Loule, an open session for the educative community about amateur radio.
A press release was sent to regional and
national TV, radio stations and newspapers. Representatives from the City Hall
and the Ministry of Education are invited. Arrangements are made to have the
event documented on video by the Photography and Digital Arts Club students,
supervised by teacher Manuel Mil-Homens. The ARISS contact is also available to
the school community in streaming video, on the official school page.
The direct radio contact will be
operated by CT1REP.
Signals from space will be audible in a wide
area of Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen on 145.800 MHz FM.
Students will ask as many of the
following questions as time allows:
1.
Daniela (13 years): Is it true that during the time of your missions in space,
you grow less old than the same time spent on Earth?
2.
Gilda (12 years): What was your worst experience as an astronaut?
3.
4.
Érica (12 years): What is your daily routine?
5.
Teresa (13 years): What is the most difficult technical equipment to use in the
ISS?
6.
Ândria (12 years): How do you take a shower in the ISS?
7.
Laura (13 years): What do you eat in space?
8.
Leonard (12 years): What is the difference between living in normal gravity
conditions and without gravity?
9.
Beatriz (13 years): Which are the essential skills and training to become an
astronaut?
10.
Érica (13 years): I would like to ask you what is the sensation outside the spaceship?
11.
Carlos (14 years): What type of damage can a meteor shower cause to
earth-orbiting spacecraft like the ISS? How can you prevent that?
12.
Ana (15 years): What are the side effects of gravity on your metabolism? What
do you feel different?
13.
Lucas (14 years): Are you scared when you fly? Are you thinking about the
danger involved?
14.
Beatriz (14 years): How is the sensation of seeing our planet from space? What
is it like?
15.
Alexandre (14 years): What are ISS perspectives for the future?
16.
Alexandre (14 years): Do you think there is any chance for man to land on Mars
in the next ten years?
17.
Emanuel (14 years): What did you feel when you first entered the ISS?
18.
Pedro (14 years): How important is your task for mankind?
19.
Valentyna (14 years): How do you feel in the first ten seconds of the flight?
20.
Valeriya (13 years): What do you miss most from Earth when you are in 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