An educational radio contact is planned with Liceo Bicentenario Mary Graham, Valparaíso, Chile, direct via CE2CQ. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS and the scheduled crewmember is Jack Hathaway KJ5NIV, the ARISS mentor is VE3TBD.
Contact is go for: Mon 28 Sept 2026, 12:24:10 UTC 48 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 Liceo Bicentenario Mary Graham students:
1. Based on your experience, what have you learned that wasn’t included in your training?
2. Have your goals changed since you began living on the ISS? If so, how?
3. How does the 90-minute day-night cycle affect your daily routine?
4. Does microgravity affect the taste or properties of food?
5. Are new materials being developed in space that could eventually be used on Earth?
6. What human value do you consider most important for living and working in an environment as demanding as the International Space Station?
7. What advice would you give to a student who dreams of going to space, particularly regarding the values and attitudes they should develop?
8. What new contributions could NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope make to astronomy compared with previous space telescopes?
9. What is atmospheric re-entry like for you as an astronaut?
10. What are the main differences between preparing for a lunar landing mission, such as Artemis III, and preparing for an expedition to the ISS?
11. What variables must be considered to keep a satellite in orbit?
12. What is NASA and the aerospace industry working on to solve the issue of space debris such as obsolete satellites that are no longer in use?
13. What is it like to live and work with people from such different cultural backgrounds aboard the International Space Station?
14. How did observing Earth from the ISS change your understanding of humanity?
15. What is the simplest thing on Earth that you miss the most while in space?
16. What is the relationship between science and what we consider to be known or established knowledge?