ARISS school contact planned for Claygate, United Kingdom

An International Space Station school contact has been planned for Nick Hague KG5TMV with participants at Rowan Preparatory School, Claygate, United Kingdom. 

The events is planned Tuesday June 18, 2019. It is scheduled to begin at approximately 12.51 UTC, which is 14:05 CEST.
The contact will be a direct between NA1SS and GB4RPS. 

The downlink signals will be audible in parts of Europe on 145.800 MHz

School presentation
Rowan Preparatory School is a vibrant, friendly and nurturing community where girls are encouraged to be themselves. Our school is an independent preparatory school for girls between the ages of 2 to 11, located in the heart of Claygate (near Esher) in Surrey. A school with traditional values and a forward thinking approach to education, we seek to offer a broad and adventurous curriculum full of exciting opportunities.

School life at Rowan is inspiring and offers a breadth of experiences which develop the whole child. The warmth that is evident when you walk through the door at Rowan creates the ideal learning environment for girls to fulfil their potential. They are nurtured and allowed to grow as individuals, encouraged to take risks and have a go at new skills and interests which will enrich their lives. Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths are at the heart of the curriculum at Rowan. Girls make the most of our dedicated specialist teaching spaces and delight in practical learning opportunities in the Engineering and Technology suite. From 3D printers to our radio recording studio, the environment at Rowan is geared towards encouraging creative and exciting learning, ensuring that the girls explore, question and discover in every area of learning. We are passionate about bringing STEM subjects to life and encouraging the girls to see how these subjects translate into the world bey!
 ond school. Experiences which will foster successful and inspirational women of the future!

Rowan girls are prepared for the transition to a wide range of successful day and boarding schools and we pride ourselves on finding the right senior school environment for each and every girl. A personalised approach to learning and outstanding pastoral care in our happy environment, ensures that every girl develops a genuine love of learning.

Students Questions:
1. Sophia (Yr 1): How did the International Space Station get built when it just balances in the air?
2. Izzy (Yr 2): What are the challenges to growing food in space if astronauts are to stay in space for longer?
3. Emily (Yr 3): Does your digestion change because in space there is no gravity so your intestine will float in your body?
4. Ashley (Yr 4): Of all the experiments that you have done in space, what has given the most surprising result or has been the most exciting?
5. Alessi (Yr 5): If you spin a ball in the ISS will it keep spinning or will it stop, and if it stops, what stops it?
6. Alannah: (Yr 6): In the future, will it be possible that someone can spend their entire life in space and if so, would their life expectancy change?
7. Grace (Yr 2): If you do a handstand in space does your blood go to your head if there is no gravity?
8. Delilah (Yr 4): Is there anything you could learn about how bacteria and viruses behave in space that could help us defeat infectious bugs around the Earth?
9. Emilia (Yr 5): NASA have said that they will establish a permanent presence on the moon within the next decade, how will they do this and what is the most exciting benefit for human kind?
10. Anya (Yr 6): In all of your time spent on board the ISS, what is the most exciting and extraordinary thing that you have experienced?
11. Sophia saying Zoe's question (Yr 1): What new information about space are you hoping to learn?
12. Izzy saying Ballie's question (Yr 2): Can you escape from a black hole?
13. Emily saying Eloise's question (Yr 3): We have learnt that astronauts are very busy and work long hours. So when you have free time, what do you do for fun?
14. Ashley saying Annabel's question (Yr 4): How do you get rid of rubbish in space?
15. Alessi saying Sabine's question (Yr 5): What are you looking forward to the most in nature when you return?
16. Alannah saying Lucy's question (Yr 6): Our teachers and parents tell us that having a balanced diet is important. Is your diet closely monitored or do you have freedom to choose what you eat? What is your favourite meal?
17. Grace saying Olivia's question (Yr 1): How do you sleep in space?
18. Delilah saying Amelia's question (Yr 3): What kind of dangers might you experience in space?
19. Emilia saying Luna's question (Yr 2): What is the most beautiful thing you can see in space?
20. Anya saying 4J's question (Yr 4): We have heard that some people don't believe that the Moon landing took place, what is the best evidence that we have to disprove this theory?

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: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, JAXA, and CSA. The US Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) provide ARISS special support. 

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.

The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues.  With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums.  Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio.  For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.ariss-eu.org and https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/.

73,
Gaston Bertels – ON4WF

ARISS school contact planned for Olomouc, Czech Republic

An International Space Station school contact has been planned for Nick Hague KG5TMV with participants at House of Children and Youth, Olomouc, Czech Republic. The event is planned Saturday June 8, 2019.
The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 13:05 UTC, which is 15:05 CEST.
The contact will be a direct between OR4ISS and OK2KWX, located in Czech Republic. The downlink signals will be audible in parts of Europe on 145.800 MHz
Moreover, the event will be webcast on: https://www.youtube.com/user/HUHUCOCTAILcz/live

School presentation
Dum diti a mladeze Olomouc (eng.: House of Children and Youth, abbr. DDM Olomouc) - a leisure time center which operates in 5 buildings, whereas four are situated in Olomouc. Since April 2001 the DDM is constituted by Olomouc Regional Authority. For the whole public DDM offered both regular clubs and interest groups as well as occasional and stay events.
Over 150 interest groups started to work every year, regularly - once, twice or three times a week - attended by 2602 children and youth at the age from 3 to 25 years only during the last school year (2017/2018). These activities were provided by 150 employees, external and voluntary workers.
During the summer holidays, DDM Olomouc organized more than 30 summer camps for almost 800 children. In summer furthermore, as during the whole year, DDM Olomouc offers cheap accommodation both right in Olomouc and in Ochoz u Konice both locations are up to 30 km away from Olomouc.

Students Questions:
1. Jakub (13):  How many solar panels are powering the entire station and do you have any other power sources?
2. Jonas (11):  What voltage are your instruments using aboard the ISS?
3. Jan (14):  What would you tell the people who believe that the Earth is flat?
4. Filip (12):  How often do you check the social networks and have you any time to watch Youtube?
5. Anna (11):  Did the ASTROBEEs already arrive and do you use them already?
6. Michal (15):  How far from the station can you go and can you move outside untethered?
7. Ales (13):  How long does it take to get from Earth to the ISS?
8. Simon (11):  What does being in a spacesuit feel like and what is the outside temperature?
9. Antonin (14):  How long do the spacesuit's energy and oxygen supplies last?
10. Jiri (12):  Do you feel any changes to your muscular system during your mission, or is it a bit of a shock after your return back to Earth?
11. Johana (11):  Do you need to strap in when you sleep and how do you enjoy sleeping in zero gravity?
12. Tomas (11):  How often do you eat and do you enjoy the taste of the food?
13. Jan Se. (15):  Have you experienced any accidents while on the station, for example, a device failure?
14. Jan St. (15):  How do you fight a fire if it breaks out onboard the ISS?
15. Michael (12):  How much waste is generated on the ISS and what are you doing with it?
16. Franta (12):  Can you play any computer games and how much free time do you have?
17. Ondrej (15):  What does it feel like to fly a rocket up into space?
18. Vaclav (13):  How much time do you spend exercising each day?
19. Max (14):  How would you deal with a serious injury, for example, hand fracture?
20. Matej (11):  How and how often do you communicate with your family?

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: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, JAXA, and CSA. The US Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) provide ARISS special support. 
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.
The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues.  With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums.  Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio.  For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.ariss-eu.org and https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/.

73,
Gaston Bertels – ON4WF

ISS SSTV transmissões previstas para 5 - 6 Junho 2019

Um evento russo MAI-SSTV está previsto para quarta-feira, 5 de junho, das 12:00 às 16:00 UTC e 6 de junho, das 11:30 às 15:30 UTC. 

Esperamos que as transmissões sejam em 145.800 MHz no modo SSTV PD120. 

Com base nos tempos recebidos, não esperamos sinais de SSTV sobre a América do Norte, pois as órbitas são apenas aquelas que sobrevoam Moscovo e áreas adjacentes. 

Info: ISS Fan club

 

Os nossos melhores cumprimentos.

73, Carlos Nora - CT1END

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ARISS school contact planned for Northern Territories, Canada

An International Space Station school contact has been planned for David St-Jacques KG5FYI with participants at Mildred Hall School, Yellowknife, NT, Canada on Monday 27 May, 2019. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 19:44 UTC, which is 21:44 CEST.

The contact will be a telebridge between OR4ISS and ON4ISS, located in Belgium. The contact will be audible in Europe on 145.800 MHz

School presentation
Mildred Hall, a Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8 School, is located in the heart of downtown Yellowknife with Frame Lake and its beautiful trail almost sitting in its backyard.  It houses 271 students from the ages of 4 to 14 with very diverse backgrounds and cultures. Almost 80% of the students are Indigenous, so it boasts programming that is relevant to hands-on learning, science inquiry, outdoor experiential opportunities and the instruction of English, French and Dogrib.  Our basic beliefs revolve around the acronym SOAR- Share what you have (S), Ownership (O), Achieve your very best (A) and Respect everyone and everything around you. (R).

Students Questions:
1.  Why is space travel so important to astronauts and other humans?
2.  I saw a picture you took of the northern lights and we have a lot of them over here in Yellowknife.  Are you able to fly through the northern lights?
3.  How do you see the sun from where you are? Is there a sunrise or sunset? Is it different to how we see it on Earth?
4.  How long are you there and how long can a person stay in space?  Does it affect your body in anyway, causing irreversible consequences?
5.  Do you constantly work up there?  Do you do anything for fun?  If so, what?
6.  What is your favorite thing about being in space?
7.  What is the most challenging thing about being in space?
8.  Does your hair and nails grow at the same rate in space?  Is there anything different about the way they grow?
9.  If there is an emergency on the space station and you have to escape, is there an emergency pod? If not, what happens?
10.  What is gravitational time dilation?
11.  How do you keep time in space? Are you in a time zone?
12.  Do you think humans will ever live on another planet?
13. What were you thinking when you blasted off?
14.  What is the strangest thing you have ever seen or experienced in space?
15.  Is it as silent as movies show?  Why?
16.  What do you miss the most while you are there?

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: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, JAXA, and CSA. The US Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) provide ARISS special support. 

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.

The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues.  With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums.  Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio.  For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.ariss-eu.org and https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/.

73,
Gaston Bertels – ON4WF

ARISS school contact planned for Costa Rica

An International Space Station school contact has been planned for David St-Jacques KG5FYI with participants at Pacific Coast Schools, Los Suenos, Costa Rica on Monday 27 May, 2019. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:31 UTC, which is 18.31 CEST.

The contact will be a telebridge between OR4ISS and IK1SLD, located in northern Italy. The contact will be audible in Europe on 145.800 MHz

School presentation
There are two locations connected. Both belong to the Costa Rica Institute of Technology (TEC).
San Carlos is located on the most-north Costarrican área. Although is recognized as a rural area, that has developed an agricultural production during the last 80 years, now is booming with technology-based companies, receiving the nickname "Costa Rica's Silicon Valley" to San Carlos.
In Cartago, the Central location of TEC, the activity is organized by TECSpace, the space engineering student group of the university, with more than 100 members, and the Space Systems Engineering Laboratory (SETEC Lab) who was in charge of the design of the first satellite of Central America, launched in 2018.

Students Questions:
1. What sentiments and feelings did you have when seeing space for the first time?
2. A journey to Mars will have to deal with multiple gravity transitions. Are there any projects of experiments that were proposed for this matter by space agencies?
3. How do you think the astronaut business will change with the advent of self-funded private human spaceflight?
4. Given your background as a physician, what areas of medicine do you think will be key to innovate and research to successfully undertake long term deep space missions?
5. What advice would you give to young students interested on being an astronaut or being involved in human spaceflight?
6. How will the space station influence the future plans for reaching the moon in 2024?
7. How much time did it take you to learn to fly a jet and what did you enjoy the most about that experience?
8. What challenging experiences did you have to face in order to become an astronaut?
9. Given your extremely great time management skills for being able to accomplish your 3 majors, and such other studies. What advice could you give other people about time management skills?
10. Of the experiments that you are working on right now on the ISS, what is your favorite? And what's it about?
11. Will your research on long distance medicine have an impact on medical services provided to remote communities, like Canada's Inuit people?
12. Now that you have experienced living in space for several months, what are two things you would recommend space ships have incorporated in their design for long term space voyages?
13. Will you please come and visit us at TEC when you and your family are on your next trip to Costa Rica?

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: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, JAXA, and CSA. The US Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) provide ARISS special support. 

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.

The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues.  With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums.  Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio.  For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.ariss-eu.org and https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/.

73,
Gaston Bertels – ON4WF