An International Space Station Expedition 14 ARISS school contact has been planned with students at the Dutch Ministry of Education Delta Researchers School (DRS) Programme on Tuesday, April 10, 2007. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 07:25 UTC.

Telebridge station NN1SS in Maryland, USA will call NA1SS at approximately 07:25 UTC.

The Delta Researchers Schools project is a human spaceflight project for Dutch primary schools. The aim of the project is to encourage schools to integrate science and technology into their curriculum, using human spaceflight as a theme. The project was set up by the Dutch ministry of Education, Culture and Science, ESA and NASA. There are currently 26 primary schools participating in this project.

Students will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

1. Do you ever have disagreements on the ISS?
2. How do you become an astronaut?
3. When you disembark from a boat, it often feels like the Earth is moving under your feet. What is the feeling upon returning from space?
4. What and how do you eat in space? Is the food good?
5. Can you breathe on the ISS? Where does the oxygen come from?
6. Sometimes there are magnetic storms in space, as a result of coronal mass ejections on the sun. Can a spacesuit withstand such a storm, or must astronauts go inside?
7. Why did you become an astronaut?
8. Can you smell in space?
9. Do you miss your family?
10. What was the most remarkable thing you have ever seen in space?
11. There is a lot of debris floating around in space. Why hasn’t the ISS been hit yet? Is it in a special orbit around the Earth?
12. Can you send text messages? And can you internet in space?
13. What does it feel like to be in space?
14. Do you have to chew something during take off?
15. How does the ISS stay on course? Do you have to steer, and if so, how do you do this while you sleep?
16. Would fish in an aquarium in space know that they are weightless?
17. What was your first thought when you travelled into space?
18. What happens when you make music in space?
19. Do watches work in space? Which time zone do you use?
20. If you fill a balloon with helium and let go of it on the ISS, where would it go?

This event will also be webcast.

To join the event:

URL: e-meetings.mci.com
CONFERENCE NUMBER: 6734366
PASSCODE: SPACE STATIO

For everyone's information and future reference. When any ARISS event is supported through the IRLP "Discovery" Reflector 9010, audio is automatically streamed to the Internet. It is then available via the "Discovery" Reflectors companion web site www.discoveryreflector.ca . Once on its main page, select "Audio Library" (left sidebar). The prompt to join the audio stream is posted at the top of this page. More directly the URL is as follows: www.discoveryreflector.ca:8000/listen.pls

Information about the next scheduled ARISS contact can be found at 'NextContact'.

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 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. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website www.rac.ca/ariss (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada).