ARISS CONTACT PLANNED WITH SCHOOL IN
An International Space Station Expedition 18 ARISS
school contact has been planned with participants at the Istituto Comprensivo
Pietrasanta1-Scuola Secondaria 1° Grado, “Padre Eugenio Barsanti”,
The contact will be a direct between stations OR4ISS and IZ5NII. The contact
should be audible over most of
Pietrasanta is a small town in
The school is situated in the centre of
Pietrasanta, in a large building near the Town Hall. It is attended by 313
students from the age of eleven to the age of thirteen-fourteen. The School has
an experimental curriculum, covering basic subjects plus additional activities
such as Drama, Art, Music, IT, Science, Foreign Languages, carried out by
groups of students.
The participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:
1. Serena: How important is the amateur radio station on board the ISS?
2. Simone: .What projects do you carry out on board
the International Space Station?
3. Costanza. Who pays for all the costs of the ISS’
project?
4. Daisy: What is it like living in a small place
like the space shuttle for a few days?
5. Amelia: Would you like to participate in a
journey to the Moon?
6. Matteo: What does the ISS inside smell like?
7. Roberta: Is there a magnetic field in the
ISS’orbit?
8. Michele: Can you breathe normally on board the
ISS?
9. Tommaso: How do you cope with the alternation of
day and night every 45 minutes?
10. Christian: How long did the training last in
order to participate in this mission?
11. Lorena: What do you do if you get sick in
Space?
12. Linda: What do your family and your friends
think about your job?
13. Simone: What is the most dangerous moment
during the mission, the take-off or the landing?
14. Filippo: What do you eat and drink?
15. Emanuele: Would it be possible to produce
artificial gravity on the ISS?
16. Filippo: Is it difficult and dangerous to pass
through the atmosphere before landing?
17. Sara: Is the perception of time onboard the ISS
the same as on Earth?
18. Serena: What was the most spectacular moment
during your stay in Space?
19. Luca: How often can you communicate with your
family on Earth?
20. Aymane: What does it feel like to live without
gravity?
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 onboard 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.
Gaston Bertels, ON4WF
ARISS-Europe
chairman
http://www.ariss-eu.org