Credits: AMSAT
Scouts Australia Western Australia Branch, Mount Hawthorn, Western Australia, Australia, telebridge via AB1OC.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The downlink frequency is presently scheduled to be 145.800 MHz The latest information on the operation mode can be found at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html
The scheduled crewmember is Jack Hathaway KJ5NIV The ARISS mentor is VK4KHZ Contact is go for: Fri 2026-04-17 10:22:49 UTC 68 deg
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Proposed questions generated by the Scouts Australia Western Australia Branch students: 1. Have you ever lost anything in space and had it float away? 2. What does it feel like to be in space? Does it feel like you are out of this world? 3. How do you celebrate special occasions (like birthdays, Christmas and New Years) in space? 4. How long does it take to launch from earth and dock to the ISS from the Soyuz rocket? 5. What do you miss most about Earth, and is there anything about space that you wish you could bring back with you? 6. How does the ISS produce enough air for astronauts to breathe? 7. What is one ‘Fun Fact’ that most people wouldn’t know about the International Space Station. 8. How do you distinguish heavy and light objects in Zero-G? 9. I go to school 8 hrs a day, 5 days a week. Do you have set work hours and weekends, and what do in your time off? 10. How do you prevent microbes and bacteria from flourishing aboard the space station? 11. Do your senses, like hearing and smell, change in space? 12. What is the most interesting meal you’ve eaten in space, and does it taste different to when you’re on Earth? 13. Can fruits and grass grow in space? If so, do plants grow faster, slower or at the same rate in space, as they do on earth? 14. How do you navigate in space? 15. Where do you see Artificial Intelligence and space exploration going in the future? 16. What is something about living on the International Space Station that most people would never expect? 17. Every day after school I tell my mum about the best and worst thing that happened at school. What is the best and worst thing each day for an astronaut on the ISS? 18. How does it feel to have no gravity at the Space Station?