[TMRA] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2006-08-25 21:00 UTC

Fri Aug 25 23:27:31 EDT 2006

Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:

Sendai Yoshinari Junior High School, Sendai, Japan, direct via 8J7YJH 
Fri 2006-08-25 08:12 UTC 36 deg Successful!
ARISS is requesting signal reports from this contact.  (***)

Northeast Middle School, Clarksville, TN via telebridge VK4KHZ
Contact is a go for: Mon 2006-08-28 16:00 UTC via VK4KHZ 34 deg (***)
See below for webcast and IRLP info.
ARISS is requesting signal reports for this contact.  (***)

Total number of ARISS school contacts is 251.

QSL information may be found at: 
http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html  
http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's 

ISS callsigns:  DP0ISS, NA1SS, RS0ISS

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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 (***).  Also, please check 
MSNBC.com for possible live retransmissions 
(http://www.msnbc.com/m/lv/default.asp).  Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 
145.80 MHz.

The crossband repeater has been active at times.
The frequencies are uplink of 437.80 MHz and downlink of 145.80 MHz.

For information about educational materials available from ISS partner space 
Agencies, please refer to links on the ARISS Frequently Asked Questions page.

If you are interested in supporting an ARISS contact, then you must fill
in an application.  The ARISS operations mentor team will not accept a
direct request to support an ARISS contact; the application must first be sent 
to the ARISS region coordinator.

You should also note that many schools think that they can request a
specific date and time. Once an application has been accepted the ARISS mentors will work with the school to determine a mutually agreeable date.

There are several ARISS web sites:

English:  http://www.rac.ca/ariss/  

French:  http://c.avmdti.free.fr/ariss/index.htm  

ARISS Europe:  http://www.ariss-eu.org/  

ARISS Japan:  http://www.jarl.or.jp/ariss/  

Your completely filled out application should be returned to the
nearest coordinating ARISS region if your specific region is not
listed.  E-mail is the preferred method of submitting an application.

Here are the email addresses:
ARISS-Canada and all other countries not covered:   ve2ka at rac.ca (Daniel 
Lamoureux VE2KA)
ARISS-Europe:  jh.hahn at gmx.net (J. Hahn, DL3LUM / PA1MUC)
ARISS-Japan and all Region 3 countries:  iaru-r3 at jarl.or.jp (Keigo Komuro 
JA1KAB)
ARISS-Russia: n2ww at attbi.com  (Valerie Agabekov N2WW/UA6HZ)
ARISS-USA:  ARISS at arrl.org (The American Radio Relay League)

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QSL information may be found at:  
http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html  
http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's  
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Other web sites that may be of interest include:

http://www.arrl.org/sarex
http://www.arrl.org/ariss
http://www.amsat.org
http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/index.html
http://ehb2.gsfc.nasa.gov/edcats/educator_guide/ 

Latest ARISS announcements and news 
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt 

Successful school list
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf

The ISS Fan Club website is:
http://www.issfanclub.com

K1ELA has a website at:
http://members.aol.com/k1ela/index.html

ON6SAT has a website at:
http://on6sat.com/links/

IRLP website at:  
http://www.discoveryreflector.ca  
This new site will have the links for simulcast contacts that have IRLP and Echolink.  

Friends and family of the Expedition 12 crew have put together a website:
http://www.expedition12.com        

A listing of ARISS related magazine articles: 
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf  
Currently the list includes articles from CQ, CQ VHF, QST, and The AMSAT Journal.  Please contact me directly if you have additional suggestions. 

Expedition 13 is now on board.

Pavel Vinogradov RV3BS
Jeff Williams KD5TVQ

Expedition 13/14
Thomas Reiter DF4TR

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 26 weeks in length. 

For the next increment (14) we 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 08:00 UTC and after 19:30 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:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/Video/Expedition9Tour.mov
Windows Media:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/Video/Expedition9tourwmv.wmv

A discussion on Doppler correction and the ISS frequencies may be found at

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction.rtf

This file was updated 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC

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ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUDIO STREAMING THAT IS PROVIDED BY MCI.
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 AND ECHOLINK. 
IRLP website at: 
http://www.discoveryreflector.ca 
If using IRLP is more convenient for you than using EchoLink, please  
connect to the IRLP reflector 9010.  

The Discovery 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:8000/listen.pls  

The audio stream will be delayed. 

Please give the EchoLInk EDU_NET server your preference over the EchoLink 
AMSAT server for your connection. This will keep the load light on the 
AMSAT server, assuring us of better audio quality all around.

You can connect to the AMSAT Conference Room server at node 101377.
Audio is also available at times on the JK1ZRW server. 

For latest information on ISS - school contact audio feeds into EchoLink, 
please check the AMSAT calendar of events at:

              http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/fieldops/events.php

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Sendai Yoshinari Junior High School, Sendai, Japan, direct via 8J7YJH 
Contact was successful: Fri 2006-08-25 08:12 UTC 36 deg
Congratulations to Sendai Yoshinari and Jeff!  (***)

ARISS is requesting signal reports.  (***)

Proposed questions for Sendai Yoshinari: 
1. How would you like space food to be better?
2. Does heated space food have steam and can you smell it?
3. What differences are there between the pictures of the Earth you saw before you went to space and what you can see now?
4. When part of the Earth is experiencing a solar eclipse, what does it look like from the space station?
5. Can you see the aurora borealis when you pass near one of the Earth's poles?
6. What do you usually do during your free time on the space station?
7. Can you get enough exercise in space?
8. How long do you exercise every day to keep your muscles strong?
9. What problems do you have that are caused by being in space for a long time?
10. What do you check on the space station every day?
11. Is the space station sometimes hit by meteorites or dust?
12. What differences are there between the way the moon looks from the Earth and the way it looks from the space station?
13. What are some interesting and some difficult things you encounter on a space walk?
14. Can you wash your hair on the space station?
15. Why, and at what age did you become interested in space?
16. What should we do to hold on to and fulfill our dreams like you have?
17. Can you watch TV on the space station?
18. Have you made any mistakes because you forgot about zero gravity?
19. On your journey to the space station, at the first moment of zero gravity, how did you feel?
20. In total, how many space suits are there on the space station?
21. Can you get into and out of a space suit by yourself?
22. What are some interesting and some difficult things you are researching in space?
23. Can you see any satellites passing by the space station?
24. How does your body feel upon re-entry into the Earthfs atmosphere?
25. What should we do to keep the Earth beautiful?

Northeast Middle School, Clarksville, TN via telebridge VK4KHZ
Contact is a go for: Mon 2006-08-28 16:00 UTC via VK4KHZ 34 deg (***)

Watch for IRLP coverage.

AUDIO STREAMING AND AUDIO REPLAY PARTICIPANT INFORMATION: 

To join the event:
URL: https://e-meetings.mci.com
CONFERENCE NUMBER: 4081260
PASSCODE: SPACE STATIO

To access the Audio Replay of this call, all parties can:
1. Go to the URL listed above.
2. Choose Audio Streaming under Join Events.
3. Enter the conference number and passcode.  (Note that if this is a 
recurring event, multiple dates may be listed.)
Replays are available for 30 days after the live event. 

Proposed questions for Northeast Middle School: (***)
1. Why did you want to become an astronaut and if you could choose another job what would it be?
2. Do you get lonely when you are there and your family isn’t with you?
3. How do you sleep on a bed while floating around?
4. What do you do if you have a medical emergency while you are up there?
5. How can you breathe in the space shuttle or on the space station without wearing a space suit?
6. If the Space Station is International, how many different nationalities are representing their countries and do you all speak one common language? If so, what language is it?
7. What different types of food do you eat on the International Space Station?
8. What would you do if you were outside making repairs and your line broke?
9. How do you talk from space down to the command center on earth?
10. How long will you be staying at the International Space Station?
11. Are the astronauts experimenting on plant survival rates at the space station?
12. What is going through your mind when you are in space?
13. How important is being physically fit in a weightless environment?
14. Are you at zero gravity the whole time you are up there or do you experience some gravity?
15. How do you eat in space without having gravity?
16. What is the maximum time limit you could stay at the International Space Station before you started having medical problems or muscle weakness?
17. Is it difficult to use the restroom on the International Space Station?
18. Is it scary to you when you’re coming in for a landing?
19. What are the most important safety precautions used on the Space Station?
20. What type of research will you be doing at the Space Station?

Crete-Monee Intermediate Center and Middle School, Crete, IL, direct via AJ9N
TBD UTC

Erweiterte Realschule, Weiskirchen D-66709, Germany, direct via DL0WR
TBD UTC
Scheduled to be a Thomas Reiter DF4TR contact.

Proposed questions for Erweiterte Realschule: 
1. Welches Fach muss man studiert haben, um Astronaut zu werden?
2. Muss man sehr sportlich sein, um Astronaut zu werden?
3. Wie lange haben Sie sich für den Flug vorbereitet?
4. Wie ist die ISS amateurfunktechnisch ausgestattet?
5. Können die Funkgeräte in Dauerbetrieb bleiben oder würde dann zu viel Energie verbraucht?
6. Kann man aus der ISS mit bloßen Augen auch andere Planeten außer der Erde sehen?
7. Können Sie von der ISS aus Gebäude auf der Erde erkennen?
8. In Kalifornien gibt es häufig Flächenbrände. Konnten Sie welche von der ISS aus sehen?
9. Wie viele Sonnenaufgänge und -untergänge können Sie während einer Umrundung der Erde sehen und wie kontrollieren Sie Ihren persönlichen Tagesrhythmus?
10. Wie gestalten Sie Ihre Freizeit an Bord?
11. Wenn Sie Gitarre spielen, hört sich das in der ISS genauso an wie auf der Erde?
12. Wie sieht Ihr Tagesablauf aus?
13. Wann haben Sie das letzte Mal geduscht?
14. Lassen Sie sich einen Bart wachsen oder können Sie sich im All rasieren?
15. Muss man sich beim Schlafen anschnallen?
16. Schnarcht man in der Schwerelosigkeit, mehr oder weniger als auf der Erde?
17. Wenn jemand von der Crew ernsthaft erkrankt, wie kann ihm geholfen werden?
18. Spürt man einen Rückstoß, wenn man in der Schwerelosigkeit niest?
19. Wie fühlten Sie sich beim Start des Shuttles?
20. Muss man vor der Rückkehr auf die Erde ein besonderes Muskeltraining absolvieren?
21. Was essen Sie an Bord und wie essen Sie?
22. Was erwarten oder wünschen Sie sich von Ihrem weiteren Aufenthalt im All?

Samuel-von-Pufendorf Gymnasium, D-09557 Floeha, Germany, direct via DL0GYM
TBD UTC
Scheduled to be a Thomas Reiter DF4TR contact.

Proposed questions for Samuel-von-Pufendorf Gymnasium:
1. Lassen sich von Bord der ISS aus Vulkanausbrüche beobachten?
2. Besteht an Bord der ISS die Möglichkeit, Fernsehprogramme über Satellit zu 
empfangen?
3. Lassen sich terrestrische Rundfunksender im Weltraum empfangen?
4. Liess sich an Bord die Fussballweltmeisterschaft verfolgen?
5. Wirken sich verstärkte Sonnenaktivitäten auf die Raumstation aus?
6. Sind Polarlichter von Bord der Raumstation aus zu beobachten?
7. Kann man die Blitze eines Gewitters sehen?
8. Sind in dieser Flughöhe noch Einflüsse der Erdatmoshäre spürbar?
9. Hat das Wetter auf der Erde Einfluss auf die Arbeiten an Bord?
10. Sieht man das Abschmelzen von Polkappen und Gletschern?
11. Kann man die Ozonschicht sehen oder messen?
12. Kann man im Internet surfen und E-Mails empfangen oder verschicken?
13. Welche Massnahmen zur Vermeidung von Beschädigungen durch 
Weltraummüll werden getroffen?
14. Wird die ISS von kosmischen Teilchen getroffen?
15. Kann man andere Satelliten mit blossem Auge sehen?
16. Kann man an Bord der ISS mit dem Lötkolben arbeiten?
17. Müssen die Fenster der Raumstation geputzt werden?
18. Wie wird der Kontakt mit den Familienangehörigen aufrechterhalten?
19. In welcher Sprache unterhaltet ihr euch?
20. Gibt es persönliche Freizeit, z.B. um ein Buch zu lesen?

Gymnase intercantonnal de la Broye, Payerne, Switzerland 1530, direct via HB4FR
TBD UTC
Scheduled to be a Thomas Reiter DF4TR contact.

Proposed questions for Gymnase intercantonnal de la Broye:
1. Could you observe northern lights from the ISS?
2. Is it true that the great wall of China is the only monument you can see from space?
3. How long does your mission last for?
4. What does your mission on the ISS consist of?
5. What are the changes to your biological clock aboard the ISS?
6. What are your daily occupations on the ISS?
7. How many people are on the ISS, and how is the ambience?
8. What do you miss the most when you leave the Earth?
9. What are your activities in space when you are not working?
10. Do you have Extra Vehicular Activities on the ISS.
11. How does your family react knowing you so far away?
12. What is the procedure to empty the toilets and to get rid of the waste in general?
13. What is the most interesting thing that you have seen in space?
14. Isn't it difficult to live being cut off from Earth?
15. How is the feeling to sleep in weightlessness?
16. Have you had any technical problem on the ISS during your journey?
17. How long can an astronaut stay on the ISS?
18. What stars can you see on the ISS?
19. Is the transition difficult between earth and space?
20. Is it difficult to live in such a small space?

McDonald College, North Strathfield, Australia, via TBD 
TBD UTC  

Proposed questions for McDonald College: 
1. Are any of your five (5) senses affected in space? If so, how? 
2. What are the major biological changes and how do you compensate for the changes to cope with the return to Earth? Also, is there a limit as to how long you can stay in a weightless environment without causing irreversible damage to the body? 
3. When the shuttle or rocket takes off, we see the amount of vibration on TV. How do you cope with this when trying to view the instruments and press buttons without losing focus? 
4. Psychologically, does being out in the exosphere with all those stars make you feel a certain way (for example, insignificant)? 
5. Do water and liquid substances evaporate or dry the same way they do on earth? If not, how is it different? 
6. How do you cope with going from a solitude environment in the space station to coming back to Earth, where there are lots of people? 
7. Is it weird with it always being dark outside, and do you miss going outside? 
8. What would a compass do in space? Would it point in one direction? 
9. How did your body react when you went through the atmosphere and reached space? 
10. What is the effect of space shrapnel or space junk on the space station, and have you hit any or seen any? 
11. Does the space station have any gravity? 
12. What is the purpose of your mission? If it was to investigate something, what is it, and what discoveries have you made? 
13. Are there any special precautions needed when there is high solar activity or meteor showers? If so, what precautions do you take? 

Landesmuseum fuer Technik und Arbeit (Mannheim Museum), Mannheim, Germany, via telebridge
TBD UTC 

Winterthurhalle, Winterthur, Switzerland, via telebridge
TBD UTC

Flanders Science Festival, Euro Space Center, Transinne, via TBD
TBD UTC

Northlawn, St. Stephen, St. Anthony, Streator, IL, direct via KB9UPS / W9MKS 
TBD UTC 

Sherman Elementary School, Henrietta, New York, direct via W2SKY 
TBD UTC 

Centre Hastings Secondary, Madoc, Ontario, Canada, direct via VE3UR
TBD UTC 

Samuel Hearne Secondary School, Inuvik, NT, Canada, telebridge via TBD 
TBD UTC

Escola Camilo Castelo Branco, Portugal 2790-096, Carnaxide, 2004-12-22, direct via CS1RAD 
TBD UTC

Proposed questions for Escola Camilo Castelo Branco: 
1. Before leaving for any mission in space, you have many months of preparation. Is the reality very different from the test you go through on Earth?
2. Isn’t it difficult to live in a small closed space during so many time?
3. What kind of food do you eat?
4. Is there any process of recycling water in space? If so, what is it?
5. How do you manage to keep the level of oxygen steady inside the spaceship?
6. How do you get rid of your waste?
7. Do you have any trouble in falling asleep? How do you distinguish if it’s day or night?
8. What’s the official language on the ISS?
9. What do you feel when you see the Earth from the space? What’s the feeling?
10. Isn’t it boring only to see stars, planets and space?
11. What do you miss the most when you are in space?
12. The relationship between you is strictly professional or have you become friends? Have you ever had any arguments? How did you solve them?
13. How can you repair the spaceship if it is somehow damaged?
14. For how long can you stay in space? Which is the maximum length of time? Is there a limit for the number of an astronaut’s voyages to space?
15. When you came back to Earth after a space voyage how do you adapt to gravity? Do you need any external help? What kind of help?
16. What kind of scientific research are you doing now?
17. What’s the importance of space research to scientific knowledge and technical progress?
18. What do you think about other planets colonization? Will it be possible or is it only fiction?

Currently the ARISS operations team has a list of 60 schools that we 
hope will be able to have a contact during 2006.   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

Steve/kb9ups
AMSAT area coordinator, Toledo, OH.
AMSAT area coordinator, Streator, IL.
www.qsl.net/kb9ups

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