Students from Israel will talk to the space station on Monday

The students will talk from the observatory in Givatayim through the radio hobbyist association and at the initiative of Rosh Gadol magazine with the three occupants of the International Space Station

On Monday, September 2, 2002 at 13:00 p.m., at the observatory in Givatayim

Students who excelled in space science will talk with three astronauts on the International Space Station. (two cosmonauts and one astronaut).

The event is being held at the initiative of Dr. Zohar Guri, editor of a science magazine for young people, "Rosh Gadol", in cooperation with the Israel Radio Amateurs Association and with the support of the Israel Space Agency, which is part of the Ministry of Science, Culture and Sports and the Ministry of Education and is part of the Space Year events, the year in which it was planned to launch the first Israeli astronaut , Col. Ilan Ramon.

The students' conversation will take place from the observatory in Givatayim, where the Radio Enthusiasts Association has established a special radio station from which the conversation with the International Space Station will take place.

Announcement of the organizers of the conference

Israeli students talk to the space station
02.09.02 – the observatory in Givatayim

Radio contact and twenty questions
The International Space Station (ISS) is a joint project for several countries led by the American Space Agency (NASA). The station is being built in space in modular stages that arrive by shuttle flights several times a year. Since the beginning of 2001, the station has been staffed by teams of three astronauts who change every four months. The current team, the fifth in number, includes: Peggy Whitson (USA), Sergey Treschev and Valery Kurzon (Russia).

The possibility of connection between students around the world and the international research station floating around the earth, started in the world about a year ago, thanks to an educational project shared by NASA and the International Association of Radio Amateurs - "ARISS" (Amateur Radio International Space Station).
"Rosh Gadol", who accompanies the students of Israel in Space Year, with the blessing of the Ministries of Science, Education and the Israel Space Agency, is happy about the opportunity to join the Association of Radio Amateurs in Israel affiliated to the World Union, and to enable the Israeli youth to realize the personal connection to the station's staff. On the day of the engagement, we raise our heads to the pioneers of the space age and to the smart technologies of the human spirit.

In the program:
12:10 - Gathering and opening remarks
12:30 - Screening of a film about the space station
12:50 - closing of the auditorium doors
13:00 - call to the space station