An educational radio contact is planned with Istituto Comprensivo “Gabriele D’Annunzio” Lanciano, Chieti, Italy, direct via IQ6LN AND Istituto Comprensivo “Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi”, Pontedera, Italy, telebridge via IQ6LN.
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS, the scheduled crewmember is Sophie Adenot KJ5LTN, the ARISS mentor is IKØWGF, the AEA is IU2LXR.
Contact is go for: Wednesday 1 April 2026, 11:55:45 UTC, 27 deg. Downlink signals from ISS will be audible above areas within the ISS footprint on 145.800 MHz narrowband FM; the conversation will be in English, RX only! (Credit: AMSAT.)
Proposed questions generated by the Istituto Comprensivo “Gabriele D’Annunzio” Lanciano AND Istituto Comprensivo “Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi students:
1. Can experiments you conduct in space improve life on Earth?
2. How has your view on life changed since your first space trip?
3. Why do some experiments need to be performed in microgravity?
4. Can you hear sounds or smell anything in space?
5. What scientific research are you conducting on climate change?
6. What do you feel when you leave Earth?
7. In which parts of the planet Earth are the effects of global warming most visible?
8. What is the hardest task in space?
9. What does the hole in the ozone layer look like from space?
10. How do you spend your time in space? What do you do?
11. Does seeing Earth from space change the way you think about the environment?
12. Did you already want to become astronauts when you were a kid?
13. Have you discovered any new materials that could be useful on Earth?
14. What pushed you to become an astronaut?
15. How does microgravity affect the human body?
16. What is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen in space?
17. How long can you stay in a space station for?
18. What are the crew members’ different roles and tasks?
19. What happens when you return to Earth after a mission?
20. What’s the first feeling you experienced in absence of gravity?