An educational radio contact is planned with Université de Namur asbl, Namur, Belgium, telebridge via IK1SLD .
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS and the scheduled crewmember is Don Pettit KD5MDT, the ARISS mentor is ON6TI .
Contact is go for: Wednesday 2 April 2025, 15:11:17 UTC, 33 deg. Downlink signals from ISS will be audible above areas within the ISS footprint on 145.800 MHz narrowband FM, please remember: RX only! (Credit: AMSAT.)
Proposed questions generated by the Université de Namur asbl students:
1. What advice would you give to young girls who dream of working in space exploration?
2. What was your academic path, and what personal initiatives did you take to achieve your goal?
3. How does the absence of gravity truly affect your perception of time and space on a daily basis?
4. How do you manage your food stock? Do you grow your own food in the ISS?
5. Can you describe how it feels to eat in space and how different is it from eating on Earth ?
6. Do you ever get bored in the ISS? And if so, what do you do?
7. What are the most surprising mental challenges you’ve encountered in space?
8. What were the scientific goals of your latest mission in space and what practical applications has it had for humankind?
9. Do you work on designing tools that can counter cosmic radiation?
10. Will there be another project to replace the ISS, and what will be its purpose?
11. What’s the hardest thing to do in microgravity conditions?
12. What’s something that is surprisingly easier to do in microgravity than on Earth? (***)
13. Can you briefly describe a typical day in the ISS?
14. How has seeing Earth from space changed your perspective on life?
15. Do we know of the existence of a planet with liquid water on its surface?
16. How important is mastering English for an astronaut?