ARISS
CONTACT PLANNED WITH DE GASPERI SCHOOL IN
An
Expedition 21 ARISS school contact is planned with participants at Scuola
primaria (2 Circolo Didattico), Noicattaro,
This
school is a public primary school named after Alcide De Gasperi. It is attended
by about 700 pupils, aged 6 - 11 years. In addition to the main programme, the
school offers optional activities in the afternoon; these cover English
language, music, sport, theatre, science, ecology and other artistic and
research activities.
De
Gasperi school organizes the ARISS contact in the
frame of the commemorations of the centenarian of Guglielmo Marconi's Nobel
prize.
The
contact site is located at the Cittadella Mediterranea della
Scienza, an initiative of the
This
direct radio contact is scheduled on
Downlink
signals will be audible over Europe on 145.800MHz FM. The space talk will be
conducted in English.
The
space talk will be webcast on:
www.cittadellamediterraneadellascienza.it
Participants
will ask as many of following questions as time allows:
1.
Giuseppe: Which experiments are you carrying out during your mission?
2.
Simona: Is it always dark in Space or do you have the alternation of day and
night?
3.
Nicola: Do you see other planets from the ISS?
4. Michele:
How does the coupling between the Soyuz and the ISS work?
5. Vito:
Who is the pilot of the ISS?
6.
Ilaria: Are your meals onboard the ISS similar to those on Earth?
7.
Daniele: Why do you wear the space suit outside the ISS?
8.
Domina: Why is the ISS composed of many modules?
9.
Daniele: Where do you deposit your waste on the ISS?
10.
Viriana: At what time are the daily rest periods of the astronauts?
11.
Antonio: What does your daily working plan look like?
12.
Nicola: Is your cardiac rhythm in Space the same as on Earth?
13.
Stefania: How do you communicate with your relatives?
14.
Mariangela: Why have you always to do physical training?
15.
Vito: What is the actual size of the ISS?
16.
Annalisa: What temperature is inside the ISS?
17.
Eliana: How do you produce the electric energy on the ISS?
18.
Francesco: Is it possible for a pet to live onboard the ISS?
19.
Alessandra: Is it possible to use a mobile phone on the ISS?
20.
Alexandra: How do you wash yourself?
21.
Alberto: Can the ISS avoid any impact with meteorites?
22.
Francesca: What are the steps to become an astronaut?
23.
Milena: How long does the training before the mission to the ISS last?
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.
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Gaston Bertels - ON4WF
ARISS Chairman