An educational radio contact is planned with Instituto de Aplicação Fernando Rodrigues da Silveira (CAp-UERJ) and The State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, direct via PY1AX.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS, the scheduled crewmember is Sunita Williams KD5PLB and the ARISS mentor is VE3TBD.
Contact is go for: Friday 13 September 2024, 17:25:47 UTC, 49 deg. Downlink signals from ISS will be audible over Brasil and nearby areas within the ISS footprint on 145.800 MHz narrowband FM; contact will be in English. RX only! (Credit: AMSAT.)
Proposed questions generated by the Instituto de Aplicação Fernando Rodrigues da Silveira (CAp-UERJ) and The State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) students:
1. At what age did you become interested and decide to pursue the astronaut job? What were the first steps that you took in order to kickstart your career?
2. What are your guesses for the future space missions?
3. How do you think leaving earth and seeing space in its real scope can alter someone’s perspective about society and existence?
4. I want to know how someone adapts to gravity in space?
5. How many people can be on the ISS at the same time? When do you transfer to Earth? Do you have a time limit, get a radio call and just leave, or stay inside until you run out of resources, like food or water?
6. I would like to know what the routine is like on the ISS, how do you shower, sleep and eat?
7. After spending time in space, what are the main effects you have felt on Earth as a result of the difference in atmospheric pressure? Like, disorientation? headache?
8. What unexpected challenges or surprises have you encountered in microgravity that you didn’t anticipate during your training on Earth?
9. What happens if an astronaut gets sick or has any medical emergency on board the space station?
10. How does an astronaut regulate their sleep in orbit? Does it take time in the station or is it previously trained on land?
11. Do you ever get a day off, like Saturday or Sunday? If so, what activities or hobbies do you do when you are not working?
12. What has been most challenging so far about becoming an astronaut?
13. On the ISS, is there the use of programming languages for image processing? Or the use of satellite image processing to analyze the weather conditions of other planets?
14. How is The flavor of the ISS food?
15. How do you repair damaged parts of the ISS? Do you have a 3D printer on board? If not, how do you machine a part?
16. Are Earth’s climate changes noticeable by the space station crew? If so, how intense is it and what are astronauts’ perceptions of climate change on our planet?