An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Istituto San Paolo delle Suore Angeliche, Milano, Italy and Istituto Comprensivo Di Merone - Mons. A. Pirovano, Merone, Italy on 21 Nov. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:12 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 W6SRJ. The contact should be audible over the west coast of the U.S. 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 streaming at:

Istituto San Paolo delle Suore Angeliche Milano: http://www.arierba.it/ariss_live/

Istituto Comprensivo Di Merone: http://www.arierba.it/ariss_live_2/

Stories:

Istituto San Paolo delle Suore Angeliche

Private school in Milano city, our students are children from 1 to 13 years (nursery, kinder garden, primary, secondary 1st level).

Istituto Comprensivo Di Merone - Mons. A. Pirovano

The School is an Istituto Comprensivo, it means that includes 3 school levels: primary, elementary and junior school (Scuole Medie). It is located between three municipalities: Merone, Lambrugo and Monguzzo, but the logistic offices are in Merone. Merone is a small town between Como and Lecco, north of Italy.

The junior school is composed by different kind of school hours from 30 hours, base level, to 38 hours, that are managed with some laboratories, in particular three scientific ones.

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

1. Come interagisci con CIMON? Capisce se sei triste o felice e ti

parla?

2. Quali sono gli strumenti che utilizzi di più nel tuo lavoro?

3. Cosa fate voi astronauti durante le manovre di reboost?

4. Chi o che cosa può trarre vantaggi dalle missioni dell'uomo nello

spazio?

5. E' mai stata osservata la metamorfosi di un insetto sulla ISS? Ci

sono differenze con quanto accade sulla terra?

6. Com'è cambiata la tua vita, anche in senso pratico, dopo essere

stato nello spazio?

7. Che risultati stanno dando le coltivazioni sull ISS? Si riesce a

ricavare del cibo?

8. Si vede lo scioglimento dei ghiacciai dalla ISS? Come sta il pianeta

Terra secondo te?

9. In cosa consistono le responsabilità e gli incarichi di comandante?

10. Avete mai visto un buco nero?

11. In quante lingue diverse comunicate tra di voi e con i controlli di

terra?

12. Quale è il periodo di tempo più lungo trascorso da un astronauta

nello spazio?

13. Nello spazio si ha una percezione diversa del tempo?

14. Paradosso di Enrico Fermi o equazione di FranK Drake: cosa ne

pensa?

15. La ISS inquina nello spazio?

16. Tra poco dovremo fare l'importante scelta della scuola superiore.

Come hai fatto tu a scegliere?

17. In base alla tua esperienza, è più difficile adattarsi alla

microgravità oppure riabituarsi alla gravità terrestre al rientro?

18. Se potessi tornare indietro nel tempo, rifaresti tutto ciò che hai

fatto finora?

19. Nei momenti liberi vi divertite con la microgravità?

20. Che sensazione prova a "vivere in due mondi", uno con la gravità e

uno senza?

21. Per quanto riguarda le sensazioni, il sonno nello spazio è diverso?

22. Cosa ne pensi della possibilità di costruire una base operativa

sulla Luna?

23. Se fossimo pronti ad inviare un equipaggio su Marte, tu vorresti

farne parte?

24. Ci racconti che emozioni provi osservando la Terra dalla ISS?

1. How do you interact with CIMON? Does it understand if you are sad or

happy and it speaks to you?

2. What are the tools you use the most in your daily work?

3. What do you astronauts do during reboost maneuvers?

4. Who or what can benefit from man's missions in space?

5. Has the metamorphosis of an insect on the ISS ever been observed?

Are there differences with what happens on earth?

6. How has your life changed, even in a practical sense, after being in

space?

7. Which are the results of growing plants on the ISS? Is it possible

to get food?

8. Do you see glaciers melting from the ISS? Which do you think it is the planet's healthy status?

9. What are the responsibilities and duties of the commander?

10. Have you ever seen a black hole?

11. In how many different languages do you communicate with each other

and with the ground controllers?

12. Which is the longest time spent by an astronaut in space?

13. Does space have a different perception of time?

14. Enrico Fermi's paradox or Frank Drake's equation: what do you

think?

15. Is the ISS polluting outer space?

16. We will soon have to make the important choice of high school. How

did you choose yours?

17. Based on your experience, is it more difficult to adapt to

microgravity or get used to terrestrial gravity on re-entry?

18. If you could go back in time, would you do everything you've done

so far?

19. In your free moments do you enjoy microgravity?

20. What is the feeling of "living in two worlds", one with gravity and

one without?

21. As for sensations, is sleeping in space different?

22. What do you think about the possibility of building a Lunar

outpost?

23. If we were ready to send a crew to Mars, would you like to be part

of it?

24. Can you tell us about your emotions when you observe the Earth from

the ISS?

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Next planned event(s):

1. MAOU Lyceum No. 39, Nizhny Tagil, Russia, direct via TBD

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS

The scheduled astronaut is Alexander Skvortsov

Contact is go for 2011-11-30 14:15 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