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Subj: ARISS Status 2009-12-07
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From: CX2SA@CX2SA.LAV.URY.SA
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Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report
December 7, 2009
1. Upcoming School Contact
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been
scheduled with Scuola Primaria De Gasperi in Noicattaro, Bari, Italy on
Saturday, December 12 at 09:11 UTC. Lesson plans have covered amateur radio
communications and space missions. Newspapers, radio and television, both
local and regional, will report on the event.
2. Astronaut Training Status - Simulated Contact Scheduled
A simulated Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact
is planned for Tuesday, December 8 at approximately 14:45 UTC. The contact
will take place between Deer Creek Elementary School in Bailey, Colorado and
astronaut Tracy Caldwell, KF5DBF. Audio should be available on IRLP
(Internet Radio Linking Project). The training session is a
terrestrial-based amateur radio contact using ARISS equivalent equipment.
3. Successful ARISS Contact with Utah School
On Wednesday, December 2, students from Midvalley Elementary School in
Midvale, Utah participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space
Station (ARISS) contact with Jeffrey Williams, KD5TVQ. The school prepared
for the contact using NASA lesson plan resources and integrated the ARISS
activity into the school curriculum at many grade levels. Children learned
about amateur radio, electromagnetic waves and the ISS and even viewed IMAX
Space Station video. Nineteen questions were answered during the nine
minute pass. Approximately 200 students were present for the contact and
others listened in from their classrooms. Dr. David Doty (the school
district superintendent), school board members and district directors were
also present. Two major Salt Lake City newspapers, the Salt Lake Tribune and
the Deseret Morning News as well as Channel 4 (ABC) television, Fox 13 and
the local community newspaper all covered the event. This was the first
ARISS contact for Utah.
4. ARISS-Brazil on Twitter
ARISS-Brazil is promoting ARISS events on its new Twitter site. It provides
an excellent opportunity to better understand what the ARISS education
program is. The site is in Portuguese: http://twitter.com/arissbrazil
An ARISS-US member has also been posting ISS amateur radio related items to
a Twitter site. See: http://twitter.com/RF2Space
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