ARISS School Contact 7 November 2024, telebridge via VK6MJ

VK6MJ antennas
Sunita Williams. Credits: NASA

An educational radio contact is planned with Scuola Primaria “Bandello”, Castelnuovo Scrivia, Italy, telebridge via VK6MJ.

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS and the scheduled crewmember is Sunita Williams KD5PLB; the ARISS mentor is IZ2GOJ .

Contact is go for: Thursday 7 November 2024, 07:56:25 UTC, 25 deg. Downlink signals from ISS  will be audible over parts of Australia interested by the ISS footprint on 145.800 MHz narrowband FM; contact will be in English.  RX only! (Credit: AMSAT.)

Proposed questions generated by the Scuola Primaria “Bandello” students:

1. Do you dream while sleeping in space?

2. Can you get sick in space?

3. Which food do you miss the most on the ISS?

4. Did you always know you wanted to be an astronaut?

5. Do you think other intelligent life forms exist in the Universe?

6. How do you handle any conflicts between crew members with different cultural backgrounds?

7. How long does it take to wear the EVA suit?

8. What do you feel observing the Earth from the ISS?

9. What’s the strangest thing you’ve seen in space?

10. How do you perceive time passing on the space station?

11. Are you more eager to go to space or to return home?

12. What sensations do you feel during the first days in space?

13. Wouldn’t you like to float freely away from ISS while on EVA?

14. Is it difficult to get used again to gravity when back on Earth?

15. How a carpenter’s bubble level behaves in space?

16. Do you see stars twinkling or not, since you’re out of the atmosphere?

17. What’s your favorite city to look at from space?

18. Is there a typical smell on the ISS?

19. What is your favourite experiment on the ISS?

20. Can you see other planets from the ISS?

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