ARISS Event - Northeast Middle School, Clarksville,
TN, USA
An International Space Station Expedition 13 ARISS school contact has
been planned with students at Northeast Middle School, Clarksville, TN,
USA for Monday, 28 Aug, 2006. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately
15:59 UTC.
The contact will be a telebridge between stations NA1SS and VK4KHZ .
The contact should be audible to anyone in the eastern portions of Australia.
Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink.
Additional listening options are listed below. The participants are expected
to conduct the conversation in English.
IRLP - Connect to the IRLP reflector 9010.
You may also connect via the IRLP Discovery website at
http://www.discoveryreflector.ca/listen.htm
EchoLink - The audio from this contact will be available on the EchoLink
AMSAT (node 101 377) and the JK1ZRW (node 277 208) conference rooms. Please
connect to the JK1ZRW server to keep the load light on
the AMSAT server. This will ensure good audio quality for all listeners.
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.
Northeast Middle School opened in the fall of 1990 to relieve
overcrowding in three existing middle schools and to accommodate the closing
of another one. It is located in one of the fastest growing areas of Clarksville,
Tennessee, which is the fifth largest city in Tennessee.
The school serves grades 6-8, with approximately 1280 students enrolled.
It is comprised of 41% military, with 37% of the students having a parent
or both parents serving in Iraq at this time.
Despite having a large number of students who move in and out each year,
Northeast Middle continues to score above the state of Tennessee on state
testing.
Participants at Northeast Middle School will ask as many of the following
questions as time
allows:
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?
Please note, the amateur radio equipment on the ISS has been unavailable
due to recent SSTV testing. After the contact, radios will likely remain
powered off in preparation for the three US spacewalks planned for the
STS-115 shuttle mission. Information about the next scheduled ARISS
contact can be found at
http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact.
Next planned event(s):
TBA
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 program is available on the website http://www.rac.ca/ariss
(graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada).
Thank you & 73,
Kenneth - N5VHO
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