ARISS school contact planned
An International Space Station school
contact has been planned Wednesday 14 November with participants at Gujarat
Council Of Science City, Ahmedabad,
The contact will be a telebridge
operated by IK1SLD, located in northern
The contact will be broadcast on EchoLink AMSAT (node 101 377) and JK1ZRW (node 277 208) Conference servers, as well as on IRLP Discovery Reflector 9010.
Gujarat Science City (GSC), working
under the aegis of Department of Science & Technology, Government of
Gujarat, is emerging as a large-scale science popularization platform in the
country to promote innovative and experimental activities through hands-on
activities and minds-on exposures.
The approach and methodology of the
Gujarat Science City is focused on informal community based learning which is
different from the formal mode of education. All of the programs are intended
to enliven the imagination, foster creativity and develop a spirit of inquiry,
especially in young minds. Schoolchildren, during their visit, are discovering
the wonders of science and technology and get an access to the most exciting
and contemporary form of entertainment regardless of the social stratum,
education or age group and create a culture of learning.
Participants will ask as many of the
following questions as time allows:
1. How sun and moon look like from ISS?
2. Do you observe any extra solar or
lunar eclipse on space during your journey?
3. How many hours you work and how many
hours you take rest?
4. What do you do for entertainment?
5. What do you eat?
6. What are your main
work at ISS?
7. Do persons on the ISS have the opportunity
to practice their religion daily?
8. How you keep
yourself acquainted with daily happenings on earth?
9. Do you know, today is special day for
Gujarati community as well as for the Indian Children?
10. After coming back, would you like to
go again to ISS?
11. Are you planning to visit India and
Gujarat to encourage us?
12. How you maintain cleanliness at ISS?
13. Can you brief us about your daily
routine?
14. How you keep yourself fit?
15. Which personality inspired you to join
NASA?
16. Before joining NASA, as a student
how many hours you used to study?
17. What is the time now in Space
Station and how do you know when it is Day and
Night time ?
18. How you enjoy the ice cream in the
ISS which was sent from Earth?
19. What fuels the Space Station and is
there any difficulty in getting fuels for ISS?
20. On returning to Earth, how many days
astronauts normally take to readjust with the Earth‘s gravity?
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