Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2021-07-30 04:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Notre Dame Jogakuin Junior and Senior High School, Kyoto, Japan, direct via 8N3ND The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is go for: Tue 2021-08-03 11:10:15 UTC 77 deg Watch for livestream at https://youtu.be/4uL-kHi1Bsw (***) Next mode change is expected to take place in late August 2021. The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The latest list of frequencies in use can be found at https://www.ariss.org/contact-the-iss.html ######################################################################################################################################## A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the telebridge from their own home. **************************************************************************************************************************************** ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the public in general. As such, we may have last minute cancellations or postponements of school contacts. As always, I will try to provide everyone with near-real-time updates. Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements at https://www.ariss.org/ The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19: Postponed: No new schools Cancelled: No new schools **************************************************************************************************************************************** The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (United States) Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education@gmail.com. For future proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Webinars, go to www.ariss.org. About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS).  In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from September to October and from February to April. Please refer to details and the application form at http://www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts Applications should be addressed by email to: school.selection.manager@ariss-eu.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Australia and Russia) Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by filling out an application. Please direct questions to the appropriate regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate coordinator. For the application, go to: https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html. ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to: ve3tbd@gmail.com ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to: ariss@iaru-r3.org, Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/ ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n@amsat.org or aj9n@aol.com. ******************************************************************************* All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted. ******************************************************************************* Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for troubleshooting. Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest news on the troubleshooting efforts. If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke@sbcglobal.net The HamTV webpage: https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/ ******************************************************************************* ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Sergey RV3DR with 154 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 141 Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Gaston ON4WF with 123 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1463. Each school counts as 1 event. Year Direct % Telebridge % Direct/ % Direct/ Total Direct Telebridge Telebridge Telebridge 2000 1 100.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 2001 25 59.52 17 40.48 0 0.00 42 2002 25 60.98 16 39.02 0 0.00 41 2003 29 74.36 10 25.64 0 0.00 39 2004 25 71.43 10 28.57 0 0.00 35 2005 37 67.27 18 32.73 0 0.00 55 2006 31 65.96 16 34.04 0 0.00 47 2007 51 68.00 24 32.00 0 0.00 75 2008 33 53.23 29 46.77 0 0.00 62 2009 57 47.11 62 51.24 2 1.65 121 2010 31 64.58 16 33.33 1 2.08 48 2011 86 69.35 38 30.65 0 0.00 124 2012 51 54.84 42 45.16 0 0.00 93 2013 46 49.46 40 43.01 7 7.53 93 2014 50 72.46 19 27.54 0 0.00 69 2015 41 58.57 26 37.14 3 4.29 70 2016 51 57.95 37 42.05 0 0.00 88 2017 58 59.79 35 36.08 4 4.12 97 2018 59 69.41 26 30.59 0 0.00 85 2019 43 48.31 35 39.33 11 12.36 89 2020 22 59.46 15 40.54 0 0.00 37 2021 19 36.54 32 61.54 1 1.92 52 Grand 871 59.54 563 38.48 29 1.98 1463 Total Average 39.59 25.59 1.32 66.50 Per year Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1393. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Year Direct % Telebridge % Direct/ % Direct/ Total Direct Telebridge Telebridge Telebridge 2000 1 100.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 2001 25 59.52 17 40.48 0 0.00 42 2002 24 60.00 16 40.00 0 0.00 40 2003 29 74.36 10 25.64 0 0.00 39 2004 25 71.43 10 28.57 0 0.00 35 2005 36 66.67 18 33.33 0 0.00 54 2006 31 65.96 16 34.04 0 0.00 47 2007 51 68.00 24 32.00 0 0.00 75 2008 33 60.00 22 40.00 0 0.00 55 2009 57 47.11 62 51.24 2 1.65 121 2010 31 64.58 16 33.33 1 2.08 48 2011 78 67.24 38 32.76 0 0.00 116 2012 51 54.84 42 45.16 0 0.00 93 2013 45 50.56 40 44.94 4 4.49 89 2014 48 73.85 17 26.15 0 0.00 65 2015 37 61.67 22 36.67 1 1.67 60 2016 51 57.95 37 42.05 0 0.00 88 2017 50 61.73 29 35.80 2 2.47 81 2018 54 68.35 25 31.65 0 0.00 79 2019 42 53.16 31 39.24 6 7.59 79 2020 22 59.46 15 40.54 0 0.00 37 2021 19 38.78 29 59.18 1 2.04 49 Grand 840 60.30 536 38.48 17 1.22 1393 Total Average 38.18 24.36 0.77 63.32 Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: South Dakota, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS, GB1SS ***************************************************************************** The ARISS (a joint effort of AMSAT, the ARRL, NASA, the ARISS international partners including Canada, Russia, the European Partners, and Japan) operations team wishes to announce the following very tentative schedule for ARISS school contacts. This schedule is very fluid and may change at the last minute. Remember that amateur radio use on the ISS is considered secondary. Please check the various AMSAT and ARISS webpages for the latest announcements. Changes from the last announcement are noted with (***). Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz unless otherwise noted. ***************************************************************************** Other web sites that may be of interest include: ARRL related websites: http://www.arrl.org/amateur-radio-on-the-international-space-station http://www.arrl.org/ariss =============================================================================== AMSAT related websites: https://www.amsat.org Latest ARISS announcements and news https://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/ariss/ Successful school list https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf =============================================================================== NASA related websites: Main page: https://www.nasa.gov/ For Educators: https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/index.html For Students: https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/index.html https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/teachingfromspace/students/ariss.html (instructions for US schools wanting to apply for a contact may be found here) For Media: https://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/index.html =============================================================================== The ISS Fan Club website is: http://www.issfanclub.eu =============================================================================== Additional information may be found on the amsat.org calendar of events for where to find the audio on EchoLink, IRLP and Shoutcast. =============================================================================== Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contact https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 =============================================================================== Exp. 64 on orbit Oleg Novitskiy Pyotr Dubrov Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP SpaceX-Crew 2 on orbit Meghan McArthur (Behnken) Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD =============================================================================== To let you in on how tough it is to schedule contacts, here are some of the constraints the ARISS mentors must work under: Each Increment is about 26 weeks in length. For any given expedition, we typically may not schedule: 1. Anything the first 3 weeks. 2. During EVA weeks 3. At least 2 weeks prior to the Increment change. 4. No contacts during meal and exercise periods. 5. No contacts during post-sleep and pre sleep (before Ø8:ØØ UTC and after 19:3Ø UTC) 6. Contacts on the day of Progress docking or undocking are circumspect. Mike Fincke KE5AIT and Gennady Padalka RN3DT produced a video during their stay on Expedition 9. You can get the QuickTime version (209MB) or the Windows Media version (152MB). These files are huge, so only a broadband connection is recommended. Thanks Mike and Gennady! QuickTime: https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/Video/Expedition9Tour.mov Windows Media: https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/Video/Expedition9tourwmv.wmv Doug Wheelock KF5BOC produced a YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h73EYcyszf8 Gregory Reid Wiseman KF5LKT is in a short YouTube video. https://youtu.be/5nLFNG-Njlo A discussion on Doppler correction and the ISS frequencies may be found at https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction.rtf This file was updated 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC ******************************************************************************* ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUDIO STREAMING THAT IS PROVIDED BY Verizon Business. 1. Go to designated homepage URL. 2. Click on Audioconferencing. 3. Click on Audio Streaming. 4. Click on Join. 5. Enter conference meeting number. 6. Enter passcode (case sensitive) and there are 11 letters max. 7. Enter name. 8. Enter email address. 9. Enter company, use ARISS or AMSAT if you want. 10. Enter title (optional). 11. Agree to agreement policy. 12. Click proceed. 13. Wait for contact to start. If you are there too early, then you will probably hear music. Contact streaming should start approximately 6 minutes before AOS. ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE USE OF IRLP, ECHOLINK, and Webcast. IRLP website at: http://www.discoveryreflector.ca If using IRLP is more convenient for you than using EchoLink, please connect to the IRLP reflector 9Ø1Ø. The Discovery 9Ø1Ø Reflector also has streaming audio available. Once on the main page, select "audio library" on the left sidebar. The prompt to join the audio stream is posted at the top of this page. More directly, you can go to http://www.discoveryreflector.ca:8ØØØ/listen.pls The audio stream will be delayed. Additional information on the IRLP Discovery Reflector requirements: The use of the Discovery Reflector requires that your audio player have ability to play a pls file. Confirm that your player has that file. You should also confirm that port 8Ø8Ø is open to allow the audio stream. Here is how to check Realplayer: 1.  Open up Realplayer 2.  Tools>Preferences>Content Media Types> click on Select located under the Manual button.  You should see .pls as one of the accepted files   Here is how to check Winamp: 1.  Open up Winamp 2.  Options>preference>General preference>file types You should see pls as one of the accepted files Additional information may be found on the amsat.org calendar of events for where to find the audio on EchoLink, IRLP and Shoutcast. You can connect to the AMSAT Conference Room server at node 1Ø1377. Audio is also available at times on the JK1ZRW server at node 2772Ø8. Please connect to the *JK1ZRW* server to keep the load light on the *AMSAT* server.  This will ensure good audio quality for all listeners. For latest information on ISS - school contact audio feeds into EchoLink, please check the AMSAT calendar of events at: https://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/fieldops/events.php Simulation contacts are terrestrial contacts that provide training for the astronauts on the use of the ARISS equipment before going on orbit. Notre Dame Jogakuin Junior and Senior High School, Kyoto, Japan, direct via 8N3ND The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG Contact is go for: Tue 2021-08-03 11:10:15 UTC 77 deg Watch for livestream at https://youtu.be/4uL-kHi1Bsw (***) Proposed questions generated by the Notre Dame Jogakuin Junior and Senior High School students: 1. When did you decide to become an astronaut? 2. Was your mission impacted by COVID-19 restrictions? What measures were taken to stay safe and healthy? 3. How many pieces of luggage can you usually bring from the earth? Also, what did you bring this time? 4. How do you move from a spacecraft or rocket to the ISS? 5. What is the best thing about being in space? 6. What was the most dangerous thing you experienced? 7. What do you do if you get ill? 8. What do you want to do after you come back to earth?　 9. How did you learn English? 10. How do you maintain levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the ISS? 11. What made you want to become an astronaut? 12. What did you think when you first experienced weightlessness? 13. At what altitude are you flying? ====================================================================== 1st Ono Group Hyogo Council Scout Association of Japan, Ono, Japan, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled astronaut is Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI, Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD, Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP (***) TBD UTC Proposed questions generated by the 1st Ono Group Hyogo Council Scout Association of Japan students: TBD ====================================================================== Carl Fuhlrott-Gymnasium, Wuppertal, Germany, direct via DN1CFG The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled astronaut is Shane Kimbrough KE5HOD, Akihiko Hoshide KE5DNI, or Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP (***) TBD UTC Proposed questions generated by the Carl Fuhlrott-Gymnasium students: 1. How do you like being in space and what do you do all day? 2. How do you brush your teeth up there? Can you take a shower? 3. Do you live sustainably on the ISS? 4. What do you do in your free time? I hope you have some at all. 5. Do astronauts have privacy? How do you manage living with so many astronauts in a confined space? 6. Does zero gravitiy and the remoteness of the station have any effects on your psyche? 7. Are there any implicit rules among the astronauts and cosmonauts on the ISS? 8. Did you take any personal items with you to remind you of your expedition? 9. Where does the oxygen on the ISS come from? Is the photobioreactor experiment using algae still working and which usage could it have? 10. How does an EVA-activity feel? 11. Have you ever experienced/seen anything that you could not explain scientifically? 12. At our observatory, we have observed several exoplanets with the transition method. Do you also have experiments on sky observation on the ISS? Maybe even exoplanets? 13. How optimistic are you while searching for black matter? 14. How does zero gravity influence muscle building and muscle loss during and after your mission? Could you help influence this with muscle building drugs? 15. Sufficient sleep forms the basis for an effective muscle build-up. Is it therefore necessary to prepare yourselves for sleeping in the Space station or do you need to get used to the conditions first to get a restful sleep? 16. What do you think of private companies building rockets for manned space flight instead of the national space agencies? 17. Do you think it will be possible to live on Mars or on other planets until 2050, as Elon Musk plans to? 18. Is CIMON-2 still with you on the ISS? What would you like a robot companion do for you? 19. What are the advantages of cancer research in space? Are there already any benefits for patients on Earth? ====================================================================== Hino Elementary School & Canna Project-Canna School Contact Team, Suzaka, Japan, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC Proposed questions generated by the Hino Elementary School & Canna Project-Canna School students: TBD ====================================================================== Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC, multi-point telebridge via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC Proposed questions generated by the Children’s National Hospital students: TBD ====================================================================== SPDW Voortrekker Movement, Oranjeville, South Africa, direct via ZS9SPD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC Proposed questions generated by the SPDW Voortrekker Movement students: 1. I am absolutely stunned at the thought of spacewalking... Are you scared before you go out of the spaceship to do a spacewalk? How do you feel inside your heart and your mind after you have completed a spacewalk? Does your body feel different? 2. Do you have any free time and how do you spend it. 3. Do you really think human existence will be possible on Mars in the future? 4. Lots of money (I talk about lots of Billions are spent on gaining information from "Outer space" Don't you think a better dream would have been to uplift people on earth, before looking for a better life out in space? 5. What is the feeling you experienced while you were going up into space. 6. How do you prepare your food in space and where do you get water from to drink? 7. Where do you get the oxygen from to breath while you are up there? 8. Are there any changes to your body while you are up in space? 9. How do you navigate in space, where do you know where you are going? Do you use maps, compass or GPS? 10. What happens when any of the crew gets sick? 11. Can you take your phone into space and is there signal in space? How do you contact your family at home? 12. How do you sleep in space when you are always floating around? 13. You spend long hours/days/weeks away from earth. Do you ever feel down and depressed in space? What do you do to combat down/depressed feelings? 14. My siblings and I grow up in the same house, is taught the same set of rules, yet we seem to fight a lot. What difference do you experience with the different people on ISS? from different... Countries, Culture, Houses? Do you fight with each other? 15. How does a "very active" person on earth, adapt to a "sit in one place in a spaceship? 16. You try to grow produce on ISS. Did you taste it? Can you define the taste? 17. On the farm my dad uses cow dung to fertilize vegetables, do you use the poop in your vegetable garden? 18. In space there is a lot of stuff that was made by humans... eg satellites... In 2020 the planning is to add 12000 extra satellites in space...How often do you see items like these in space? 19. Do you think humans have polluted space? ====================================================================== Lycée Pierre Paul Riquet, St Orens De Gameville, France and CSUT University Space Center of Toulouse, Toulouse, France, Direct via F4KLD or Multi-point telebridge via TBD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG TBD UTC Proposed questions generated by the Lycée Pierre Paul Riquet and CSUT University Space Center of Toulouse students: 1. Si vous retourniez en enfance, qu'est-ce que vous auriez aimé voir comme mise en scène du spatial dans la culture pop? 2. Concevez-vous le métier de spationaute comme plus difficile pour les femmes, dans la mesure où les femmes sont bien moins présentes que leurs homologues masculins dans la conquête spatiale? 3. Quel est votre ressenti vis à vis des contraintes pour communiquer avec vos proches? 4. Qu'est-ce qui vous pousse à aller dans l'espace malgré les problèmes que cela pourrait causer sur votre santé? 5. S’il y a une catastrophe naturelle et qu’elle perturbe les communications de l’ISS avec la Terre, comment vous en sortez-vous? 6. Nous avons entendu dire que, avant de dormir, vous voyez des flashs bleus causés par les radiations spatiales, est-ce vrai? 7. L'expérience éducative TETRISS des étudiants de l'IUT de Toulouse doit permettre de visualiser des ondes en 3D. Avez-vous déjà réalisé une expérience comme celle-ci? 8. Un étudiant sourd a participé au développement de l'expérience TETRIS. Quel message voudriez-vous passer aux malentendants passionnés par l’Espace? 9. Nous aimerions savoir si, comme dans le film Sergio and Sergei, vous avez déjà capté, dans l’ISS, par erreur des signaux de radioamateurs venant de la Terre? 10. Pour la préparation de votre mission, est ce vous avez dû mettre entre parenthèse votre vie de famille, est ce que c’est compliqué de la maintenir? 11. Est-ce que vous avez hésité et est-ce que ça vous faisait peur de partir dans l’espace? 12. Comment vivez-vous le fait d’être aussi loin de la Terre? 13. Lors de vos différentes missions dans l'espace, avez-vous constaté une évolution de la déforestation sur Terre? 14. Quelles sont les qualités qui vous ont permis d'être recruté par l'ESA et de devenir spationaute? 15. Si un jour vous avez l’opportunité d’aller sur la Lune, quelle serait votre première pensée lors de votre premier pas sur le sol lunaire? 16. Durant cette mission, appréhendez-vous d'être le commandant de bord de l’ISS? 17. Au-delà du métier de spationaute, avez-vous encore des rêves? 18. Ressentez-vous des effets du vent solaire dans l’espace? 19. Entendez-vous les sons comme sur la Terre? 20. Aviez vous un modèle qui vous a motivé à devenir spationaute? 1. If you had to go back to when you were a kid, what sorts of representations of space would you like to see in pop culture? 2. Do you consider the job of astronaut more difficult for women, knowing that there are less women than men in the space domain? 3. How do you feel about the constraints of communicating with your loved ones? 4. What drives you to go to space despite the health problems it could cause? 5. If there is a natural disaster which disturbs the communications between the ISS and the Earth, what will happen for you? 6. We heard that before sleeping you see blue flashes because of space radiations, is that true? 7. The TETRISS educational experiment of the students from the University Technology Institute of Toulouse should make it possible to visualize waves in 3D. Have you ever conductED an experiment like this? 8. A deaf student has taken part in the development of the TETRIS experiment. What message would you like to deliver to hearing-impaired people who are enthusiastic about Space? 9. We'd like to know if, as in the film Sergio and Sergei, you've already mistakenly received amateur radio signals from Earth in the ISS? 10. When preparing for your mission, did you have to put your family life on hold, and is it complicated to maintain it? 11. Did you hesitate and were you scared of going to space? 12. How do you live the fact of being so far from Earth? 13. During your missions in space, have you noticed an evolution of deforestation on Earth? 14. What are the qualities required to be an astronaut and be hired by the ESA? 15. If one day you have the opportunity to go to the Moon, what will be your first thought for your first step on the lunar soil? 16. For this mission, are you apprehensive about being the ISS captain? 17. Beyond being an astronaut, do you still have dreams 18. Do you feel the effects of solar flare in space? 19. Can you hear sounds the same as on Earth? 20. Do you have a model that inspired you for this job? ====================================================================== Prescott Unified School District, Dewey, AZ, direct via W8Y The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC Proposed questions generated by the Prescott Unified School District students: TBD ====================================================================== Civil Air Patrol – Illinois Wing, St Charles, IL, direct via W9CAP The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC Proposed questions generated by the Civil Air Patrol – Illinois Wing students: TBD ====================================================================== Museum of Science & Technology (MOST), Syracuse, NY, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC Proposed questions generated by the Museum of Science & Technology (MOST) students: TBD ====================================================================== Mary Hare School, Newbury, UK, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC Proposed questions generated by the Mary Hare School students: TBD ====================================================================== Ecole Louis Armand, Carquefou, France, Institut Universitaire de Technologie, Carquefou, France, Collège Les Sables D‟Or, Thouare Sur Loire, France; direct via F5KEQ/P The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be FXØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG TBD UTC Proposed questions generated by the Ecole Louis Armand, Institut Universitaire de Technologie, and Collège Les Sables D‟Or students: TBD ====================================================================== Jean Alloitteau School, Vinça, France, direct via F1MOJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG TBD UTC Proposed questions generated by the Jean Alloitteau School students: 1. Quelle a été l’épreuve la plus dure pour devenir astronaute? 2. Est-ce que ça fait peur quand la fusée décolle? 3. Est-ce que vous vous êtes déjà perdu dans l’ISS lors de votre première expédition (2016)? 4. Est-ce que dans l’ISS, c’est comme à la maison? 5. Est-ce que les odeurs à bord de l’ISS sont les mêmes que sur Terre? 6. Quelles sensations cela fait d’être en apesanteur? 7. Lorsque vous buvez de l'eau, buvez-vous uniquement votre propre urine recyclée ou aussi celle de vos collègues? 8. Comment lavez-vous vos vêtements dans l’ISS? 9. Avez-vous déjà vu des OVNI dans l’espace? 10. Avez-vous déjà mangé de la Chlorolla vulgaris, l’algue qui transforme le CO2 en oxygène? 11. Quelles sensations éprouvez-vous lorsque vous faites des sorties extravéhiculaires? 12. Lorsque vous avez un astronaute malade dans l’ISS, comment le soignez-vous? 13. Pourquoi les combinaisons des astronautes sont-elles toujours blanches? 14. Est-ce que vous pouvez amener des animaux dans l’ISS? 15. Pourquoi cherche-t-on des signes de vie sur Mars, alors qu’en Afrique il y a des petits enfants qui meurent de faim? 16. Est-ce que vous avez remarqué beaucoup de pollution dans l'espace? 17. Avez-vous eu à résoudre de graves problèmes techniques dans l’ISS? 18. Comment mettez-vous les combinaisons pour sortir dans l’espace? 19. Est-ce que ton prochain projet serait d’aller sur la Lune ou Mars? 20. Est-ce que le retour dans l’atmosphère fait mal? 1. What was the hardest part of becoming an astronaut? 2. Is it scary when the rocket takes off? 3. Did you ever get lost in the ISS on your first expedition (2016)? 4. Is the ISS like home? 5. Are the smells on board the ISS the same as on Earth? 6. How does it feel to be weightless? 7. When you drink water, do you only drink your own recycled urine or also that of your colleagues? 8. How do you wash your clothes in the ISS? 9. Have you ever seen UFOs in space? 10. Have you ever eaten Chlorolla vulgaris, the algae that turns CO2 into oxygen? 11. How do you feel when you do spacewalks? 12. When you have a sick astronaut on the ISS, how do you treat him? 13. Why are astronaut suits always white color? 14. Can you bring animals to the ISS? 15. Why are we looking for signs of life on Mars, while in Africa there are little children dying of hunger? 16. Have you noticed a lot of pollution in space? 17. Did you have to solve any serious technical problems in the ISS? 18. How do you put on your spacesuits to get out into space? 19. Is your next project going to go to the Moon or Mars? 20. Does the return to the atmosphere hurt? ====================================================================== Hospital School Program in partnership with Seacrest Studios at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC Proposed questions generated by the Hospital School Program students: TBD ====================================================================== Tarwater Elementary School, Chandler, AZ, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC Proposed questions generated by the Tarwater Elementary School students: TBD ====================================================================== Colegio Pumahue Temuco, Temuco, Chile, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC Proposed questions generated by the Colegio Pumahue Temuco students: TBD ====================================================================== Wolfgang-Kubelka-Realschule (WKR), Schondorf am Ammersee, Germany, telebridge via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled astronaut is Matthias Maurer KI5KFH TBD UTC Proposed questions generated by the Wolfgang-Kubelka-Realschule (WKR) students: TBD ====================================================================== Berufliche Schule Direktorat 1 Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany, telebridge via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled astronaut is Matthias Maurer KI5KFH TBD UTC Proposed questions generated by the Berufliche Schule Direktorat 1 Nürnberg students: TBD ====================================================================== Savannah River Academy, Grovetown, GA, via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC Proposed questions generated by the Savannah River Academy students: TBD ====================================================================== DLR_School_Lab Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany, direct via DN2DLR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DPØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled astronaut is Matthias Maurer KI5KFH TBD UTC Proposed questions generated by the DLR_School_Lab Braunschweig students: TBD ====================================================================== Technisches Bildungszentrum Mitte (TBZ Mitte), Bremen, Germany, direct via DN3HB AND Carl Prueter Oberschule, Sulingen, Germany, direct via DLØCPS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be DPØISS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled astronaut is Matthias Maurer KI5KFH TBD UTC Proposed questions generated by the DLR_School_Lab Braunschweig students: TBD ====================================================================== Scouts Victoria (Radio and Electronics Team), Mt Waverley, Victoria, Australia, via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC Proposed questions generated by the Scouts Victoria students: TBD ====================================================================== Currently the ARISS operations team has a list of 60 schools that we hope will be able to have a contact during 2020. As the schedule becomes more solidified, we will be letting everyone know. Current plans call for an average of one scheduled school contact per week. 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors