An International Space Station Expedition 15 ARISS contact has been planned with the Malaysian Group of Schools #3, National Planetarium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Tuesday, October 16, 2007. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:28 UTC.

Station 9M2RPN will call NA1SS at approximately 16:28 UTC.

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

1. What is the difference between looking at the moon from earth and from space?
2. How do you feel as a chosen one to go in space?
3. Are you nervous about your return journey to earth?
4. Being in space, what do you miss the most?
5. What are the chances of a meteoroid hitting the ISS?
6. What voltage does the ISS uses?
7. How do you wash your clothes in space?
8. Do you wish to return to space again?
9. Does the air you breathe in the ISS smells different from earth?
10. Did becoming an astronaut influence your life? If so, how did it?
11. Did somebody inspire you to become an astronaut?
12. Who were your role models from space exploration?
13. What is your unusual experience in space to date?
14. Would you like to visit another planet?
15. How much spare time do you have and what do you do to entertain yourself?
16. What is the last thing that you want to do in space?
17. Will you be bringing any personal imagery back?
18. How did you feel when you saw mother earth from space for the first time?
19. What is the hardest part of your training?
20. Can you see any meteoroids from the ISS?

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).