An educational radio contact is planned with Wireless Institute of Australia AGM and Technical Expo, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, telebridge via ARISS Telebridge Station K6DUE in Greenbelt, Maryland.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS and the scheduled crewmember is Takuya Onishi KF5LKS, the ARISS mentor is VK4KHZ.
Contact is go for: Satursday 3 May 2025, 11:06:00 UTC, 63 deg. Downlink signals from ISS will be audible above Maryland, USA, and nearby areas on 145.800 MHz narrowband FM. RX only! (Credit: AMSAT.)
Proposed questions generated by the WIA students:
1. In zero gravity, how do your muscles adapt to weightlessness? Can you feel them at all?
2. What’s something you learned during your training or spaceflight that made you view science or exploration differently?
3. How did your perspective on the Earth and life itself change after you reached space?
4. How do you work, live and communicate with people when you’re having a bad day?
5. What’s the craziest thing you’ve learnt about space whilst in space.?
6. What is it like to carry out others experiments while in the ISS, how explicit do the instructions need to be.
7. Are there any living organisms, other than humans and plants on the ISS?
8. What recent advancements in technology have improved the conditions for the astronauts on the ISS and is there something in particular that would improve conditions even more?
9. What precautions do you take to ensure that everything runs smoothly, and how are you trained to handle problems in the event that something malfunctions?
10. Hi, I sometimes get panic attacks and anxiety, and I can’t even imagine how intense it must be to live in space! Do astronauts ever get anxious up there? And if so, how do you handle it? Any cool space-approved tips for staying calm when things feel overwhelming? (Also, floating around must be the best stress relief ever!)
11. What’s the most surprising or unexpected thing you’ve experienced while living on the International Space Station, that you never could have imagined before you got there?
12. After leaving Earth and being a part of one of humanity’s biggest technological advancements, what is your outlook towards potential future technologies such as lightspeed travel?
13. What excites you most about the future of space exploration?