ARISS Event - Carman Park Elementary

The next International Space Station's Expedition 12 ARISS school contact will be with students at the Carman Park Elementary in Flint, Michigan, USA on Wednesday, 21 December 2005. The event is scheduled to begin at
approximately 16:34 UTC.

This contact will be telebridged between stations NA1SS and WH6PN in Hawaii. It should be audible to anyone in the Hawaiian Islands listening in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. Audio will also be provided via the following sources:

IRLP - Connect to the IRLP reflector 9010.
You may also connect via the IRLP Discovery website at
http://www.discoveryreflector.ca/listen.htm.

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

MCI listen only phone line:

CALL DATE: DEC-21-2005 (Wednesday)
CALL TIME: 10:00 AM CENTRAL TIME
DURATION: 45 min
LEADER: Mr. JOHN NICKEL
USA Toll Free Number: 888-455-9679
USA Toll Number: +1-210-839-8506
PASSCODE: SPACE STATIO
For security reasons, the pass code and the leader's name will be required to join your call.

NASA-TV is planning to air portions of the audio during their normal live broadcast. This is available via the web at
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html.

The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.

Carman Park Elementary is one of six elementary schools in the Carman/Ainsworth School District (Student population about 5,000). It has only grades 4 and 5 and has about 170 students. Maryann Raske is a leader in the district and is the principal at Carman Park. The students are involved in 12 missions for expedition 12. Each mission has been a interactive, hands-on experience for the students. They have used the computer, DVD's, Videos, internet, and visuals for these missions. They have made a portfolio which includes: pictures, e-mail postcards, web sites related to the ISS,
reports, science investigations, and many other items.

Maryann Raske is also the principal of Rankin Elementary, which is another school in the district. Because of Ms Raske's dual principal role, we decided to include Rankin's (two) 4th & (two) 5th grades in our ARISS project. The two school's combined make about 250 students included in our project.

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

1. Knowing that you will be in space for six months, can you e-mail your wife Cindy and your two daughters, often?
2. On a space walk are you hooked to the ISS, if not how would you get back if you floated away?
3. With the technology on the ISS can you detect information about natural disasters like the hurricanes?
4. Does one person always have to be awake aboard the ISS?
5. Do you ever run into space debris or comets on the ISS?
6. Last week we made ecosystems with fish, could they live on the ISS.
7. Does the ISS run on only solar power?
8. Will you celebrate any of the holidays aboard the ISS?
9. You have been in space three times before. What does it feel like when you come back from space?
10. How will the new "Ultrasound" information help us get to Mars?
11. Is it hard for you to go on a space walk?
12. You go around the earth every 90 minutes. How can you tell what time it is?
13. Would the grass we grew in our terrarium grow on the ISS?
14. You wear glasses. Does space affect them (like fogging up)?
15. How much time do you have to do research aboard the ISS?
16. How long do you have to work out each day to stay healthy?
17. What do you like to do with your free time on the ISS?
18. What is the toughest thing for you aboard the ISS?
19. What precautions would you take, if one of your windows cracked?
20. What do you like to do the most aboard the ISS?

Please note, the amateur radio 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 after that event. Information about the next scheduled ARISS contact can be found at http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact.

Next planned event(s):
25th Asia Pacific Scout Jamboree 2005, Bangkok, Thailand, 2005-12-31 09:12 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 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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