An educational radio contact is planned with Lakeside Junior High School, Springdale, AR, direct via KJ5ANC.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS and the scheduled crewmember is Nichole Ayers KJ5GWI, the ARISS mentor is K4RGK.
Contact is go for: Mon 2025-03-31 18:05:26 UTC 71 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.)
Watch for Livestream at:
https://www.youtube.com/@SpringdaleSchoolsTV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6O9pbMAP0E https://live.ariss.org/
Proposed questions generated by the Lakeside Junior High School students:
1. Growing up, how did STEM programs in your schools help you on your road to becoming an astronaut?
2. What is your favorite experiment that you’ve done in Space?
3. What was one part of living on the ISS that astronaut training could never fully prepare you for?
4. What is a spacewalk like?
5. How does being in space influence creativity, and have you or your fellow astronauts engaged in any artistic activities, like drawing, music, or storytelling?
6. What will you do when you return to earth?
7. Can you describe a time when you had to solve an unexpected problem on the ISS using creativity and teamwork?
8. Have you seen or heard anything weird and/or unexplainable in space?
9. How does being in space and working closely with an international crew affect the way you view the world?
10. How often do you encounter space debris and what happens when you do?
11. Does being in micro-gravity for long periods affect how you see the size or scale of objects, and does that change when you return to Earth?
12. This semester, I was part of the NASA HUNCH Astronaut Culinary Challenge. Have you created any innovative recipes to improve the taste of space food?
13. Have you lost anything in the ISS?
14. After working out for 2+ hours on the ISS, how do you recover or relax in space?
15. What preparations are taken right before a launch?
16. When you leave the space station, what will you miss?
17. Based on what you’ve learned from living on the ISS, what do you think will be the biggest challenge when humans attempt to live on Mars?
18. What advice would you give to a student who wants to work for NASA or be an Astronaut?
19. Are there any specific clothing requirements while on the ISS?
20. What new technology onboard the ISS has had the biggest impact on daily life or research in recent years?