International Space Station School Contacts on Oct 5th, 6th 7th

Ham radio ISS school contacts
ARISS Contacts on October 5th, 6th and 7th
Listen to the contacts 'live' on Echolink join the Amsat
conference room number 101377
The International Space Station's Expedition 11 crew may be
winding down. However, their ARISS school contacts will
be very active this week with 3 scheduled sessions.

Each session will be a telebridge conducted in English.
Sessions will be held on:

5 October 16:59 UTC -- Princeton High School, Princeton,
New Jersey
6 October 15:07 UTC -- Ft Hamilton High School, Brooklyn,
NY
7 October 13:33 UTC -- Ridgefield Park High School,
Ridgefield Park, NJ



Princeton High School, Princeton, New Jersey

Station NN1SS in Greenbelt, MD will call NA1SS at
approximately 16:59 UTC.

"Princeton High School is a nationally recognized high
school listed frequently in various publications denoting
outstanding academic achievement. Princeton High School
students excel in the humanities, the fine arts, and the
sciences with students performing in Smetana Hall in
Prague and competing with the US Physics Olympic Team in
Seoul, South Korea. The student body is a diverse group
representing a wide range of interests and backgrounds
within a school community in which 17% of our students
claim one of 38 languages other than English as their
first language."

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

1. Are the shapes of the continents as defined as they
appear on maps and globes?
2. How much less time will pass in the ISS than on Earth,
due to relativity?
3. If it weren't for family and friends, would you want to
return to Earth?
4. What are the day-to-day jobs of the space station?
5. How do you sleep?
6. What is the worst situation you've encountered in
space?
7. What luxury do you miss the most?
8. How fast did you travel to exit the earth's atmosphere?
9. How would you describe space when you look outward? If
you space walked, what went through your mind the first
time the airlock opened and you saw space?
10. What does weather look like from space? For instance,
could Hurricane Katrina be seen moving?
11. Can you really see landmarks such as the Great Wall of
China from space?
12. How often do people get space sickness in the ISS?
13. When you come back, what will you miss most?
14. How much of the day is left to yourself and for
sleeping?
15. How much bone and muscle mass will you have lost
through out your trip? How would it be if you went to Mars
for 3 months?
16. What is good or the best on the menu?
17. When were you first interested in space travel?
18. What about space intrigues you and that you do not
understand? What have you been able to learn in your
travels as of yet?
19. My brother wants to be an astronaut. What advise can
you give him?
20. How does your body feel in low gravity? Can you feel
the effect? Is it like floating?



Ft Hamilton High School, Brooklyn, NY

Station VK5ZAI in Kingston SE, South Australia will call
NA1SS at approximately 15:07 UTC.

"Fort Hamilton High School is large urban public school of
5000 students in a suburban setting of Bay Ridge,
Brooklyn. Our school reflects the ethnic diversity of New
York City. We have strong academic programs geared towards college
preparation, with
advanced placement and honors classes in all disciplines. Our
communication with will
benefit our student population, especially the astronomy classes."

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

1. What motivated you to go into space?
2. Did your journey so far fulfill your expectations? Why
or why not?
3. How long did you have to train to prepare for your
space flight? What was the most difficult part of your
training?
4. How is the training you received actually different
than traveling into space?
5. How long will you stay at ISS? What type of work will
you be involved with?
6. If you could change one thing about your space mission,
what would it be?
7. Besides your family and home, what do you miss the most
about Earth?
8. How do you spend your free time at the ISS?
9. Do astronauts have to do daily exercises and what type?
10. How long does it take to reach the ISS? How fast is
the shuttle moving after you leave the atmosphere?
11. How are basic life functions like sleeping and
digestion affected by the zero-gravity environment at ISS?
12. How are medical problems such as illness or breaking a
bone dealt with in space?
13. How would you fight a fire in a zero gravity
environment?
14. Are there any plants or animals on the ISS being
experimented on? What type of experiments?
15. Is the supply of oxygen on the ISS constantly being
supplied or is there a machine that produces it?
16. How do you prepare for a space walk? and what special
precautions have to be taken?
17. Does cosmic radiation affect you during your time in
space?
18. Do you believe in the existence of other intelligent
life forms in the universe?
19. What do you eat at the ISS? and How?
20. How many astronauts fit in the ISS?



Ridgefield Park High School, Ridgefield Park, NJ

Station ZS6BTD in Parklands, South Africa will call NA1SS
at approximately 13:33 UTC.

"Ridgefield Park Junior-Senior High School is a 7-12
school of approximately 1,100 students located in
Southeast of Bergen County. The school is a receiving
district for 9-12 grade students from Little Ferry, a
community that borders south west of Ridgefield Park, just
across the Hackensack River."

"The school has a proud history that includes some rather
famous graduates. Among them Ozzie Nelson of Ozzie &
Harriet fame and Bud Lewis, the copilot of the Anola Gay
which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, which
signaled the end of World War II. It is also the proud alma
mater of Greg Olsen."

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

1. I have read that you plan to use your company's
miniaturized infrared imager to observe Earth's atmosphere
and agricultural crops on this trip. What do you plan to
do with this information and how do you foresee it will
help us in the future?
2. Why are you turning the infrared camera toward space,
and what do you hope to accomplish?
3. What new products do you foresee as the result of the
experiments conducted on this mission?
4. Sapna and I won a national chemistry competition based
on our ideas for the development of a transdermal nutrient
patch. Is anything like this currently being used in the
space program or do you foresee its use in the future?
5. I understand that there are three biological
experiments for the European Space Agency. Could you
please briefly describe them?
6. Can you explain the scientific significance of the
experiment on crystal growth in space?
7. Could you explain the significance of the experiments
that will test small free-flying satellites, as part of a
project called SPHERES?
8. Why is space such a good place to conduct experiments
in cell research?
9. Which of the jobs that you performed on board did you
like the most and why?
10. Please describe any geographical or man-made features
on the Earth that you can see from space.
11. Have you seen any storms like hurricanes or tornadoes
from space? What do they look like?
12. What type of problems have you encountered in the
space station and how have you solved them?
13. What is the role of Expedition 12?
14. Dr. Olsen, why would a very successful business man
and entrepreneur like you want to travel into space?
15. How will this opportunity to experiment in space
benefit others (adults, children)?
16. How different do such celestial bodies as the sun, the
moon, and any of the planets look from space as compared
to how they look from Earth?
17. What would have happened if anyone had gotten
seriously sick during the trip?
18. Was all your training in English or did you have to
learn Russian to be involved in the program?
19. Do you see yourself as being involved in the U.S.A.
space program someday?
20.What are your plans when you return from this Russian
mission?

As always, the ISS will be audible to anyone listening in
on the 145.80 MHz downlink. Please note, since these are
telebridges the ground stations will NOT be near the
school that is contacting the ISS.

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.

Upcoming ARISS events can be found at
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
The next scheduled event is with students at Princeton High
School, Princeton, New Jersey on Wednesday, 5 October 2005 at 16:58
UTC.

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.

73 Ian G3ZHI

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