ARISS contact planned with students in
An International Space Station school
contact has been planned
The contact will be performed by the
amateur radio station SX2ISS and the downlink signals
will be audible over
5th
Geniko Lykeio Katerinis is an upper high school with approximately 440
students, aged 14 to 19. It is a new school (established in 2007). There are
two schools in two buildings forming a letter “U”. The other school is the 2nd
Lyceum of Katerini with another 450 students. The new school has many interesting
features for its students, parents and the local community. The school has won
prizes and honours in various fields (cultural, athletic, scientific)
and its graduates have been accepted in major universities in
Participants will ask as many of the
following questions as time allows:
1.
Savvas (17): While in space, do you realize the time passing by faster or
slower than on earth?
2.
Eva (18): Were you inspired by astronauts or ex-astronauts to become an astronaut as well?
3.
Dimitris (17): For how long are you trained before going to space?
4.
Yannis (17): Have there been any
experiment regarding the reproduction of humans or other species in space ?
5.
Diony(18): Does your team fully change each semester?
6.
Milena(18): Which earth observation made the greatest
impression to you?
7.
Anastasia(17): What are you dealing with currently?
8.
Dina(18): Are you working on the structure of matter
and if yes, what does your research include, in a few words?
9.
Theodore (17): Do the conditions of
space favour the conduct of some experiment’s that cannot be performed in the
conditions of the earth?
10.
Olga(17): To become an astronaut, did your family
encourage you on this decision?
11.
Emilios (17): How do you feel when you meet your family on earth?
12.
Karina (18): Do you communicate with your family and how often?
13.
Konstantinos (16): Do you study about weather conditions. Can you predict
storms? For example?
14.
Giota (16): How are your living conditions beyond earth?
15.
Despoina(16):
Does the global financial crisis affect the astronauts?
16.
Sara(16) : Which was your latest discovery?
17.
Theophilos (17): Is it hard to live in space?
18.
Heleni(16): How is your everyday life?
19.
Trinity (16): Does the food you eat contain any kind of vitamins?
20.
Elefteria(16): Did you find any difficulties on
choosing this job?
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.
Gaston Bertels, ON4WF
ARISS Chairman