An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at "Alcide De Gasperi" Secondary School: Part Of The Istituto Comprensivo Statale "E. L. Corner", Vigonovo, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Di Pederobba, Onigo Di Pederobba, Italy on 11 Nov. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 10:10 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and VK6MJ. The contact should be audible over Australia and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in Italian. Watch for live stream from Vigonovo at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDwdfkmV7_z2xtZP07Js3Rw and from Pederobba at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLRZahLgMma_2ngllrj9iVg .

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"Alcide De Gasperi"

"Alcide de Gasperi" secondary school is part of the "E.L. Corner" Comprehensive Institute that gathers the five primary schools and the two secondary schools of the towns of Fossò and Vigonovo. There are 253 students divided into three grades and four sections, 29 teachers and 3 janitors. The two secondary schools are used to work at similar programmes and projects, but with some peculiarities. The students involved are lower secondary school pupils aged from 12 to 14. There's no amateur radio school clubs at the moment but we would be glad to start a collaboration with the local amateur radio organization thanks to this project.

Istituto Comprensivo Di Pederobba

Our school includes Primary Schools and Lower Secondary Schools. The school aims to provide quality experiences and strives to develop in students the capacity to act as responsible, indipendent citizens who care about themselves and their environment, with a view to the following European Reference Framework key competences: Communication in the mother tongue; Communication in foreign languages; Mathematical competence and basic competences in science and technology; Digital competence; Learning to learn; Social and civic competences; Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship; Cultural awareness and expression. Pupils of Primary school (age 6-10). Students of Lower secondary school (age 10-13)

Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows:

1. Cosa si prova ad essere il primo comandante italiano della ISS?

2. Osservando la Terra, quali grandi cambiamenti vedi rispetto alla tua prima missione?

3. Ci puoi rivelare qualcosa dei risultati che state ottenendo in questa missione?

4. Come mai accetti di parlare dallo spazio con noi bambini delle scuole?

5. State svolgendo esperimenti solo su vegetali o anche su animali?

6. Ti piacerebbe posare i piedi sulla Luna?

7. Il riscaldamento globale e l'inquinamento sono attualmente gravi problemi. Cosa si vede di tutto ciò dallo spazio?

8. Quali tipi di studi consigli a chi volesse diventare astronauta come te?

9. Che scopi hanno le passeggiate extraveicolari in questa missione?

10. Come si gestisce un'emergenza medica nello spazio?

11. E' difficile la convivenza con altri astronauti sulla ISS?

12. Che emozioni si provano ad uscire dalla ISS e lavorare nello spazio aperto?

13. Quanto dura la preparazione prima di una missione?

14. Ci sono stati più sacrifici o soddisfazioni per te fino ad ora?

15. E' più dura la preparazione alla missione o la riabilitazione al rientro?

16. Pensi che ci siano altre forme di vita?

17. Hai un portafortuna nelle tue missioni?

18. Che valore hanno gli esperimenti fatti nello spazio e non sulla Terra?

19. Ci sono stati problemi particolari in questi quasi quattro mesi di missione?

20. Hai mai visto un meteorite da vicino?

21. Quali sono le reazioni del corpo nello spazio?

22. Pensi di aver raggiunto tutti i tuoi obiettivi lavorativi?

23. Il continuo susseguirsi di alba e tramonto crea scompensi nel ritmo sonno/veglia?

24. Che sensazione si prova a fluttuare?

25. Dove finiscono le scorie e i rifiuti che producete?

translated:

1. How do you feel to be the 1st Italian ISS commander?

2. Looking down at the earth, what big changes do you see compared to the time of your first mission?

3. Can you tell us something about the results you are getting during this mission?

4. Why do you accept to make radio contacts with school kids?

5. Are you doing experiments only on plants or on animals too?

6. Would you like to step onto the moon?

7. Nowadays global warming and pollution are severe issues. What effects can you see from space?

8. What kind of studies would you recommend to become an astronaut?

9. What are the aims of extra vehicular activities?

10. How do you handle a medical emergency in space?

11. Is it difficult for astronauts to live together on the ISS?

12. How do you feel when you get outside the ISS and work in open space?

13. How long does the training for a new mission last?

14. Have you had more sacrifices or satisfactions so far?

15. What is the hardest part of the job: getting ready for the mission, or rehabilitation thereafter?

16. Do you believe other life exists?

17. Do you usually take a lucky-charm with you in your missions?

18. How important are the experiments done in space instead of on earth?

19. During the last 4 months on the ISS did you face any particular problem?

20. Did you ever see a meteorite close by the ISS?

21. What are the effects of life in space on the human body?

22. Do you think you have reached all your professional goals?

23. Do the continuous sunsets and sunrises disturb your sleep and wake rythm?

24. What does it feel like floating?

25. How do astronauts dispose of their garbage?

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Next planned event(s):

1. European High School - Brindisi, Brindisi, Italy and I.I.S.S. "Majorana - Laterza",

Putignano, Italy, telebridge via K6DUE

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be TBD

The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP

Contact is go for: Wed 2019-11-13 09:18 UTC

About ARISS

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org.

Thank you & 73,

David - AA4KN

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