An educational radio contact is planned with Archdiocese of Atlanta Catholic Schools, Smyrna, Georgia, multi-point telebridge via VK4ISS. The ISS callsign is presently scheduled TBD , the scheduled crewmember is Luke Delaney KJ5PPF, the ARISS mentor is K4RGK. Downlink signals from ISS will be audible above areas within the ISS footprint on 145.800 MHz narrowband FM; RX only! (Credit: AMSAT.)
Contact is go for: Thursday 19 November 2026, 16:34:09 UTC, 27 deg.
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Proposed questions generated by the Archdiocese of Atlanta Catholic Schools students:
1. What is one detail about Earth that completely surprised you when you looked at it from the cupola?
2. What exercises or supplements do astronauts use to slow down muscle atrophy while in space?
3. What has been the hardest thing to adapt to while living in space, and why?
4. What is your favorite part of living on the ISS?
5. How does experimenting with things in space and in microgravity help us advance technologically?
6. How do you know if it is day or night?
7. Who takes care of you if you get sick in space and what happens?
8. What physical phenomenon behaves so counter intuitively in orbit that it defies your everyday logic, and can you explain your perception of the phenomenon?
9. How has the increase in space debris affected day to day life and operating protocols on the ISS?
10. What do you consider to be the most important impact that astronauts have on society?
11. What percentage of your food is grown on the ISS and what crop is the fastest and most nutritious to grow?
12. What is something small that you or your crew does on the ISS to cheer each other up after a hard day?
13. How do you get in and out of the space station without letting all the air out?
14. Do you think the ISS will be used to help advance missions to and colonization of Mars?
15. What has been your most challenging task aboard the ISS and how did you meet the challenge?
16. What is your favorite experiment on the ISS, what is the importance of the experiment and how has it changed your life or other lives?