ARISS contact for school in Sweden
An International Space Station contact is planned for Dragonskolan, Umea, Sweden.
The event is scheduled for Wednesday 25 November 2015 at 09:44 UTC, which is 10.44 CEWT.
This will be a telebridge contact between NA1SS and VE4ISS. Signals from the ISS will not be audible in Europe.
The contact will possibly be broadcast on EchoLink AMSAT (node 101 377) and JK1ZRW (node 277 208) Conference servers, as well as on IRLP Discovery Reflector 9010.
School Information:
Dragonskolan is one of the biggest upper secondary schools in Sweden and is located in central Umea. Currently hosting 1820 students aged 16-19 and 300 staff; it has recently been renovated to meet modern needs in a stimulating learning environment.
At Dragonskolan, we have an ethos where we believe we can offer our students three meaningful and enjoyable years. Our core values are “open and bright”, referring not only to the physical surroundings but also to the social climate.
Dragonskolan is the biggest meeting place for young people in Umea, A wide range of 3 year programs, college preparatory and vocational, are offered here, ranging from natural science to humanities and technological science. At the core of the school is the Dragonskolan Technology Center where everything is taught from industrial welding technology to electronics, automation, computer science, CAD and much more.
With its close ties to the industry, the school keeps in pace with the latest industrial technology ensuring the students get the best education available within their chosen field.
Students will ask as many of the following questions as time allows.
1. Joacim 16 : How would you describe the smell in space?
2. Ida 16: Is going to space what you expected it to be?
3. Ellen 16: How dark is it dark in space?
4. Roya 16: Have you ever fantasized about seeing an alien life form?
5. Maja 16: Do you have access to internet and social media on the space station?
6. Elsa 16: What is the first thing you want to do when you get back home?
7. Sebastian 16: What is your annual salary as an astronaut?
8. Saif 16: When are humans expected to go to Mars?
9. Anna 18: How does one feel in size aboard the space station?
10. Ludwig 17: If a person is in the middle of a room in aboard the space station without reaching the walls. How would that person move from that position without throwing something in the opposite direction?
11. Gustav 18: Where does the oxygen come from?
12. Linda 18: How has your vision of life changed from being in space?
13. Marcus 18: Which time is correct in space?
14. Klara 18: How do you take a shower in low gravity?
15. Lisa 18: Do you ever get tired of each other on the space station?
16. Linnea 16: Don’t you miss your family and friends?
17. David 18: Do you think people get another view on our problems on earth after a trip to space?
18. Patrick 17: What does it feel like to sleep in space?
19. Vincent 17: Was it worth all the training to go to space?
20. Josefin 17: What is the best experience you have had so far going to space?
ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA.
ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board 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.
73,
Gaston Bertels – ON4WF
ARISS-Europe past chairman
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