ARISS contact planned with Indiana Area
School District, Indiana, PA
An ARISS
educational radio contact is planned with Indiana Area School District, Indiana
County, Pennsylvania. The event is scheduled Friday October 17, 2014 at 16:41:45
UTC, which is 18.42 CEST. It will be a telebridge
contact, operated by IK1SLD.
Downlink signals
will be audible in Europe on 145.800 MHz narrowband FM.
Moreover, 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.
School information:
Indiana,
Pennsylvania is a rural town with a population of 32,000 that is situated sixty
miles northeast of Pittsburgh. Our residents enjoy the convenient
proximity to a major city, as well as the community-feel and lifestyle of a
small town. The Indiana Area School District has provided a dynamic
high-quality educational program for over 170 years. Our four K-5
elementary schools, one 6-8 junior high school and one 9-12 senior high school
serve 2800 students district wide.
In addition to
distinguished academic achievement, our students’ activities include
fundraising for a variety of charitable causes, school and community
leadership, as well as setting new standards for excellence in both academic and athletics competitions. In fact, we currently boast two National
Merit Scholarship semi-finalists and a third honoree. We are proud of our student’s
accomplishments!
Our dynamic
school programs are part of the building blocks for student success. Beginning with a commitment to early
childhood and pre-K programs to increase student learning readiness, to the
rigor and challenge of enrichment options at the elementary school level. Our secondary programs include an array of
Advanced Placement and STEM course offerings, dual enrollment options, and our
own cyber school option for students.
Many local residents will tell you, “Indiana, PA is a great place to
raise a family.” This is true because we
blend the small town community with a school system that continually strives to
provide cutting-edge programs that prepare students to be successful citizens.
Students will ask
as many of following questions as time allows:
1. Chase: How many countries are involved in the
International Space Station?
2. Josh: Can you
feel the cold of space through your space suit?
3. Liam: Do you
believe that there is intelligent life thriving somewhere in the universe?
4. Dave: Does being weightless have any long-term
effects on the human body?
5. Laura: When do you think we will have the technology
for astronauts to travel farther in space?
6. Andre: Which
of the research projects that you are working on right now, has the most
scientific potential?
7. Axel: Who has
the most control over the spacecraft?
The astronauts, stabilization auto-pilot, or mission control?
8. Breanna: What
is the scariest thing that has ever happened to you in space?
9. Maddie
Redhead-Kriston:
Are space suits comfortable?
10. Erica: How do
you help your families deal with the dangers of your job?
11. Isabelle:
What is the most common misconception teenagers may have about space?
12. Brandon: Do
you have any anxiety because you are nowhere near the safety of Earth?
13. Nathan: What
college, and what major, would you recommend for someone to become an
astronaut?
14. Shaelyn: What is the most interesting, or strangest, thing
you have seen in the space station?
15. Tavan: What surprised you the most when you first arrived
in space?
16. Maddie Todd:
Do you foresee a day when space colonies will be real?
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