US astronaut Sunita Williams KD5PLB will talk from space with children in Suarlee, Belgium

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ARISS school contact planned with Belgian school

An International Space Station ARISS school contact has been planned on Tuesday May 29th, 2007 with primary school Sainte Marie located in Suarlee, Belgium.

The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 07:22 UTC which is 09:22 local time.

The contact will be a telebridge between stations W6SRJ and NN1SS.
ARISS ground station W6SRJ is located in Santa Rosa, California. NA1SS will be operated by US astronaut Sunita Williams KD5PLB.

Between Santa Rosa and Suarlee, the signals will be relayed by telephone line. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.

The audio of this ARISS School Contact will be broadcast to the amateur radio worldwide community by EchoLink and IRLP.

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

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

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

1. My name is Irem : What kind of experiments are you conducting on the ISS ? OVER

2. My name is Benoit : What kind of changes does the body experience in weightlessness ? OVER

3. My name is Varvara : Are living conditions very different in space from what they are on earth, for example eating and sleeping ? OVER

4. My name is Cedric : During these months in space, do you feel like you have missed something on earth ? OVER

5. My name is Lydie : Do you have any free-time on ISS during the day ? OVER

6. My name is Maxime : Would you be informed of a family tragedy and could you come back to earth earlier if necessary ? OVER

7. My name is Lavinia : Do you sometimes get depressed? What do you do to feel better ? OVER

8. My name is Thomas : When you are in space, do you think about the ecology of the earth ? OVER

9. My name is Floran : How are the relations between the astronauts during the mission? Will you stay in touch with them, once you are back on earth ? OVER

The International Space Station

10. My name is Dorian :
Did you bring some personal items with you, family portraits for example ? OVER

11. My name is Thomas : Up to now, what is your best souvenir of your mission to the ISS? Why ? OVER

12. My name is Martin : What do you think about space tourism ? Is it going to slow down your work ? OVER

13. My name is Elise : When you are looking at the Blue Planet, from up there, do you sometimes think about all the negative events, like wars, etc ...)? What about the positive events ? OVER

14. My name is Jordan : Is it sometimes possible for you to have a moment alone? OVER

15. My name is Alex : How do you keep up with the different time zones? What time is it currently aboard the ISS? OVER

16. My name is Melisande : During your training, do you have enough time to prepare everything you are going to do for 6 months ? OVER

17. My name is Kimberley : Is your health constantly monitored from earth ? OVER

18. My name is Jennifer : A female collaboration, what does it add to a space team ? OVER

Good luck to the school!

73
Gaston Bertels
ARISS-Europe chairman