ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.22-35

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at

Scuola media San Pietro, Nuoro, Sardegna, Italy

June4, 2022—Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has receivedschedule confirmation for an ARISS radio contact between astronauts aboard theInternational Space Station (ISS) and Italian students at the Scuola media S. Pietrolocated in Nuoro, Sardegna.  ARISSconducts 60-80 of these special amateur radio contacts each year betweenstudents around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboard theISS.

San Pietro Primary School is located in “Santu Predu”, one ofthe oldest neighborhoods in the heart of Nuoro’s old town. With a rich historyand cultural heritage, this area is the birth place of Grazia Deledda,Sebastiano Satta and Francesco Ciusa Romagna. The school has partnered with theNuorese Astronomical Association, which helps students learn about astronomicaland terrestrial phenomena using their digital planetarium facilities. Studentshave also studied data recovered from probes launched to 100,000 feet elevationto study the Earth’s stratosphere. These probes have provided data that helpstudents understand more about the earth’s climate/climate change (weatherrecordings), the solar cycle, the Earth’s electromagnetic field, and photos/videoof their island home. In preparation for this ARISS radio contact students arealso learning about the research being conducted on the ISS.

This will be a direct contact via Amateur Radio allowing students to ask their questions ofAstronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, amateur radio call sign IZØUDF. LocalCovid-19 protocols are adhered to as applicable for each ARISS contact. Thedownlink frequency for this contact is 437.525 MHz and may be heard bylisteners that are within the ISS-footprint that also encompasses the relayground station.

The amateur radio ground station for this contactis in Nuoro, Sardegna, Italy. The amateur radio operators at the ground stationwill use the callsign IKØWGF, to establish and maintain the ISS connection.

TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for June 6, 2022 at 1:43 pm CEST (Nuoro, IT)

(11:43UTC, 7:43 am EDT, 6:43 am CDT, 5:43 am MDT, 4:43am PDT).

Thepublic is invited to watch the live stream at: https://youtube.com/channel/UCVmGUvZkLAMhErRQQ6AkVMA

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Astime allows, students will ask these questions:

1.Quale esperienza o episodio particolare la indotta a diventare astronauta?

2.Sei felice all’idea che sei diventata famose in Europa?

3.Se potesse portare una persona nella ISS, al difuori della sua famiglia, chiporterebbe e perché?

4.Secondo te c’è più di un sistema solare con altre forme di vita?

5.Durante l’intera missione Le è capitato di aver paura?

6.Quale è il suo cantante preferito, Le capita di ascoltare musica a bordo dellaISS?

7.Quale parte dell’addestramento è la più difficile?

8.Sulla ISS avete anche dei momenti di divertimento?

9.Tutti da bambini sogniamo di essere astronauti, com’è per lei esserci arrivata,e qual’ è il suo sogno?

10.Che tipo di esperimenti svolge sulla ISS, e che ricaduta potrebbero avere sullavita quotidiana?

11.Vorresti vivere o andare su un altro pianeta se fosse possibile?

12.Chi guida la stazione spaziale?

13.Quanto tempo e impegno dedichi alla divulgazione per spingere altre donne nellacarriera di astronauta?

14.Perché il nome della missione Minerva?

15.Quale messaggio vorresti dare a tutta l'umanità dalla ISS?

Translation

1.What experience, or particular episode induced you to become an astronaut?

2.Are you happy with the idea that you have become famous in Europe?

3.If you could bring a person into the ISS, outside his family, who would hebring and why?

4.Do you think there is more than one solar system with other forms of life?

5.During the entire mission did you happened to be afraid?

6.Who is your favorite singer? Do you happen to listen to music aboard the ISS?

7.Which part of the training is the most difficult?

8.Do you have moments of fun on ISS?

9.As children, we all dream of being astronauts, how is it for you to havearrived there, and what is your dream?

10.What kind of experiments do you do on ISS, and what impact they might have ondaily life?

11.Would you like to live or go to another planet if it were possible?

12.Who drives the space station?

13.How much time and effort do you dedicate to disclosure to push other women intothe astronaut career?

14.Why the name of the Minerva mission?

15.What message would you like to give to all humanity from the ISS?

About ARISS:

Amateur Radio on the InternationalSpace Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radiosocieties and the space agencies that support the International Space Station(ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur SatelliteCorporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS NationalLab-Space Station Explorers, Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) andNASA’s Space communications and Navigation program. The primary goal of ARISSis to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, the arts, andmathematics topics. ARISS does this by organizing scheduled contacts viaamateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students. Before andduring these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities takepart in hands-on learning activities tied to space, space technologies, andamateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org

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