An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at S.M. Calvino - Istituto Comprensivo Settimo IV, Settimo Torinese, Italy, direct via IK1SLD and Istituto Comprensivo Statale Don Milani, Monza, Italy on 14 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:37 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between IR0ISS from the ISS and ground stations IK1SLD at Settimo Torinese and IQ2MZ at Monza. The contact should be audible over Italy 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 the Monza side of the contact at www.arimonza.it/youtube .

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S.M. Calvino - Istituto Comprensivo Settimo IV

The comprehensive institute Settimo IV consists of a kindergarten, two primary schools and a secondary school. It is one of the four scholastic poles of Settimo Torinese, a small town just outside Turin, which is a metropolitan city in northern Italy. The city of Settimo in the past years was just a suburban city of Turin that simply hosted the working class families of the big city but it has in recent years aspired to become an exceptional cultural center. Thanks also to the activities of the new multimedia library, designed to be an innovative cultural and informative center, a qualified reference point for information, research and documentation in the scientific area, as well as a center at the forefront of experimentation and use of new technologies.

The Calvino secondary school is the secondary school of I.C. Settimo IV and welcomes about 200 pupils aged between 11 and 14 years mainly from the area adjacent to the new library with which it actively collaborates with cultural and scientific projects.

Istituto Comprensivo Statale Don Milani

The Don Milani Educational Institute has 3 Elementary Schools (pupils aged 5-10) and 1 Middle School (pupils aged 10-14). The Educational Institute has a student population of 1075 pupils divided in different school complex.

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

1. Quando hai deciso di essere un astronauta?

2. Qual è stata la cosa più bella che hai fatto nello spazio?

3. Perché hai deciso di andare nello spazio?

4. Qual è la prima cosa che hai fatto quando sei arrivato sulla ISS?

5. Da quanto tempo sei là?

6. Nella ISS si capisce dov'è il basso e dov'è l'alto?

7. Per quanto tempo resterete nello spazio?

8. È facile ambientarsi nella stazione spaziale?

9. Quanto tempo ci vuole per arrivare sulla stazione spaziale?

10. Il cielo visto dalla ISS è nero?

11. Come dormi nella navicella?

12. Cosa ti sei portato a bordo della ISS?

13. Cosa fate nel vostro tempo libero?

14. Avete mai provato a giocare a calcio sulla ISS?

15. Come ci si sente a guardare la Terra dalla navetta spaziale?

16. Riuscite a vedere le stelle e a riconoscere le costellazioni?

17. Com'è l'impatto dall'atmosfera terrestre allo spazio?

18. A quale velocità viaggiate e quante albe e tramonti vedete in 24 ore?

19. È pesante la vostra tuta spaziale?

20. Fa freddo lassù? Fa freddo nello spazio?

21. Qual è stato l'astronauta più giovane ad andare sullo spazio?

22. Quando potrò partire anche io per la stazione spaziale?

23. Cosa si prova a stare nello spazio?

24. Cosa si prova a toccare il suolo terrestre dopo essere stati nello spazio?

25. Si può vivere sulla Luna?

26. Cosa vorresti fare nel futuro?

27. Cosa mangi sull'ISS?

28. Che cosa vorresti cambiare della stazione spaziale?

29. Cosa bevi sull'ISS?

30. Come vi arriva il cibo?

Translated:

1. When did you decide to be an astronaut?

2. What is the most beautiful thing you have done in the space?

3. Why did you decide to go to the space?

4. What is the first thing you did whan you arrived in the ISS?

5. How long have you been there?

6. In the ISS can you tell where up or down is?

7. How long will you stay in space?

8. Is it easy to settle into the ISS?

9. How long does it take to arrive to the space station?

10. Is the sky seen from the space station black?

11. How do you sleep in the spaceship?

12. What did you bring with you on board the ISS?

13. What do you do in your free time?

14. Have you ever tried to play football in the ISS?

15. How do you feel watching the Earth from the spaceship?

16. Can you see the stars and recognise the constellations?

17. How is the impact from the earth's atmosphere to space?

18. At what speed do you travel and how many sunrises and sunsets can you see in twenty-four hours?

19. Is your space suit heavy?

20. Is it cold up there? Is it cold in the space?

21. Who was the youngest astronaut to go to space?

22. When will I also have the chance to leave for the ISS?

23. How do you feel staying in the space?

24. What does it feel like to touch the earth's ground after being in space?

25. Is life on Moon possible?

26. What would you like to do in the future?

27. What do you eat there?

28. What would you like to change about the space station?

29. What do you drink there?

30. How do you get food?

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Next planned event(s):

1. Istituto Comprensivo Statale "Diego Valeri", Campolongo Maggiore, Italy, direct via IQ3RW

and Istituto Comprensivo Ladispoli1, Ladispoli, Italy, direct via IKØWGF

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be IRØISS

The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP

Contact is go for: Thu 2019-10-17 08:49 UTC

Watch for live stream from IQ3RW side of the contact:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDwdfkmV7_z2xtZP07Js3Rw?fbclid=IwAR2cvdFuG_

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2.Science & Technologie e.V. / event: Science Days, Teningen, Germany, direct via DN1EME

The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS

The scheduled astronaut is Luca Parmitano KF5KDP

Contact is go for: Fri 2019-10-18 09:37 UTC

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Thank you & 73,

David - AA4KN

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