A space talk is planned with POIC at Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, telebridge via IK1SLD.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS, the scheduled crewmember is Chris Williams KJ5GEW, the ARISS mentor is KI5SDP.
Contact is go for: Friday 27 March 2026, 19:05:04 UTC, 40 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.)
Proposed questions generated by the POIC MSFC students:
1. As a TCO, we get to schedule your daily CEO targets. If you could orbit any other celestial body to take up-close photos, what would it be and why?
2. If you have to choose (and you do), who is the best movie composer of all time, Hanz Zimmer or John Williams?
3. What is an unexpected skill that you obtained that has greatly helped you in space?
4. If you could create a payload for ISS, what kind of experiment would you design, and what would you investigate?
5. The PRO team is known for enjoying baked beans mixed with banana pudding. What is the most creative food combo you’ve concocted onboard ISS?
6. When you end up finding a missing item in the original location, do you consider not telling us, so we stay humble?
7. Do you have any creative ways to have fun on station?
8. If you could take a souvenir from Station home with you what would it be and why?
9. If crew is Chris Williams: How is your home automation holding up while you have been away and what is your favorite new automation?
10. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve seen float around the cabin?
11. What is your favorite fictional vehicle? (in space or on Earth)
12. We often hear about the view, but we rarely talk about sensory deprivation. What is the one specific, mundane sound or smell from Earth that you miss the most?
13. What’s your favorite TV show to binge?
14. If you were able to watch the Winter Olympics this year, what was your favorite event to watch?
15. If you could play a non-fictional version of an astronaut from a TV show, book, or movie, who would it be?
16. Which of your thoughts/opinions have been most impacted by conducting science on the ISS and why?