An educational radio contact is planned with Jaanimmarik Ilinniarvik School, Jaanimmarik Iliniavik, Kuujjuaq, QC, Canada, Telebridge via IK1SLD. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS and the scheduled crewmember is Nick Hague KG5TMV, the ARISS mentor is VE3TBD .
Contact is go for: Friday 11 October 2024, 13:13:44 UTC, 79 deg.; downlink signals from ISS will be audible above Italy and areas within the ISS footprint on 145.800 MHz narrowband FM, RX only! (Credit: AMSAT.)
Proposed questions generated by the Jaanimmarik Ilinniarvik School students:
1. How many years of school to become an astronaut?
2. Do you follow normal time like we do on earth?
3. How do you go to the bathroom in space?
4. How does it feel to float in zero gravity? How does take-off feel?
5. Can you get those 2 people stuck in space back on earth?
6. What was your scariest moment in space? Have you brought any souvenirs from space? Does space smell?
7. What do you do if you run out of food? Do you grow plants up there or do you stock up for a whole year or months?
8. What keeps you entertained up there?
9. Do you believe that the universe is infinite?
10. Will we still see the evidence of the moon landings when we go back to the moon?
11. How does it feel to come back to earth after being in space for a long time and are you sick or does your body feel heavy? Can you walk as soon as you are back?
12. What test does do you do to become an astronaut and does it mean lots of math and science?
13. Have you come across a portal in space that could possibly lead to another universe?
14. Have you or can you ever seen a black hole from space Station?
15. What do you most like to do in your free time?
16. Why, since Neil Armstrong, have we not returned to the moon?
17. Do you want to go to the moon someday?