[AMSAT-UK] Norwich School Ground Control Day
 

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Norwich School Ground Control Day

Posted: 15 Feb 2016 12:51 PM PST
http://amsat-uk.org/2016/02/15/norwi...d-control-day/

International Space Station Image Credit NASA

Ahead of the amateur radio link up with ISS astronaut Tim Peake GB1SS,
later this month, 120 pupils aged 10 to 18, from 21 schools across Norfolk
and Suffolk, gathered at City of NorwichÂ* (CNS) for a special Ground
Control Day.
Tim Peake KG5BVI preparing for his spacewalk in January

The Eastern Daily Press report:

As well as a keynote speech from Helen Mason, a reader in solar physics at
Cambridge University, the event covered the technical side of the radio
link itself, and issues to do with physics and space more generally.

Tim Hare M6HTJ, a Year 10 pupil at CNS who is himself a radio ham
enthusiast, will lead the space linkup, said: “It’s going to be incredible.
It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity that very few people will be able to
have.�

Maddy Flett, a Year 8 pupil at CNS, said science is “not a subject I would
jump to first�, but she really enjoyed Ground Control Day.

She is one of 10 pupils chosen to question Mr Peake, and will ask what
astronauts do if they cut themselves.

Read the full EDP story and watch the video at

http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/educatio...eake_1_4417620

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http://amsat-uk.org/2016/02/03/all-u...now-scheduled/

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