ARISS contact for school in Lecce, Italy

An International Space Station contact is planned 
for Scuola Media Statale 'G. Marconi', Soleto, Lecce, Italy.

The event is scheduled for Monday 23 November 2015 at 09:21 UTC, which is 10.21 CEWT.

This will be a telebridge contact between NA1SS and VK4KHZ. Signals from the ISS will not be audible in Europe.

The contact will possibly be broadcast on EchoLink AMSAT (node 101 377) and JK1ZRW (node 277 208) Conference servers, as well as on IRLP Discovery Reflector 9010.

School Information:

Scuola Media Statale “G. Marconi”:

The Soleto state institute includes preschool, primary school and 1st grade secondary school in the Cities of Soleto, Zollino, and Sternatia. A total of 811 students are attending in these three locations. There are 10 sections of preschool, 20 of primary school and 12 of secondary school 1st grade

Students will ask as many of the following questions as time allows.

1. How long do people train to become an astronaut?
2. At first, were you afraid of living on the space station?
3. Do astronauts get cabin fever while they're in orbit?
4. What are the objectives of your mission?
5. Why don't they place the moles on the comets surface?

6. About the veggie experiment, how many days does it take to grow salad and what's its taste?
7. Is it true that clothes become garbage when used?
8. What time zone is used on the ISS?
9. How do they dispose the rubbish?
10. Which is the best moment on a space day?

11. Is there space junk?
12. Do you like living with other six people?
13. Do you sleep in a sleeping bag or in a bed?
14. Have you got any problems on the ISS?
15. Do you bring a supply of additional food from earth?

16. What's your favorite planet?
17. How do you communicate with earth?
18. What are you doing on the station at the moment?
19. How do you wash your hair?
20. When did you start to enjoy astronomy?

21. In the USA a pensioner, the famous astronaut John Glenn, went into space at the age of 69. wasn't he too old?
22. Which is the first place you want to see when you return home?
23. How expensive is going in space?
24. How has this experience changed your life?

ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA.

ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board 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-Europe past chairman

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