An educational radio contact is planned with Girlguiding Surrey West County, Shepperton, UK, direct via GB4GGB.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS and the scheduled crewmember is Sunita Williams KD5PLB; the ARISS mentor is MØXTD .
Contact is go for: Sat 5 October 2024, 13:06:22 UTC, 86 deg.; downlink signals from ISS will be audible over Great Britain and nearby areas within the ISS footprint on 145.800 MHz narrowband FM; contact will be in English. RX only! (Credit: AMSAT.)
Watch for Livestream at https://live.ariss.org/
Proposed questions generated by the Girlguiding Surrey West County students:
1. Who or what inspired you to become an astronaut and what advice would you have for any of these girls here today who might want to become an astronaut?
2. Do you have any free time and if so what do you spend your time doing?
3. There are many international time zones so how does time work on the international space station?
4. If you were not an astronaut, what job would you like to have instead?
5. What things do you like to take with you to remind you of home?
6. What is the hardest part of your job?
7. How does the food and drinks do you have in space compare to foods on earth?
8. What do you miss about earth?
9. How long have you been on the international space station?
10. What was your reaction when you found out you had been selected to fly to the International Space Station?
11. What stars or other things have you seen in space?
12. Is space hot or cold?
13. Does space smell of anything?
14. How do you sleep in space?
15. What is your favourite planet and why?
16. Have you done a spacewalk? If so, what was it like?
17. The spacesuits look very heavy, are they uncomfortable to wear?
18. What is it like floating in space? Have you ever lost anything from it floating away?
19. What things do you like to take with you to remind you of home?