5 posts from février 2009

Ce matin sur la route j'ai pu écouter plusieurs opérateurs européens via la station spatiale . L'émetteur était en mode répéteur et Pasquale IK1SOW a réalisé plusieurs QSOs.

Bonne écoute sur 145.800 ;-)

Ci-dessous le communiqué officiel ARISS du prochain rendez-vous avec les questions:

An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at the 1 Circolo Didattico G.Marconi, Casamassima, Italy on 25 February. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 07.50 UTC, which is 08.50 CEWT.

The contact will be a direct between stations NA1SS and IZ7EVR. The contact should be audible over most of Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.800 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.

The II Didactic Center "Marconi" in Casamassima di Bari (BA) includes one Primary School and two Nursery Schools. There are more than 800 pupils and a teaching staff composed of 70 teachers, directed by the headmaster, Mrs. Rita Rosaria Gagliardi. The Primary School has multimedia and scientific laboratories, and the pupils play an active role in a number of projects, which make them experience Science, Music, Dance, Theatre, Physical Education and more.

The participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. How do you feel when you live without the force of gravity?
2. How do you behave in case of emergency?
3. What happens if there are some problems on board of the Shuttle in the launch phase?
4. Is it difficult to build the ISS in orbit?
5. What happens if a meteorite hits the ISS?
6. What training do you accomplish before a mission into Space?
7. Is it easy to pilot the Space Shuttle?
8. What are the risks of a human mission to Mars in the future?
9. Are there any projects for future missions to the Moon?
10. Can you sleep without difficulty in these small spaces?
11. When had you got the passion for Space?
12. What were your studies to become an astronaut?
13. Where do you store the ISS' waste?
14. How do you provide the ISS with oxygen?
15. What kind of spaceships will be used on future Moon missions?
16. What is the most difficult situation you have to face?
17. How do you react if you discover an unidentified flying object in Space?
18. Is the return to Earth phase more difficult than the launch phase?
19. Is it possible to become ill on board of the ISS?
20. How do you communicate with your relatives?
21. How do you feel when your Shuttle launch is postponed?

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

ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers onboard the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning.

Gaston Bertels, ON4WF
ARISS-Europe chairman

http://www.ariss-eu.org

Demain mardi 10 février à partir de 11h20 locale, soyez à l'écoute de la fréquence. Pour ma part, je suis impatient de connaître la réponse à la question de Serena. "Quelle est l'importance de la station radioamateur à bord de l'ISS ?"
Une diffusion en direct sur internet est également prévue demain.

ARISS CONTACT PLANNED WITH SCHOOL IN PIETRASANTA, ITALY

An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at the Istituto Comprensivo Pietrasanta1-Scuola Secondaria 1° Grado, Padre Eugenio Barsanti, Pietrasanta, Italy on Tuesday 10 February 2009. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 10.24 UTC, which is 11.24 CEWT.
The contact will be a direct between stations OR4ISS and IZ5NII. The contact should be audible over most of Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.800 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
Pietrasanta is a small town in Tuscany, 30km north of Pisa near the Ligurian Sea. It is a centre for processing marble and bronze with many art galleries.
The school is situated in the centre of Pietrasanta, in a large building near the Town Hall. It is attended by 313 students from the age of eleven to the age of thirteen-fourteen. The School has an experimental curriculum, covering basic subjects plus additional activities such as Drama, Art, Music, IT, Science, Foreign Languages, carried out by groups of students.

The participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

1. Serena: How important is the amateur radio station on board the ISS?
2. Simone: .What projects do you carry out on board the International Space Station?
3. Costanza. Who pays for all the costs of the ISS project?
4. Daisy: What is it like living in a small place like the space shuttle for a few days?
5. Amelia: Would you like to participate in a journey to the Moon?
6. Matteo: What does the ISS inside smell like?
7. Roberta: Is there a magnetic field in the ISS orbit?
8. Michele: Can you breathe normally on board the ISS?
9. Tommaso: How do you cope with the alternation of day and night every 45 minutes?
10. Christian: How long did the training last in order to participate in this mission?
11. Lorena: What do you do if you get sick in Space?
12. Linda: What do your family and your friends think about your job?
13. Simone: What is the most dangerous moment during the mission, the take-off or the landing?
14. Filippo: What do you eat and drink?
15. Emanuele: Would it be possible to produce artificial gravity on the ISS?
16. Filippo: Is it difficult and dangerous to pass through the atmosphere before landing?
17. Sara: Is the perception of time onboard the ISS the same as on Earth?
18. Serena: What was the most spectacular moment during your stay in Space?
19. Luca: How often can you communicate with your family on Earth?
20. Aymane: What does it feel like to live without gravity?

Et mercredi 11 février à partir de 8h40 locale, les réponses seront audibles non seulement en europe mais aussi depuis le proche-orient.

ARISS CONTACT PLANNED WITH SCHOOL IN ALEXANDROUPOLIS, GREECE

An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at 1st and 2nd Lyceums of Alexandroupolis, Greece on Wednesday 11 February 2009. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 07:43 UTC.
The contact will be a direct between stations OR4ISS and SX7ISS. The contact should be audible over most of Europe and the Near-East. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.800 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.
Alexandroupolis is the capital of Evros (population over 60.000) and has a leading role in the geographical area of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, being the connecting gate between the countries of the European Union, the Mediterranean area, Asia and the countries around the Black sea. Therefore, the town has become one of the major junctions of the European Union.
The ARISS school contact will take place in 1st High School Alexandroupolis, Evros, Greece. About  70-80 students from 1st and 2nd High School will participate to this event. Students are aged 15-16 years.
Orestiada High School will also participate (about 25 students). All the students have astronomy lessons in 2nd Class.
Members of Thrace Amateur Astronomy Club (founded 2004) will be there. This club will organize the 6th Panhellenic Amateur Astronomy Conference 25-27 September 2009.

The participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

1. Panagiotis. Do all the members of the crew have equal access to the rooms of ISS or is there any restricted access to some of them?
2. IVasilis. What made you decide to become an astronaut ?  
3. Paraskevi. Have you ever faced any kind of technical problems while onboard ISS ?  
4. Vagelis. How many individuals does it take and for how long can one stay in the ISS?  
5. Fotis. Do you regard a manned mission to the Mars in the next 5 to 10 years feasible?
6. Stavroula. Can you tell us which is the most important task you have to do during your mission?
7. Rafaella. How long does the training of a cosmonaut last?
8. Georgios. Do you believe that your ISS experience will influence your future life in any way?
9. Marina. Can the ISS be functional for a while unmanned or is the continual presence of the crew essential?  
10. Nikolaos. If you had the possibility would you choose a permanent stay on the ISS?  
11. Despoina. We know that your program is full. Nevertheless how do you spend your spare time, if you have any?  
12. Vasilios. How long does the flight up to the connection with the ISS take?  
13. Dimitra. What do you normally do in the station and what are you working on during these days?  
14. Athanasia. We assume that you work all day long. Do you have any spare time for yourselves?  
15. Petros. Do you have enough time to communicate with your families?
16. Dimitra. What are the temperature conditions and pressure inside and outside the station?  
17. Dimitra. In the past many accidents occurred. Aren't you afraid of the fact that this might happen again every time you are sent up there?
18. Sofia. How many times a day do you eat and what do your meals look like? Do you take all the necessary nutritional substances you need?
19. Alexandros. Where do you get electricity from into the station?  
20. Sofia. How does it feel when you are looking at the earth and our whole solar system?

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

Cette après-midi vers 15h50 locale

ARISS CONTACT PLANNED WITH PILTON BLUECOAT JUNIOR SCHOOL, BARNSTAPLE, UK

An International Space Station ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at the Pilton Bluecoat Junior School, Barnstaple, UK on 06 February. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 14.52 UTC.

The contact will be a direct between stations OR4ISS and G0NPV. The contact should be audible over most of Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.800 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.

Pilton Bluecoat school has 260 pupils aged between 7 to 11 years old.  The school is  situated in the town of Barnstaple which has a population of 34,000.  Barnstaple is close to the surfing beaches of North Devon and is a popular tourist destination.  Children come from a range of social backgrounds, mostly from the immediate area close to the school.  School is proud on the vibrancy of the curriculum and is always seeking ways to make activities interesting, relevant, practical and enjoyable. This is reflected in the way they present the school environment, where they work hard to ensure it is well organized, stimulating and a place where children can grow as young citizens.  They encourage the children to pursue their own ideas and celebrate individual creativity.

The participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. What inspired you to become an astronaut?
2. What do you remember most from your training?
3. What is your greatest achievement as an ISS astronaut?
4. When the rocket fires at launch how do you feel?
5. Has being an astronaut changed the way you feel about life?
6. What dangers do you face whilst living on the space station?
7. What do you do if there is an equipment failure on board?
8. What happens if a crew member becomes unwell?
9. Are there any times during a mission when you feel nervous?
10. What is the most unpopular job on the ISS?
11. What would you do during a typical 24 hours on board?
12. How do you feel when you return to Earth after a long mission?
13. What discoveries have been made on the space station that have benefited the people on Earth?
14. How do you know when it is night and day and when to sleep and get up?
15. When looking at the Earth from the space station can you see any man-made objects?
16. Do you feel closer to God in Space or on Earth?
17. How do you wash your clothes and dishes on the space station?
18. Have you or any other members of the crew seen any unidentified objects whilst in space?
19. How do you celebrate Christmas and birthdays in space?
20. Will it be possible for you to visit us if you ever come to the UK?

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

Et demain vers 11h30

ARISS CONTACT PLANNED WITH GYMNASIUM HERZOGENRATH, GERMANY

An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at the Staedtisches Gymnasium Herzogenrath in Germany on 7 February 2009. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 10.36 UTC, which is 11.36 CEWT.

The contact will be a direct between stations OR4ISS and DR0G . The contact should be audible over most of Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.800 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in English.

The "Staedtisches Gymnasium Herzogenrath" is a well-established grammar school in Herzogenrath, a smaller town near Aachen. Presently, 1142 students, aged 10 to 19, attend the school with the aim to do their "Abitur" (A-level). Most of them come from a suburban area. As the school is closely situated to the Dutch border, they are eager to establish a close cooperation with a Dutch comprehensive school. Furthermore they encourage the students to take part in school exchanges, for example to Bistritz in Romania and to Belfast, Northern Ireland, or to spend a year abroad.

The "Staedtisches Gymnasium" is delighted in offering its students a wide range of extra curricular activities to meet the students' interests which are going beyond school topics and to consolidate their knowledge in various fields. One these extra curricular clubs is the "Funk-AG" (radio amateur club) whose members have initiated the project on the international space station. Their work will include the preparation and realization of a school exhibition on the history of radio transmission. Moreover, it is planned to receive signals from meteorological satellites and to put the data on display in the entrance hall. Their findings will thus be shared by the school community. The topic "universe and/or international space station", for instance, is part of our school curriculum in year 6 (11 to 12-year-old pupils) and in year 11 (16 to 17-year-old students).

In addition, the History Department is delighted in joining this project. In year 10 the "space race" is dealt with in detail as an essential part of the "Cold War".

The participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. To what extent do we on earth profit from your experiments on the ISS?
2. What are the aims of your present mission?
3. How much energy do you need daily and what kind of energy is it?
4. What about radiation on the ISS? Does it harm your health?
5. Have you had any problems with oncoming meteorites or space debris?
6. Which qualifications do you need to be on such a mission?
7. What were your feelings and emotions during lift off?
8. Do you lose your sense of time on the ISS?
9. How do you spend your free time on the ISS?
10. Have you got any room for your personal belongings?
11. What happens if you are ill?
12. What happens to the human body if you stay in space too long?
13. How often do you see the sunrise on the ISS per day?
14. What happens in case of an emergency, for example if the ISS is on fire?
15. Can you sleep well in a state of zero gravity?
16. How do you wash your hair?
17. How many experiments do you do a day?
18. Have you and your colleagues become friends?
19. What would you say is your most important experience on the ISS?
20. When do you think will mankind be able to leave our solar system?

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

ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers onboard the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning.

Gaston Bertels, ON4WF
ARISS-Europe chairman

http://www.ariss-eu.org

Félicitations à Julien F0CUQ et Christophe F1MOJ pour la liaison réussie de ce vendredi après-midi avec la station spatiale internationale NA1SS. Les signaux étaient très forts sur la fréquence de dégagement et l'astronaute Mike Fincke KE5AIT a eu le temps de répondre à 18 des questions préparées par les élèves.

Cet évènement a été couvert par la presse avec la Gazette Ariegeoise, le Petit Journal, France 3, Ariège News, La dépêche du midi, Radio Transparence, Radio Montaillou et Sud Radio.

Archive Audio F0CUQ/NA1SS