[RAC-Bulletin] Update on tomorrow=E2=80(tm)s ARISS contact with Ashbury Co llege in Ottawa

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*ARISS contact also scheduled for Tuesday, November 28 with Huntley
Centennial Public School*

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*Note:* An ARISS contact is also scheduled for Tuesday, November 28 with
Huntley Centennial Public School. More information is provided below and
will be updated as soon as new information arrives.

The following news item provides information about tomorrow's ARISS
contacts on November 27:

*ARISS contact on Monday, November 27:*

An International Space Station (ISS) school contact has been planned with
participants at Ashbury College in Ottawa, Ontario for tomorrow November 27
.

The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:39 UTC.

It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before
this time. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30
seconds.

The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and VK4KHZ and the scheduled
astronaut is Joe Acaba, KE5DAR.

The contact should be audible over Australia and adjacent areas. Interested
parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is
expected to be conducted in English.

The Moderator will be Brian Jackson, VE6JBJ, and the Mentor on site is
Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD.

The event will be held in the Theatre and there is expected to be
approximately 400 Grade 9 to 11 students. ARISS HAMTV is not planned.

Ashbury College is an independent academic institution in the heart of
Canada's Capital. From Grades 4 to 12, students are prepared for
post-secondary education, all while cultivating a strong sense of community
engagement, and independent learning. We are part of the International
Baccalaureate program and have a deep involvement in the Round Square
initiative as well as additional science and math programs. We as a school
believe that our participation in the ARISS communication session with the
International Space Station would provide valuable and relevant information
to our students, as well as reflect our roots in Internationalism and STEM.
The students attending the broadcast will be all of the Grade 9 and 10
students as well as students in the Space and Science course and
Kinesiology course.

Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

1) Microgravity has shown to cause a decrease in muscle mass which can
impact muscle strength, endurance, contraction and other key muscular
activities. What are some ways that you prevent muscular atrophy in zero
gravity and how do you prepare for this prior to space flight?

2) How do you adjust to a sleep cycle on the ISS (the sun sets 16 times)?
How do you readjust to a sleep cycle when you return to Earth?

3) What do you miss most about Earth while on the ISS?

4) Funding excepted, what are the obstacles to adding an artificial gravity
module to the ISS, considering the potential benefits astronauts could
receive from it during long-term space missions?

5) What was the application process like to become an astronaut? What set
you apart from your peers?

6) How do the plants grown on the ISS differ from those on Earth? Are there
any sustaining food sources?

7) What type of projects/research do you do in outer space and what is your
favourite experiment to work on the ISS?

8) In space, the loss of bone mass is found to be up to 10 times the amount
of osteoporosis. On earth, one of the ways we prevent bone loss is by
increasing resistance training, however, there is no resistance in zero
gravity. How do you prepare for and cope with this bone loss in a
micro-gravitational environment before, during and after space flight,
especially when you are up there for longer periods of time (i.e., six
months)? Does this affect things like healing bone fractures?

9) What do you do for fun?

10) What is the most frustrating/exciting part of being an astronaut?

11) What were your first thoughts when arriving at the ISS? Any fear or
just excitement?

12) How will things be different with the new space station planned to
orbit the moon compared to the International Space Station?

13) How do you bathe?

There is also a scheduled contact for Tuesday, November 28 as follows:

*ARISS contact on Tuesday, November 28:*

An International Space Station (ISS) school contact has been planned with
students at Huntley Centennial Public School in Carp, Ontario.

A telebridge contact via IK1SLD is scheduled for Tuesday, November 28 at
18:46:37 UTC 50 deg.

The ISS call sign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS and the schedule
d
astronaut is Paolo Nespoli, IZ0JPA.

The Moderator will be Brian Jackson, VE6JBJ, and the Mentor on site is
Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD

The audience size is expected to be about 600 Grade 2 to 6 students and the
event will be held in the Gym. At present we do not know if ARISS HAMTV is
planned.

ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts.
ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send
your reports to aj...@amsat.org or aj...@aol.com.

Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.80 MHz. All ARISS contacts are
made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted.

*Background Information:*

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative
venture of the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American
Radio Relay League (ARRL), the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) in the United States and other international space
agencies and international Amateur Radio organizations around the world.
The primary purpose of ARISS is to organize scheduled contacts via Amateur
Radio between crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and
classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced
volunteers from Amateur Radio clubs and coordination from the ARISS team,
the ISS crew members speak directly with large group audiences in a variety
of public forums such as school assemblies, science centers and museums,
Scout camporees, jamborees and space camps, where students, teachers,
parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies and Amateur
Radio.

ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the
participating space agencies, NASA, the Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES,
JAXA and CSA, with the AMSAT and International Amateur Radio Union
organizations from participating countries.

ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of
Amateur Radio by talking directly with crew members onboard the
International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see,
firsthand, how Amateur Radio and crew members on the International Space
Station can energize youth and instill an interest in science, technology,
and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on
their website.

*Source: Ian MacFarquhar, VE9IM, RAC ARISS Board Representative*
*Upcoming Contacts: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS)*




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