ARISS event - IIS Deambrosis-Natta Sestri Levante, and the University of L'Aquila, Italy, Monday (Oct 29) 08:23 UTC
An STS-120 ARISS school contact has been planned with participants at IIS Deambrosis-Natta Sestri Levante, Italy and the Faculty of Engineering, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy on 29 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:23 UTC.
The contact will be a direct between station IZØJPA (Nespoli) and ground stations IK1XHI and IZ6BAJ. The contact should be audible in most of Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The participants are expected to conduct the conversation in Italian. Live audio from this contact can be heard on the EchoLink AMSAT (101 377) and JK1ZRW (277 208) Conference Rooms, and on the IRLP Discovery Reflector 9010. For further information, please check the calendar of events on www.amsat.org.
The IIS Deambrosis-Natta school is located in Sestri Levante, near Genoa. It consists of 900 students and 140 teachers. The Deambrosis-Natta is a high school specializing in scientific and technological subjects. Students can choose among several courses: mechanical, electronics, electro-technological focusing on automation. It also specializes in telecommunications. The school is a member of the national networks "The radio at school" and "Radio transmission experiments for educational purposes".
The Engineering Faculty of the University of L'Aquila was founded in 1964 and now offers 10 different undergraduate degree programs at the level of Bachelor of Science in Engineering, 12 graduate degree programs at the level of Master of Engineering, one single-stage degree program, and a number of advanced graduate courses leading to the degree of a PhD. In the field of Information Engineering there are specific degree programs in Electronics, Telecommunications, Automation and Computer Science. The faculty is located on the hill-top of Roio a few km from the city of L'Aquila. Presently there are 5000 students enrolled, who reach a high level of preparation through the coordinated action of 164 faculty professors.
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Perché hai deciso di intraprendere questo viaggio? 2. Quale è l'emozione più forte che si prova nel primo volo spaziale? 3. Qual'è il maggiore pericolo di una missione extraveicolare? 4. Dalla ISS è possibile riconoscere ad occhio nudo la catena montuosa del Gran Sasso? 5. Quanti sono gli esperimenti a scopo "educational" oltre a questo? 6. Quale è la principale funzione del modulo "Harmony" che viene installato in questa missione? 7. Puoi scattare una fotografia all'esperimento scolastico SPORE? 8. Come viene celebrato a bordo dell'ISS il 50° anniversario del lancio dei primi satelliti artificiali? 9. E' più una passione o un lavoro? 10. A bordo della ISS vengono svolte ricerche sulle nanotecnologie? 11. E' vero che hai pochissimo tempo libero lassù? 12. L'addestramento alla gravità zero, seguito sulla terra, è rispondente alle necessità della reale vita condotta in orbita? 13. Quanto tempo impieghi a riabituarti alla forza di gravità? 14. Quale è la principale alterazione delle funzioni vitali dovuta alla assenza di gravità? 15. Ogni quanti giorni bisogna correggere l'orbita della ISS? 16. Una missione spaziale può avere anche finalità di solidarietà tra i popoli? Quali? 17. Che cosa vedi in questo momento? 18. Gli studenti delle scuole e delle università italiane possono proporre esperimenti da svolgere sulla ISS? 19. Come vi proteggete dalle radiazioni? 20. Quale è la dose di radiazioni ionizzanti che viene assorbita durante le attività all'esterno della Stazione? 21. E' un'attività ben retribuita?
Information about the next scheduled ARISS contact can be found at http://www.rac.ca/ariss/upcoming.htm#NextContact . Packet is occasionally active on 145.825 simplex.
Next planned event(s): Liceo Scientifico G.Galilei, Civitavecchia, Roma and ITI-LST Mottura Caltanisetta, Italy via IZØLSG and IT9YBA Wed 2007-10-31 07:33 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.rac.ca/ariss (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada).
Thank you & 73, Kenneth - N5VHO
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Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR]