An educational radio contact is planend with European School of Varese, Varese, Italy, direct via IQ2XH .The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS and the scheduled crewmember is Sunita Williams KD5PLB, the ARISS mentor is IZ2GOJ.
Contact is go for: Friday 11 October 2024, 08:22:19 UTC, 80 deg.; downlink signals from ISS will be audible above Italy and nearby areas on 145.800 MHz narrowband FM. RX only! (Credit: AMSAT.)
Proposed questions generated by the European School of Varese students:
1. What are your thoughts on the planned decommissioning of the ISS, and how do you think it will impact the future of space exploration?
2. Among the experiments carried out is that of wound healing on the skin. Is cell healing and restoration faster in microgravity?
3. How do you perceive time passing on the space station, since you can see the sun rise about 16 times?
4. How long do outside maintenance operations take and how many steps do you have to follow?
5. How does it feel to receive news from Earth while being amongst the few people that are outside our planet?
6. Since you have many things to do everyday, do you have any free time? If yes, what do you do with it?
7. What do you think about the countless tasks that you have to do to keep yourself healthy and clean, just because you’re in space?
8. Do you think that the geopolitical situation of the world could interfere in the relationship between scientists on the ISS?
9. What’s the strangest sensation you experience in microgravity during daily life?
10. What has been the most surprising discovery or experiment you’ve been involved in?
11. How do you manage the internal temperature in the ISS when it is -100 to + 100°C outside?
12. How do you get the oxygen to breathe in the space station?
13. Are there convivial moments on the space station?
14. Do you miss your normal life on earth?
15. What are the major physical ailments you experience in microgravity?
16. How do you handle any conflicts between crew members?
17.How long did it take you to prepare for your mission?
18. What did you study in school/university to become an astronaut?
19. What emotions did you feel during liftoff?
20. How much time do you normally need to adapt to live in space and what is the harder thing to adapt?