 UK
stations can hear ISS today
Listen to 145.800 mhz at 0910 utc Friday 10th June and hear the ISS as
it flies over the UK talking to a school in Switzerland.
The contact will also be relayed over echolink and irlp
SWISS ARISS SCHOOL CONTACT SCHEDULED
International Space Station Expedition 11's sixth ARISS school contact
will be with students at the Zurich International School, Horgen, Switzerland
on Friday, 10 June 2005. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately
09:10 UTC.
This contact will be direct between stations NA1SS and HB9ZIS, the school's
amateur radio club. It should be audible to anyone in central and southern
Europe listening in on the 145.800 MHz downlink. The participants will
conduct the conversation in English. US astronaut John Phillips, KE5DRY
will answer the questions from the students.
The Zurich International School (ZIS) is a day school for students from
pre-school at age 3 to graduation at age 18. ZIS has more than 900 students
located at four separate campuses in the Zurich area. The attendees come
from countries around the world and primarily from expatriate families.
Students will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. Have you seen any objects from previous space projects, and are they
dangerous?
2. How do you astronauts deal with the loneliness that you face in space?
3. What is the most important experiment on your mission?
4. Do you have Internet access on the ISS?
5. What is the hardest thing to do in space that is easy on Earth?
6. What happens if you get seriously ill and there's no doctor?
7. How do you control the orbit of the space station?
8. Which planet would you like to visit and why?
9. Does the change of gravity affect your appetite?
10. How is the ISS protected against small particles such as dust from
meteorites?
11. Can you see any phenomena caused by cosmic radiation?
12. What sort of living organisms have you worked with in space?
13. What do you find the hardest thing about living in zero gravity?
14. How does your family deal with your travels?
15. Do cell phones work from space?
16. What do you astronauts miss most about Earth?
17. How much does the moon's gravity affect the space station's orbit?
18. What kinds of experiments do you do in space that you can't do on
Earth?
19. What is the first thing you plan on doing when you get back to Earth?
20. What has been your most interesting experiment you have done so far?
Interested parties are invited to listen to the downlink on 145.800MHz
FM.
Gaston Bertels, ON4WF
ARISS-Europe chairman
Thanks to Ian Able, G3ZHI for this item
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