Greg Chamitoff KD5PKZ

ARISS school contact in Hungary successful

The ARISS school contact
with participants from the European Space Camp 2008 at the Zanka Children and Youth Centre, near Lake Balaton, Zanka, Hungary was successful.

Ground station HA5KHC established contact Thursday 24th July 2008 at 21:00 local time with US astronaut Gregory Chamitoff KD5PKZ onboard the International Space Station.

Greg answered 6 questions from the students. 120 students assisted to the space talk.

The audio from this contact is available at http://www.ariss-eu.org/Zanka_2008_07_24.mp3

Pictures will be made available on the Archive page soon.

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Gaston Bertels, ON4WF
ARISS-Europe chairman