Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-01-17 16:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Morita Junior High School, Fukui, Japan, direct via 8J9MO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Wed 2020-01-22 08:00:46 UTC 27 deg Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Wed 2020-01-22 17:21:36 UTC 32 deg Watch for a live stream starting about 15 minutes before AOS at: www.ariotti.com (***) 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) Message to US Educators  Amateur Radio on the International Space Station  Contact Opportunity  Call for Proposals  Upcoming Proposal Window is February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS.  ARISS is happy to announce a proposal window will open February 1, 2020 for contacts that would be held between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan.  The proposal window for contacts between January 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021 will open on February 1, 2020 and close on March 31, 2020.  Proposal information and documents can be found at www.ariss.org. Two ARISS Introductory Webinar sessions will be held on November 7, 2019. The first is at 6:00 PM ET and the second is at 9:00 PM ET. The same material will be covered during both sessions, so choose the session that best fits your schedule. The Eventbrite link to sign up is https://ariss-introductory-webinar-fall-2019.eventbrite.com . The Opportunity  Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session.  An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in dates and times of the radio contact.  Amateur Radio organizations around the world with the support of NASA and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe present educational organizations with this opportunity. The ham radio organizations' volunteer efforts provide the equipment and operational support to enable communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world using Amateur Radio.   More Information For 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. Please direct any questions to ariss.us.education@gmail.com. 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: Francesco IKØWGF with 140 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 137 Sergey RV3DR with 131 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 1375. 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 4.17 97 2018 59 69.41 26 30.59 0 0.00 85 2019 43 48.31 35 39.33 12 12.36 89 2020 1 100.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 Grand 831 60.44 516 37.53 28 2.04 1375 Total Average 39.57 25.80 1.40 65.48 Per year Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1308. 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 1 100.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 1 Grand 80 61.16 492 37.61 16 1.22 1308 Total Average 38.10 24.60 0.80 62.29 Per year 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, Wyoming, 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. ***************************************************************************** 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. 59 on orbit Christina Koch Exp. 60 on orbit Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Alexander Skvortsov Drew Morgan KI5AAA Exp. 61 on orbit Oleg Skripochka Jessica Meir =============================================================================== 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. Morita Junior High School, Fukui, Japan, direct via 8J9MO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Wed 2020-01-22 08:00:46 UTC 27 deg Proposed questions generated by Morita Junior High School students: 1. What happens when you heat water in space? 2. What does the Earth look like from space? 3. When you are in space, how much does your body weight change? 4. What is your favorite space food? 5. What is the most fun thing to do in space? 6. What do you do, when you have a toothache a disease on the ISS? 7. How far does your saliva go when you sneeze in the ISS? 8. Have you ever had a serious disease in space? 9. What is the first thing you want to do when you come back to earth? 10. When you were in junior high school, what did you want to be in the future? 11. How big does the Earth look the ISS? 12. What is the biggest inconvenience on the ISS? 13. What experiment do you do in space? 14. What makes you the most excited in space? 15. How do you talk during outboard activities? ====================================================================== Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Canada, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP Contact is go for: Wed 2020-01-22 17:21:36 UTC 32 deg Watch for a live stream starting about 15 minutes before AOS at: www.ariotti.com (***) Proposed questions generated by Ontario Science Centre students: 1. Did you have an opinion about extra-terrestrial life before being on the ISS; has being on the ISS changed your views? 2. Being a mature woman, I have done a lot of cleaning. Has seeing Earth from near-space given you any thoughts on modifying existing technology, say attachments to airplanes, to help with excess greenhouse gas clean-up? 3. Have you seen space junk? How bad is the problem? 4. Did you always want to be an astronaut? What did your parents think? 5. What personal item did you bring with you and why? 6. What do you miss most about your usual life? 7. What is the most stressful situation in space you have experienced and how did it turn out? 8. What life lesson have you brought back that you can share with us from your most stressful situation in space? 9. How do you relieve boredom on ISS? Do you play with fidget toys, Silly Putty, games, music? 10. Does food taste different on the space station? How do you deal with food cravings? 11. What effects of microgravity have been the hardest to adjust to? 12. What are your thoughts on the portrayal of space in movies? 13. What does space look like from the International Space Station? 14. What is your favourite view of Earth from the space station? 15. What are your three favourite things about being on the space station? 16. Do you miss being able to go out for a walk whenever you want? ====================================================================== Agrupamento de Escolas Serafim Leite, São João da Madeira, Portugal, direct via CS2ASL The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP or [Drew Morgan KI5AAA + Cosmonaut] TBD UTC Proposed questions generated by Agrupamento de Escolas Serafim Leite students: 1. What is your daily routine like on board? 2. When you have a health problem what do you do? Are there any doctors on board? 3. When astronauts go to space for how long do they stay there? 4. Do you miss family? 5. Do you remember the very first moment that you look outside de ISS and saw the planet earth? What did you felt and did you think of someone special? 6. How do you bath in a ship? 7. How can you get water in space? 8. What is it like to live in the ISS? 9. What kind of experiences take place from the ISS and what are the advantages of making them from there? 10. How is it possible to create an atmosphere within the ISS? 11. Is the perception of time on board of the ISS different from the one you have on Earth? 12. How many hours of exercise should an astronaut do each day? 13. What effects does space flight have on the human body, and what do you feel? 14. When you are not working what do you do? 15. Being a different profession how old did you realize you wanted to be an astronaut? 16. What do you miss the most about Earth? 17. How can weightlessness influence the health of astronauts? 18. Tell us about your adventure in space? 19. How can you communicate with your family? 20. Do you feel scared when you are in space? 21. How and where do they sleep? 22. How long do astronauts train to perform space missions? 23. Do you have any specific food when you are on missions? 24. In an emergency situation can you all return to Earth? ====================================================================== Primary School “Jovan Jovanović Zmaj“, Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, direct via YU7BPQ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP or [Drew Morgan KI5AAA + Cosmonaut] TBD UTC The school has started a blog: https://022tothemoonandback.zmajsm.edu.rs/ Proposed questions generated by the Primary School “Jovan Jovanović Zmaj“ students: 1. Which planet would you like to visit and why? 2. What manmade wonders can you see from space? 3. What is the furthest spot on the horizon and what can you see around you? 4. Why is the temperature at ISS at constant 38 degrees? 5. What do you do when you cut yourself? 6. What do you do when you can’t sleep? 7. What kind of music do you listen to and who chooses it? 8. What do you do for fun? 9. What is your favourite thing about space? 10. Is your space suit comfortable? 11. Is life in space difficult? 12. Can you eat ice cream in space? 13. What is your today’s daily menu? 14. Do you prefer taking off or landing and why? 15. What do you miss most about Earth? 16. Can you see thunders and lightening on Earth? 17. What would you do if it happens that you drift away from ISS? 18. What do you do when you get ill? 19. What does it feel like when you get back to Earth? 20. How does the Earth look from above? ====================================================================== Golden Gate Middle School, Naples, FL, direct via W4LX The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP or [Drew Morgan KI5AAA + Cosmonaut] TBD UTC ====================================================================== Kittredge Magnet School, Atlanta, GA, direct via KQ4KMS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Drew Morgan KI5AAA TBD UTC Proposed questions generated by the Kittredge Magnet School students: 1. What education is required to become an astronaut? Do you have any advice for students who want to become astronauts? 2. Is an American always "in charge" on the ISS or do the different countries take turns? 3. Do you only go to the ISS with the same team, or do you meet new people every time you go? 4. Is there a “waiting list” for countries that want to be part of an ISS team, and is there a maximum number of team members at one time? 5. How do you communicate with fellow astronauts aboard the ISS when there is a language barrier? 6. What is the hardest activity that you do on the Space Station? 7. Does the food taste good? How do you season it? 8. What type of experiments do astronauts do in space? 9. What would happen if you put dry ice inside the space station and outside the space station? 10. What were you allowed to take with you to the ISS, how much are you allowed, and how did you decide what to bring? 11. Are you able to see some of the other planets and their moons more clearly from the ISS? 12. How does the 16 sunrises and sunsets affect your sleep schedule? 13. Can you vote for political events while in space and if so how? 14. Is there an emergency plan in case something goes wrong during launch? If so, what is it? 15. Has someone ever gotten sick or had a medical emergency on the ISS? If so, what is the procedure? 16. How much radiation do you get, on average, in a normal stay on the ISS, and do you see any change in physical and/or mental health as a result? 17. How would the ISS get more oxygen if it ever ran out of oxygen? 18. Is it easy to write in space, or do you have to use different materials to write there? 19. What do you with your trash in space? 20. Do you grow any food up there and how do you make sure you have enough food to last you before another shipment comes in? ====================================================================== Maple Dale Elementary School, Cincinnati, OH, direct via K8SCH The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC ====================================================================== Celia Hays Elementary, Rockwall, Texas, direct via W5SO The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC ====================================================================== River Ridge High School, New Port Richey, FL, direct via WA3YFQ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC ====================================================================== Australian Air League - South Australia Wing, Parafield, South Australia, Australia. telebridge via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC ====================================================================== Turkey Space Camp, Izmir, Turkey, telebridge via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC ====================================================================== SPDW Voortrekker Movement, Oranjeville, South Africa, direct via ZS6CRS/ZS6JOE The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS 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 feel empowered as a woman with the fact that you as a woman are part of the ISS cruise? 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 "Outerspace" 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 experience while going up in space in the space shuttle? 6. How do you prepare your food in space? Where do you get water 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. You live very close together in a spaceship, with little space for privacy...Do you have to share your sleeping quarters? e.g. now one sleep and when you wake up the next person sleep on the same bed... Do you sleep lying down, sitting or standing? Does the crew have different feelings about the "set out" (planning) of sleeping quarters? 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 me 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. You have a lot of extra time on hand at ISS or in a spaceship. You do not have to drive to or from work in frustrating traffic conditions. How do you spend your time when you are not working? 16. How does a "very active" person on earth, adapt to a "sit in one place" life on a spaceship? 17. You try to grow produce on ISS. Did you taste it? Can you define the taste? 18. On the farm my dad use cow dung to fertilize vegetables, do you use the poop in your vegetable garden? 19. In space there is a lot of stuff that was made by humans... e.g. satellites... In 2020 the planning is to add 12000 extra satellites in space...How often do you see items like these in space? 20. Do you think humans have polluted space? ====================================================================== Monroe Carrell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, direct via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC ====================================================================== McConnell Middle School, Loganville, GA, direct via KD4TGR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC ====================================================================== RO-SAT One, Piatra-Neamț, Romania, direct via YO8BCA or TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC ====================================================================== Oakwood School, Morgan Hill, CA, direct via AE6XM The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC ====================================================================== Ramona Lutheran School, Ramona, CA, direct via N6ROR The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC ====================================================================== Srednja Skola Za Elektrotehniku I Racunalstvo, Rijeka, Croatia, direct via 9A5G The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC ====================================================================== Greenwood Primary School, Greenwood, Western Australia, Australia, telebridge via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC ====================================================================== I.E.S. Pedro de Valdivia, Villanueva de la Serena, Spain, direct via EA4CYQ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC ====================================================================== YOTA Region 2 Camp, Voice of America (VOA) Museum, West Chester, OH, telebridge via TBD or direct via W8Y The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD if telebridge or NA1SS if direct The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC ====================================================================== Electromagnetic Field, Ledbury, United Kingdom, direct via GBØEMF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC ====================================================================== Information and Technologies Branch, Department of Education-Queensland Government, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, telebridge via TBD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD The scheduled astronaut is TBD TBD UTC ====================================================================== Currently the ARISS operations team has a list of 60 schools that we hope will be able to have a contact during 2019. 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