[sarex] ARISS Event TODAY -- Maple Ave. Elementary School, NH

["Scott H. Stevens / N3ASA" <n3asa@xxxxxxxxx>]

The next International Space Station's Expedition 10 ARISS 
school contact will be with students at the Maple Avenue 
Elementary, Goffstown, New Hampshire on Tuesday, 5 April 
2005. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 
18:26 UTC.

This contact will be direct between stations NA1SS and 
KB1GDA, so it should be audible to anyone in southern 
Ontario and Quebec as well as the northeast United States 
listening in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants 
will conduct the conversation in English.

***Audio should be available for this contact***
Via EchoLink in the following conference rooms:
     AMSAT node 101377
     EDU_NET node 77992
     See further notes below

Students will ask as many of the following questions as 
time allows:

1. How many people are on the Space Station?
2. Do you get lonely in space?
3. How long does it take you to get to the Space Station 
from Earth?
4. How do you dispose of garbage from the Space Station?
5. What do the stars look like from outer space?
6. How heavy are the spacesuits?
7. What is your favorite storm to watch from space?
8. Have you found anything on the moon or in space?
9. Have you ever brought an animal up in space with you 
and if so, what kind?
10. Can you tell us about the jobs and experiments that 
you have undertaken thus far?
11. How long are you able to breathe when you are walking 
in space?
12. Why can't children go in space?
13. How can you carry oxygen into space?
14. Have you ever gone near an asteroid field?
15. What is one of your most exciting experiences you have 
had in space?
16. What environmental factors are encountered in outer 
space?
17. When you are in gravity with the spacesuit on, do you 
feel like a heavyweight champion?
18. What do you do when you have a malfunction or an oil 
leak?
19. Are there different types of space suits?
20. How is the Space Station laid out?

Please note, the amateur equipment on the ISS will be 
turned off prior to the beginning of the contact. It will 
be returned to service as quickly as possible.

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. 
Further information on the ARISS programme is available on 
the website http://www.rac.ca/ariss (graciously hosted by 
the Radio Amateurs of Canada). Information about the next 
scheduled ARISS contact can be found at 
http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact.

EchoLink Notes
The contact between the ISS and school lasts for about 15 
minutes +/-. During this contact, we appreciate everyone's 
patience and understanding. We must mute everyone except 
Dieter, KX4Y to avoid inadvertent, interfering 
transmissions into the conference room. Thanks for your 
understanding and cooperation.

Thank you & 73,
Scott H. Stevens / N3ASA
ARISS Team Member
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