ARISS News Release                                                                                                    No.22-27

Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR

aa4kn@amsat.org

FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE

ARISSContact is Scheduled with Students at

Istituto Comprensivo Tolfa, Tolfa, Lazio, Italy

April27, 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 IstitutoComprensivo Tolfa in Tolfa, Lazio.  ARISSconducts 60-80 of these special amateur radio contacts each year betweenstudents around the globe and crew members with ham radio licenses aboard theISS.

Istituto Comprensivo Tolfa, an urban primary and middle school(student ages 8-14 years) in Tolfa is about 70 Km north of Rome. Theschool’s three-year curriculum focuses on the improvement of language skills,both in Italian and in English, and on STEM competencies. During the lastthree years, students have taken part in the projects: ESA (“Send your drawinginto space with Cheops”); ASI (sending mission ARTEMIS-inspired drawings to theMoon); and INAF (learning about the effects of light pollution). In preparationfor the ARISS event, students participated in activities drawn from ASI – ESA andNASA materials and were introduced to space-related technology and spaceexploration. These activities allow students to focus on what it’s like to bean astronaut, and the high-tech fields involved in space exploration and theISS. One such activity allowed primary school students (age 8-10) to work onISS-inspired scratch projects and middle school students took part in the AstroPi Challenge - Mission Zero. Members of the local amateur radio organizationinvolved the students in activities about radio science and demonstratedoperation of the radio equipment that will be used in the ARISS contact.

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 145.800 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 Tolfa, Lazio, Italy. Amateur radio operators will use the call sign IKØWGFto establish and maintain the ISS connection.

TheARISS radio contact is scheduled for April 30, 2022 at 10:37:35 am CEST (Lazio,Italy) (08:37:35UTC, 4:37 am EDT, 3:37 am CDT,2:37 am MDT, 1:37 am PDT).

Thepublic is invited to watch the live stream at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKlOwjvTpt8

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Astime allows, students will ask these questions:

1.Da donna che tipo di difficoltà ha dovuto gestire durante il suo percorsoprofessionale?

2.Quando parte per queste missioni, cos’è che la preoccupa di più?

3.Il buio, il vuoto e la profondità dell'universo, che sensazioni trasmettono laprima volta che si va in una missione spaziale?

4.Durante le tue missioni quali sono l'esperienza più emozionante e quella piùdeludente che hai vissuto?

5.Quali effetti fisici e mentali si riscontrano una volta ritornati sulla Terra?

6.Gli astronauti fanno delle esercitazioni anche per riuscire a mantenere lacalma in qualsiasi situazione?

7.A cosa avete rinunciato negli anni per fare gli astronauti?

8.Nello spazio come si percepisce il passare del tempo?

9.La NASA è riuscita ad ascoltare "la voce dello spazio": cosa siintende con questa definizione?

10.A quale preparazione fisica dovete sottoporvi prima di una missione spaziale?

11.  Quanto è evidente dallo spazio la sofferenzadel nostro pianeta?

12.Cosa ha provato la prima volta che ha visto la Terra dallo spazio?

13.E'stato portato qualche animale sulla nelle ultime missioni spaziali?

14.Era il tuo sogno fin da bambina diventare un astronauta?

15.L’equipaggio di una navicella spaziale da quanti membri è costituito?

16.  Che cos'è per te il coraggio?

17.  Il vostro addestramento in astronautica vitornerà utile per la vita quotidiana ?

18.Quale dieta seguite?

Translation

1.When you go on a mission what are the things that worry you most?

2.What did you feel the first time you witnessed the vastness of space, itsdarkness and emptiness?

3.On your missions what has been the most meaningful experience and the mostdisappointing one?

4.What are the physical and mental effects an astronaut can experience once backon Earth?

5.Do astronauts do a specific training to keep calm in any situation?

6.What did you have to give up to become an astronaut?

7.How do you perceive the passing of time on the ISS?

8.NASA could hear the "sound of Space": what is it?

9.What physical training is necessary before a mission?

10.  How evident is Earth's suffering from space?

11.What did you feel the first time you saw Earth from space?

12.In recent years have any animals been sent on missions?

13.Have you always dreamt of becoming an astronaut?

14.How many people form the crew of a spaceship?

15.What is courage for you?

16.Is your astronaut training useful also in your daily life on Earth?

17.Which is your astronaut diet?

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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