73 Trevor M5AKA

Exciting School Opportunity

On behalf of the ARISS-International team, it is my pleasure to let you know of an exciting school education opportunity.

As of a couple of days ago, the ARISS team got permission from the ISS Program Office (US and Russia) to proceed forward with the delivery of the Space Suit satellite project that was discussed at the 2004 AMSAT Symposium.

We will be providing you all more details about Suitsat in the near future. (Insert plug for AMSAT Forum at the Dayton Hamvention where we plan to roll this out - see us on Saturday May 21.)

In the meantime, we have an excellent opportunity for Schools and Students called "School Spacewalk." I have included below a description of this initiative to get the ball rolling. You can also see a word version of this (that can be downloaded) at the following URL:

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/Papers/School%20Spacewalk%20Suitsat%20Final.doc

Please forward this information on to schools in your area. Most importantly, take some initiative to get these schools interested in the Amateur Radio hobby and amateur space communication.

On behalf of the ARISS team, we look forward to some real excitement as Suitsat gets ready for deployment off the ISS this fall.

73, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO
ARISS International Chairman

Attention Schools!!
Would your school like to participate in a spacewalk??
Here is an outstanding opportunity!!

Background:

In the autumn of 2005, a Russian spacesuit is expected to be deployed from the International Space Station. This deployment is expected to occur during a spacewalk currently planned in mid-September. Once deployed, the
spacesuit will orbit the Earth for several weeks until it burns up as it enters the Earth's atmosphere.

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) team has received permission to include a special compact disk on-board this spacesuit with school artwork included. As a result, participating schools will have an opportunity to "fly" their artwork as part of the spacewalk.

To participate, schools should develop a 1 page piece of artwork that uniquely represents your school. This could be an artist's representation of the school, a list of student names, student signatures, a school science project summary or a school mission patch. This artwork should be
primarily developed by the students. The goal is for you to use your imagination and engage your students in the development of the artwork.

The page, as delivered, should not exceed 8.5x11 inches ( 216x279 mm) so that it can be easily scanned onto the compact disk. Schools can also take a digital photograph of their art work and send this in. If you elect to take a digital photograph, we ask that this be in jpg format and not exceed 2 megs in size. No other formats can be accepted.

Delivery Specifics:

All entries need to be received prior to June 15 2005 to be included on the compact disk. The disk will be delivered to Russia in late June, flown to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and launched on the 19P Progress vehicle currently planned for August 2005.

8.5x11 inch page artwork can be mailed to the following address:
School Spacewalk
c/o AMSAT
850 Sligo Ave.
Suite 600
Silver Spring, MD 20910-4703
United States of America

Jpg images, no greater than 2 megs, using the naming
format "schoolname_location.jpg" can be e-mailed
to: schoolspacewalk@comcast.net

The ARISS team looks forward to your artwork and is pleased to provide this opportunity to school students around the world!!

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