June 5,
2010
ARISS
SCHOOL CONTACT PLANNED WITH ITALIAN SCHOOL IN GALLARATE, ITALY
The
Technical Industrial State Institute (ITIS) was established on 1st October
1959, in Gallarate, as a textile course with its head office in Giovane Italia
square. In 1961 the School opened the Telecommunications specialization. Later,
in 1964, the Industrial Electronics specialization and in 1969-70 the
Electrotechnics specialization were added. In 1999 the Aeronautics
Constructions course started and in 2004 also Industrial Computer Science. The
school is attended by 1000 students aged 14-19.
For
teaching activities there are 16 laboratories, a library, a main hall, two gyms
and outdoor sports facilities.
The
school harbours the amateur ARI Radio Club IQ2GM. The school's callsign is
I2JRY.
An ARISS
radio contact is planned Monday 7 June 2010 at 09:40 UTC, which is 11.40 CEST.
This
direct radio contact will be operated by I2JRY. Downlink signals will be
audible in Europe on 145.800MHz FM.
The
space talk will be webcast live on http://www.livestream.com/isscontact/
Students
will ask as many of following questions as time allows:
1.
Mishell: How does the Earth appear from
Space?
2.
Candida: Have you been scared when you went into Space for the first time?
3.
Erika: How long have you been in Space?
4.
Kazal: Do you miss your family?
5.
Carola: What do you usually eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner?
6.
Chiara: Is it difficult to get used to gravity after the return to the Earth?
7.
Mirko: What exactly is your role in the crew?
8.
Davide: Is it fun to live without gravity?
9.
Daniele: How many hours per day do you sleep onboard the ISS?
10.
Giorgio: How many hours per day do you work?
11.
Sing: How do you have a wash? Can you take a shower?
12.
Oscar: How long does it take to go into orbit from Earth?
13.
Matteo: How long does it take to build a new Space Shuttle?
14.
Julia: What happens if you fall sick? Could a doctor from Earth go up to the
ISS?
15.
Mishell: How long does a mission last?
16.
Candida: How long have you studied for doing this job?
18.
Kazal: How do you communicate with your family?
19.
Davide. What is your typical daily routine?
20.
Giorgio: When you were a child, did you wish for becoming an astronaut?
21.
Singh: What is the most beautiful thing in Space?
21.
Oscar: Is it difficult to become an astronaut?
23.
Julia: What kind of problems do you usually have on board the ISS?
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.
73
Gaston Bertels - ON4WF
ARISS Chairman