Wednesday
August 7, ARISS contact scheduled with school in
An
International Space Station educational contact is scheduled
The
event is to begin at approximately
This
will be a telebridge contact operated by LU1CGB,
located in
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.
Presentation:
Fleurance
is a town located in the Gers department in the
South-West of France, with a population of 6339 inhabitants. The most famous
gastronomic specialities are the foie gras and more generally all the cooking with duck, the armagnac (a french
digestive), melon and the astronomy.
Every
summer since 1981, Fleurance hosts the largest
European Astronomy Festival where more than 50 astronomers and Space Science
specialists are invited to present their research in front of several thousands
of astronomy enthusiasts. For 8 years, this Festival has developed a children
festival, called Astro-jeunes, in order to introduce
the mysteries of our Universe to children (aged 4 to 16 years old). For the 2013 edition,
we have collaborated with the primary school of Fleurance
and the CE2 students (10 years old) to prepare the contact with the
International Space Station during the Festival. 80 children are involved in
this preparation, and they have benefited from the expertise of the xociety "Le Monde de la Ferme des Etoiles" as well
as of the team of Astro-jeunes (young researchers) to
study the different components of the space station, the different steps of a
rocket launch as well as the observation of the ISS during the night. More than
150 children will attend the contact with the ISS, and they will meet astronaut
Michel Tognini during the week of the 8th Astro-jeunes festival.
The
conversation with astronaut Luca Parmitano KF5KDP
will be conducted in French. Participants will ask as many of following
questions as time allows:
1. Nicolas (07): Pouvez-vous nous décrire ce que vous
avez fait hier dans la station?
2. Manon (08): Combien de temps dure en moyenne un séjour
dans l'ISS?
3. Maxime (08): Comment fait-on pour boire à bord de la
station?
4. Julie (11): D'où vient l'eau que vous utilisez dans l'ISS?
5. François (10): Comment fait-on pour se laver dans la
station?
6. Marine (09): Y a t-il une odeur particulière dans la
station?
7. Tituan (08): Est-ce que
certains de nos sens se développent à bord de l'ISS?
8. Mael (07): Est-ce
confortable de dormir à bord?
9. Ariane (08): Comment fait-on pour aller aux toilettes
dans l'ISS?
10. Simon (09): Comment se déroulent les repas à bord de
la station?
11. Estelle (11): Est-ce difficile d'enfiler une
combinaison spatiale?
12. Jules (09): Pourquoi les astronautes ont besoin d'une
combinaison spatiale dans l'espace?
13. Romane (08): Comment répare-t-on la station spatiale?
14. Noémie (07): Est-ce que
vous aimez être dans l'ISS?
15. Adrien (09): Que se passe t-il en cas d'urgence
médicale dans la station?
16. Elise (08): Comment retourne t-on sur Terre après un
séjour dans l'ISS?
17. Judith (11): Comment se déroule un retour dans la
station après une sortie dans l'espace?
18. Clara (10): Comment quitte-t-on la fusée une fois
arrivé à bord de la station?
19. Timothé (08): Y a t-il des
objets coupants dans l'ISS et comment empêchez vous
les coupures?
20. Julie (12): Est-il possible de mettre la station
spatiale en orbite autour d'une autre planète?
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.
73,
Gaston Bertels – ON4WF
ARISS-Europe chairman