International Astronomical Union (IAU) General Assembly 2024, Cape Town, South Africa, telebridge via VK6MJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The scheduled crewmember is Sunita Williams KD5PLB
The ARISS mentor is KA3HDO
Contact is go for: Fri 2024-08-09 11:55:06 UTC 40 deg)
These are the Livestream URLs that may be getting used: (***)
https://live.ariss.org/ Maybe if a setting can get worked out to function with the link above
https://astronomy2024.org/ Entire conference page but there is a link to the actual contact. See next line.
Public Women’s Day Event featuring Astronaut Mae Jemison and a live radio contact with the ISS! (in person and online) - IAU General Assembly 2024 - Cape Town (astronomy2024.org) This link is on the conference webpage
https://www.youtube.com/live/7VsshsjvnTM This is the actual link to the Livestream found at the bottom of the one for the Public Women’s Day Event.
Proposed questions generated by the IAU General Assembly 2024 students:
1. What inspired you to become an astronaut?
2. Do you grow your own food on the ISS?
3. How do you know what is up and what is down in space?
4. Can you see Table Mountain from space?
5. How do you cope with the physical challenges of long-duration space flights?
6. What happens if an astronaut gets sick?
7. How has the view of Earth from space influenced your sense of responsibility towards our planet?
8. Do you get anxious being up in space?
9. How does space travel affect your perception of time?
10. What signature move would you bust out in a space dance-off with a rival alien crew?
11. What is a typical day like for you in space?
12. What do musical instruments sound like on the ISS?
13. What is your favourite space food?
14. Do you get jet lagged from space travel?
15. What is the most breathtaking moment you've experienced in space
16. What does space smell like?
17. What unexpected emotional challenges have you faced during your time in space?
18. Do you like being an Astronaut?
19. Do you do spectroscopic analysis experiments on the ISS?
20. What would your superhero name and special powers be based on your experience in space?
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A.G. Nikolaev Secondary School, Shorshel, Chuvashia, Russia direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS
The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The scheduled crewmember is Nikolay Chub
The ARISS mentor is RV3DR
Contact is go for Sun 2024-08-11 08:20 UTC
Proposed questions generated by the A.G. Nikolaev Secondary School students:
TBD
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Blackwater State High School, Blackwater, QLD, Australia, telebridge via ON4ISS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The scheduled crewmember is Matthew Dominick KCØTOR (***)
The ARISS mentor is VK4KHZ
Contact is go for: Thu 2024-08-15 09:43:18 UTC 80 deg via ON4ISS deg (***)
Proposed questions generated by the Blackwater State High School students:
1. How long will the International Space Station be up there for?
2. How do you eat in space and what affect does this have on your body?
3. What surprised you the most when you first went to space?
4. How did you get into NASA and what did you have to do to become an Astronaut on the ISS?
5. What research is being completed and what data have you collected while on the ISS?
6. What do you consider to be the future of space exploration?
7. If something breaks on the outside of the ISS, how long does it take to fix, and what happens if you don’t have the parts to fix it?
8. When you are not working in the ISS, what do you do to entertain yourself? How do you stay in the right mindset?
9. How do you measure time on the ISS? How do you know if it is morning or night and keep your body to a routine?
10. How long did it take you to adjust to the gravity changes in space?
11. Do you think that there are any other life forms in our universe?
12. What is the most interesting thing you have seen?
13. It is obviously a huge privilege to be on the ISS, but what did you consider when making a decision to apply to be in the space program?
14. Do you have to steer the ISS or is it completely programmed?
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Pacific Science Center, Seattle, WA, direct via W7AW
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The scheduled crewmember is Jeanette Epps KF5QNU
The ARISS mentor is W4NTR
Contact is go for: Fri 2024-08-16 18:14:35 UTC 46 deg
Proposed questions generated by the Pacific Science Center students: (***)
1. Did you always have the goal of being on the ISS?
2. What inspired you to become an astronaut?
3. What kind of training do you have to have before going into space?
4. How do you deal with emergencies or unexpected situations when you are in space?
5. What is the coolest thing you’ve seen while you’re in space?
6. How does an astronaut train for life in zero gravity?
7. What precautions does an astronaut need to take to safely adjust to life in space?
8. How do astronauts minimize the weight of necessities when traveling up to the ISS?
9. What personal items are you allowed to take to the ISS?
10. What do astronauts do in their free time while up in space?
11. What steps do you have to take before being an astronaut?
12. What barriers did you overcome to get to the ISS?
13. What experiments or discoveries have you been a part of that you’re most proud of?
14. How do you tell time in space?
15. What's the oddest thing about living in space?
16. What’s the most challenging part about being an astronaut?
17. What do you find most interesting about space?
18. What laws do you have to follow in space?
19. When did you realize you wanted to go to space?
20. How do you utilize radio technology on the ISS?
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Tuskegee Airmen Inc. National Convention, Arlington Virginia, telebridge via K6DUE
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz
The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The scheduled crewmember is Jeanette Epps KF5QNU
The ARISS mentor is KA3HDO
Contact is go for: Sat 2024-08-17 17:34:57 UTC 61 deg
Proposed questions generated by the Tuskegee Airmen Inc. National Convention students:
1. What was it like launching up into space?
2. What’s the biggest difference between a day on earth compared to in space?
3. How do you navigate being able to float when there’s no gravity and do you ever get motion sickness?
4. What kind of experiments are you working on and why do them in space?
5. What do you do for fun during your downtime in space?
6. How and when do you sleep?
7. Is being in space going the way you thought it would go or have you had surprises?
8. If you got to go into space again, what would you change to improve your experience?
9. If you could bring one thing from earth into space that you don’t have now, what would it be?
10. How long was the training phase to be able to go into space?
11. If you had to, how would you describe space in one word?
12. What’s the first thing you’ll do when you get back to earth?
13. How has this experience impacted your life? Did it change your views of the world?
14. Why did you want to travel to space, and did you think it would be scarry?
15. What’s the hardest thing about being on the space station and why.
16. What’s the easiest thing about being on the space station and why.
17. What do you miss on earth most?
18. What is the coolest thing about being in space?
19. Do you to talk with your family every day?
20. Do you ever feel claustrophobic?
21. How do you tell time in space since there’s no sunrise or sunset?
22. Do you ever have any real privacy?
