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Wednesday, 26 April 2017

CONGRATULATION Dr Peggy Whitsen


CONGRATULATION  Dr Peggy Whitsen


NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, currently living and working aboard the International Space Station, broke the record Monday for cumulative time spent in space by a U.S. astronaut – an occasion that was celebrated with a phone call from President Donald Trump, First Daughter Ivanka Trump, and fellow astronaut Kate Rubins.

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-astronaut-peggy-whitson-talks-stem-education-with-president-trump/

http://time.com/4752788/donald-trump-peggy-whitson-international-space-station/

Saturday, 15 April 2017

The next submission window for ARISS extends from February 1 to April 30, 2017

                                                 REMINDER


Schools and Youth organizations, interested in setting up an ARISS radiocontact with an astronaut onboard the International Space Station, are invited to submit an Application and an educational project.
The next submission window extends from February 1 to April 30, 2017. The school selection will take place in May 2017.
The space conversation will tentatively be scheduled in the period extending from February to June 2018.
 
Please, do not wait till the last days of the Application Window to submit your requests! 
  

Tuesday, 11 April 2017

A telebridge contact via LU1CGB with students from the Brahma Kumaris Educational Society, Rajasthan, India will be rescheduled.


A telebridge contact via LU1CGB with students from the Brahma Kumaris Educational Society, Rajasthan, India was unsuccessful Mon. 2017-04-03 08:19:38 UTC 53 deg.  ARISS is rescheduling the contact.
 http://www.ariss.org/

Saturday, 8 April 2017

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Wednesday, 22 March 2017

ARISS School contact programme at Brahma Kumaris Educational Society, Rajasthan, India



Brahma Kumaris Educational Society, Rajasthan, India, telebridge via LU1CGB 
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS 
The scheduled astronaut is Thomas Pesquet KG5FYG 
 
Contract is a go for: Mon 2017-04-03 08:19:38 UTC 53 deg (***)
               i.e. 13:49 Hrs IST     
 
Proposed questions generated by the Brahma Kumaris Educational Society students: (***)
1. What's the most fun or interesting part about being on the International Space Station?
2. What does a launch feel like?
3. Where do you go in the Space Shuttle? Do you go to the moon?
4. What do you do when you aren't on a mission?
5. Can you call your family? Do you have email?
6. What should I study in school if I want to be an astronaut?
7. What was your job as an astronaut on the ISS?
8. What advice would you give someone wishing to follow in your footsteps?
9. What was the scariest part of being in space?
10. Have you seen space junk? How bad is the problem?
11. Did you have much fear going into space your first time or on subsequent trips?
12. Did you ever see anything you couldn't explain while in space?
13. What are your three favorite things about being in a spaceship?
14. How has your understanding of the universe changed since seeing it from space?
15. If you could go back into space now, what's one thing you would make sure to do?
16. What will be the basic health standards for people to partake in space travel as tourists?
17. What is the most beautiful sight you have seen from space?
18. I'd like to know how hard it is to land on Mars.
19. I wanted to know how it feels to be in Space.
20. What does astronaut food taste like?

Thursday, 9 March 2017

Online WebSDR for VHF Satellites


Anyone can use the free online SUWS Web Software Defined Radio (WebSDR) from  PC or Laptop to receive the International Space Station (ISS) and the many amateur radio satellites transmitting in the 145.800 – 146.000 MHz band.

visit :
https://amsat-uk.org/2014/08/07/online-websdr-for-vhf-satellites/
http://websdr.suws.org.uk/

73's
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PANDIT, VU2DCT

Tuesday, 28 February 2017

NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY

Greetings on National Science Day

Bringing Space into the Classroom

  Our club is continuously trying  to motivate the people especially students to explore the Amateur Radio activity among them. 

On the eve of National Science Day one more school has shown its interest to oragnise the   programme  Bring Space in the Class Room  for its students.

 TELPLETON ACADEMY INTERNATIONAL, Nainital (Uttra Khand)  is interested to organise the ARISS School Contact programme and its application for the same  has been sent to ARISS Asia Japan Coordinator.

Hope we shall get the schedule in the beginning of 2018 or asap.

73's
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PANDIT, VU2DCT

 

Friday, 24 February 2017

Presentation on Amateur Radio in Emergency communication





The presentation (slides are given below) is prepared by OM JAYU VU2JAU for students specially for CBSE affiliated college. As CBSE has included the HAM Radio in its curriculum in X STD.
I am very thankful to OM JAYU VU2JAU who permits me to upload these slides with slight modification  on our blog.
Thanks VU2JAU.