ARISS School Contact 30 March 2026, 13:28 UTC, direct via GB4SLS

Astronaut Jack Hathaway. (picture: NASA)

An educational radio contact is planned with Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys The Langton, Canterbury, United Kingdom, direct via GB4SLS.

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS and the scheduled crewmember is Jack Hathaway KJ5NIV, the ARISS mentor is MØXTD.

Contact is go for: Monday 30 March 2026, 13:28:38 UTC, 56 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://live.ariss.org/ AND watch HamTV at live.ariss.org/hamtv

Proposed questions generated by the Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys The Langton students:

1. What are the purposes of the experiments you do in space?

2. Why do we go to space to do some experiments rather than do them on Earth?

3. How does the ISS stay in orbit around the earth?

4. How does it feel to see so many sunsets and sunrises each day from the ISS

5. What food do you eat on the ISS?

6. Why is there no air in space?

7. How does rocket fuel work when there is no air for combustion?

8. What do you do for entertainment on the ISS?

9. How hard do you have to train to go into space?

10. What is it like launching into space?

11. What is like to be in zero gravity for a long period of time?

12. Without weight pulling things down onto the ground there must be a lot less friction to help you move, how do you compensate for that?

13. Do you have any source of internet in space?

14. What is the most amazing thing that you have seen from space?

15. What ordinary daily tasks are the most difficult to do in space?

16. How does being in space affect the human body?

17. Is there a lot of noise on the ISS or is it quite quiet?

18. How do you clear up spills in space?

19. Do you ever feel lonely from the isolation in space?

20. How do you prepare for space walks?

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