ARISS School Contact 9 December 2024, 11:03 UTC, direct via SP5POT

NASA astronaut Don Pettit. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

An educational radio contact is planned with Chrześcijańska Szkoła Podstawowa Daniel, Warszawa, Poland, direct via SP5POT .

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS and the scheduled crewmember is Don Pettit KD5MDT, the ARISS mentor is SP3QFE.

Contact is go for: Monday 9 December 2024, 11:03:48 UTC, 78 deg. Downlink signals from ISS will be audible above areas within the ISS footprint on 145.800 MHz narrowband FM, RX only! (Credit: AMSAT.)

Watch for Livestreams at: https://www.facebook.com/share/45Mq4px6R9Fnt6tK/ and https://www.youtube.com/live/CDMgY2x5Kwo

Proposed questions generated by the Chrześcijańska Szkoła Podstawowa Daniel students:

1. How do you feel the temperature and air pressure inside the ISS?

2. How does microgravity affect your bones?

3. How do you ensure the stability of tools while performing engineering tasks on the ISS?

4. Do you use AI during your space mission?

5. What is the most difficult thing to do in microgravity?

6. How do you control the robots that you use on the ISS?

7. What season is the most beautiful to observe from space?

8. What personality traits should a scientist have?

9. How important is cooperation on board the ISS?

10. How do you keep fit? 11. Is the space trip very tiring?

12. Can you see the ozone hole from the ISS?

13. What would you recommend photographing with EarthKAM?

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