An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Istituto d'Istruzione Superiore Euclide, Bari, Italy on 27 Apr. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:17 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and IZ7RTN. The contact should be audible over Italy. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English.

Watch for live video stream at

http://www.cittadellamediterraneascienza.it/webtv.php

Euclide School is a high school. It is an aeronautical school in Bari. There are boys and girls, aged 14-18. Bari is located in the South-east of the APULIA region, South-east of Italy. In its Curriculum the school focus on: aeronautical studies, Media Communication, Space Communication, the Environment, Science activities in lab. In this school there are the following laboratories: a chemistry; a physics; CAD; Topography and Photogrammetry; Aerotechnics; Radio and Radar Systems; Informatics (2 labs); Air Navigation; Meteorology; Air Traffic; There are also: an outdoor multigame Basketball/Volleyball court; a library with several PC; a staff room with a PC; a press office; HDSL Internet connection; an auditorium; 30 classrooms.

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

1) How do you live floating in the space station?

2) What is the most dangerous phase in a space mission?

3) You have seen the earth from a space ship window, what idea did you have

about global warming?

4) Space tourism is a future possibility. Are you for the idea of a common

man in space?

5) To be an astronaut is the biggest dream for a child. Has it been a dream

since you was a child too?

6) What high teach evolution will there be thanks to astronautics?

7) What studies have you carried out to undertake the career as an

astronaut?

8) How does the space station function?

9) What are the appliances that the station uses to establish your bearing?

10) How to you keep track of time?

11) What are the consequences on your body caused by life without gravity?

12) What kind of training do you get before the mission?

13) What kind of experiment do you carry out in the laboratories of the space

station?

14) How long did it take you to reach the space station?

15) What kind of risks are you exposed to during EVA activity?

16) Which are the purposes of the chemical experiments that you are perform

in the space station?

17) What are the risks encountered in the space station?

18) Which utilities can the data obtained in your labs have?

19) What kind of study are you doing on the ISS now?

20) How have you been chosen to become astronauts?

Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be obtained by subscribing to the SAREX maillist. To subscribe, go to http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/maillist/ and choose "How to Subscribe".

Next planned event(s):

1. Polyvalente de Black Lake, Thetford Mines, Quebec, Canada,

direct via VA2VDL

Mon, 29Apr2013, 17:25 UTC

2. Guilford County Schools, Greensboro, NC, direct via W4GSO

Thu, 02May2013, 14:52 UTC

3. Hay River, NWT, Canada, telebridge via VK4KHZ

Fri, 03May2013, 19:55 UTC

ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries.

ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada).

Thank you & 73,

David - AA4KN