An educational radio contact is planned with Kyoto Municipal Shimogamo Junior High School, Kyoto-city, Japan direct via JL3ZPU . The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS and the scheduled crewmember is Nick Hague KG5TMV; the ARISS mentor is 7M3TJZ .
Contact is go for: Wednesday 29 January 2025, 10:47:52 UTC, 39 deg. Downlink signals from ISS will be audible above areas within the ISS footprint on 145.800 MHz narrowband FM, remember: RX only! (Credit: AMSAT.)
Proposed questions generated by the Kyoto Municipal Shimogamo Junior High School students:
1. How long have you been in the ISS? And how long have you trained as an astronaut?
2. Can you see the Great Wall of China from the ISS?
3. Can plankton that live in water reproduce the same way as on land?
4. How do you sleep in the ISS?
5. What is your favorite food on space?
6. Since you became an astronaut, how have you changed yourself?
7. How much money did it cost to build the Space Station?
8. What was your first impression when you arrived at the space station?