ARISS-Europe News Bulletin – 20.09.2006
THOMAS REITER TO TALK TO SWISS STUDENTS
Friday 22 September 2006 at 10:44 UTC (12:44 local time), an ARISS direct
radio contact is planned in Payerne, Switzerland with
German astronaut Thomas Reiter, DF4TR presently onboard
the International Space Station.
This is an ESA organized event which will
take place in the museum "Clin d'Ailes", located on the Payerne
Swiss Airforce Base. The president of the Museum
Foundation is Claude Nicollier, first Swiss
Astronaut, who will participate to the event.
Students
of the “Gymnase Intercantonal
de la Broye” will put questions to the astronaut:
1. My name
is Fabienne. Could you observe northern lights from
the ISS? OVER.
2. My name
is Lara. Is it true that the great wall of China is the only monument you can
see from space? OVER.
3. My name
is Fanny. How long does your mission last for? OVER.
4. My name
is Christopher. What does your mission on the ISS
consist of? OVER.
5. My name
is Mazitu. What are the changes to your biological
clock aboard the ISS? OVER.
6. My name
is Annick. What are your daily occupations on the ISS? OVER.
7. My name
is Nathalie. How many people are on the ISS, and how
is the ambience? OVER.
8. My name
is Cédric. What do you miss the most when you leave
the Earth? OVER.
9. My name
is Aude. What are your activities in space when you
are not working? OVER.
10. My name
is Glody. Do you have Extra Vehicular Activities on
the ISS. OVER.
11. My name
is Sarah. How does your family react knowing you so far away? OVER.
12. My name
is Adriana. What is the procedure to empty the toilets and to get rid of the
waste in general? OVER.
13. My name
is Oriana. What is the most interesting thing that
you have seen in space? OVER.
14. My name
is Anthony. Isn't it difficult to live being cut off from Earth? OVER.
15. My name
is Kate. How is the feeling to sleep in weightlessness? OVER.
16. My name
is Célia. Have you had any technical problem on the ISS during your journey? OVER.
17. My name
is Jessica. How long can an astronaut stay on the ISS?
OVER.
18. My name
is Adna. What stars can you see on the ISS? OVER.
19. My name
is Rahel. Is the transition difficult between earth
and space? OVER.
20. My name
is Nathanaël. Is it difficult to live in such a small
space? OVER.
The downlink signals will be audible in Europe on
145.800 MHz FM.
ARISS, Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, an
international working group of several amateur radio societies from countries
participating to the ISS, provides a free educational
outreach programme in collaboration with the Space Agencies, involving a team
of volunteering amateur radio operators.
73
Gaston Bertels,
ON4WF
ARISS-Europe chairman