An educational radio contact is planned with Escuela Preparatoria La Salle, Torreon Coah, Mexico, telebridge via IK1SLD ARISS Telebridge & HamTV Ground Station, located in Casale Monferrato (AL), Italy.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS and the scheduled crewmember is Jasmin Moghbeli KI5WSL; the ARISS mentor is VE3TBD. Contact is go for: Friday 22 September 2023, 16:19:45 UTC, 80 deg.
Downlink signals from ISS will be audible above parts of Europe on 145.800 MHz narrowband FM ; the conversation will be in English. RX only! Credit: AMSAT.
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Proposed questions generated by the Escuela Preparatoria La Salle students:
1. What is the daily routine of work and activities of an astronaut and how are they organized to perform scientific investigations?
2. How is the weather on the space station? When you return to earth, do you have a different feeling in terms of climate and environmental seasons?
3. What was the greatest sacrifice you have made to be able to be where you are now?
4. Do you believe that life exist not only in the earth, elsewhere in the universe?
5. What are you most passionate about in your career as an astronaut, and what would you say to people who aspire to be one?
6. What has been the biggest mental or physical challenge you have experienced on the space station?
7. As a member of a space station, what has been the most shocking moment you have experienced in space so far? How has it affected you personally and professionally?
8. We often hear about scientific research being conducted at the International Space Station, but could you share a personal moment that made you appreciate the beauty and wonder of space while living on the station?
9. My dream is to be able to work at NASA, I have been in several science and technology competitions to achieve it, and I am very interested in all that technology, space, and undiscovered things, what could I do to get there?
10. How does your perspective change as a human being, when you seeing the deep space?
11. According to your experience, what are the physical and psychological processes, that an astronaut needs to go to the space station and return to earth?
12. What is the most powerful space rocket engine in the world and why?
13. What sparked your interest in space and how did you become an astronaut?
14. How hard is it to get used to the lack of gravity? and how long does it take an astronaut to get used to it?
15. What sensation does your body feel when you go out and when re-enter to the earth?