An educational radio contact is planned with Conn Magnet Elementary School, Raleigh, NC., direct via K4EB.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS and the scheduled crewmember is Chris Williams KJ5GEW; the ARISS mentor is AA6TB.
Contact is go for: Friday 30 Jan 2026, 15:10:30 UTC, 19 deg. Downlink signals from ISS will be audible above areas within the ISS footprint on 145.800 MHz narrowband FM; the conversation will be in English, RX only! Credit: AMSAT.)
Watch for Livestream at https://youtube.com/live/tOj-SpbmA30?feature=share and and https://live.ariss.org/
Proposed questions generated by the Conn Magnet Elementary School students:
1. What kind of job do you do once you leave space?
2. What is the feeling like when you are blasting off into space?
3. Where does the trash go that you generate on the International Space Station?
4. What is something you would like to do in space, but are not allowed to do?
5. What personal technology can you bring to space that has pictures, videos, and audio of family and friends?
6. What are you looking forward to the most when you return to earth?
7. Do planets look different in space?
8. What games do you plan in space when you are not working?
9. Are there similarities with your favorite food in space and on earth?
10. Have you ever seen a hurricane in space?
11. Knowing spaceflight can be risky, why did you choose to still be an astronaut?
12. What is the hardest part of your life by being in space on the International Space Station?
13. What is your favorite view you have seen from space so far?
14. What advice do you have for students who love to build, design, and dream about the future?
15. We apply our IDEAS Design Cycle each day. How do you and the crew on the International Space Station discuss possible solutions to problems and then decide an action to take?
16. What does looking out into space look like when you are in the shadow of the earth?
17. If you could design a new space mission for kids to help with, what would it be?
18. What is something you saw in space that no photo or video could ever show?
19. How much water is used on an average day on the International Space Station?
20. Is there an age minimum to go to the International Space Station?