An International Space Station Expedition 15 ARISS contact has been planned with the Nanjing No. 3 High School, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P.R.China on Sunday, August 26, 2007. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 10:44 UTC.

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Proposed questions for Nanjing No. 3 High School:

1. Can you see the Great Wall from the ISS?
2. Do you sweat in the space and how do you handle it?
3. If air leak happens in the ISS, what emergency actions will be taken?
4. How do you handle the waste generated in the space?
5. Is it very quiet on the ISS?
6. What does your family think of your work in the space?
7. On the ISS, in which direction will the plants grow?
8. How do you maintain oxygen supply on the ISS?
9. What does it feel like when you go through the black-out-area?
10. Is there any robot on board the ISS?
11. How far does the ISS fly per hour?
12. How can you keep ISS on its own orbit?
13. What if you happen to get sick?
14. What if you lost connection with the ground? Is it possible for the spacecraft to go back to the earth automatically?
15. Have you ever seen some space junk with your own eyes?
16. Does earth look any different from it used to be?
17. What is the longest distance between the ISS and the earth?
18. Which time zone do you use in the space?
19. What do you feel about space walk (EVA)?
20. What do the stars look like in the space?

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 http://www.rac.ca/ariss (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada).