An educational radio contact is planned with Istituto Comprensivo “Elena Lucrezia Corner”, Fossò, Italy, direct via IQ3RW.
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 18 October 2024, 09:09:46 UTC 42 deg.; downlink signals from ISS will be audible above Italy and areas within the ISS footprint on 145.800 MHz narrowband FM, RX only! (Credit: AMSAT.)
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Proposed questions generated by the Istituto Comprensivo “Elena Lucrezia Corner” students:
1. Which sensations do you feel in the ISS?
2. How long was your longest journey in space?
3. What kind of sounds/noises are there in space?
4. How do you preserve muscle strength and bone mass on the ISS?
5. What happens if, during a spacewalk, an astronaut accidentally loses the grip?
6. What happens if a crew member gets sick? How do you heal him?
7. Which school did you attend to become an astronaut?
8. How many degrees are there in space?
9. What’s your typical daily routine?
10. How do you distinguish which part of the day it is, since in space it’s dark all around?
11. Do you miss family and friends while on the ISS?
12. What was the most fascinating discovery you did on the ISS?
13. How do you manage your daily activities in space like washing yourself, toilet and eating?
14. What was the strangest experiment that you have done?
15. Why haven’t we gone back again to the Moon since 1972?
16. How do you prevent floating around while working on the ISS?
17. How many times have you been in space so far?
18. Did you discover any life forms in space?
19. Can animals be brought on the ISS?
20. How do you divide tasks on the ISS?