ISS Fan Club

As you may or may not be aware, ARISS trains each ISS crew before they go up to the ISS on using the onboard radios and ARISS procedures. To make the training more realistic, ARISS has arranged for a local Houston school to participate in 2 simulated ARISS contacts with crewmembers in training at JSC. These two contacts will be retransmitted on IRLP via the 9010 Discovery reflector and the W5RRR repeater. Please note, that the times may fluctuate somewhat depending on the start time of the training is going and crewmember availability.

Simulated contact with Bay Area Charter Elementary School, El Lago, Texas
Mock-up callsign KE5AIT, ground station W5RRR
Simulated Contact #1 with E. Michael Fincke KE5AIT 2008-02-08 15:45 UTC

Simulated contact with Bay Area Charter Elementary School, El Lago, Texas
Mock-up callsign KC5ZTA, ground station W5RRR
Simulated Contact #2 with Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA 2008-02-08 16:10 UTC

Audio from the Discover reflector is also streamed via the web at http://www.discoveryreflector.ca/events.htm and click on the link in the middle of the page.