An educational radio contact is planned with Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) and Vermont School, Mexico City, Mexico, 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: Fri day 17 January 2025, 17:00:18 UTC, 77 deg.; downlink signals from ISS will be audible above Italy and areas within the ISS footprint on 145.800 MHz narrowband FM, remember: RX only! (Credit: AMSAT.)
Proposed questions generated by the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) and Vermont School students:
1. What steps did you take to become an astronaut and to travel to space?
2. What did you find challenging in your training?
3. What roles do astronauts perform on the ISS?
4. What kind of food do you typically eat in a day on the ISS?
5. What happens to the liquids in the body when there is no gravity?
6. How often do you get sick while in space, and how do you undergo medical check-ups?
7. Does time feel like it passes faster or slower when you are in space?
8. How does the silence of space compare to the quietest moments you experience on Earth?
9. How did your training help you achieve mission success on the ISS?
10. What is the most impressive thing you have ever seen in space?
11. Is it possible to observe Earth rotation on its axis or its orbit around the Sun from space?
12. What has been the greatest challenge of living and working in space, and how did you overcome it?
13. What research are you currently conducting in your lab?
14. What crops have you been able to grow on the ISS so far?
15. How are you preparing for deep space exploration missions of the future?
16. If you could go back in time five years, what would you change and why?
17. What is the next step you aim to take in your career?