HV2VO temporary callsign for ARISS school contact, VHF/UHF and satellite activity during the mornings of 4 July, 8 July and 9 July 2013
An International Space Station educational contact is scheduled with participants of Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu, Rome, State of Vatican City. The event is to begin at approximately 12:36 UTC, which is 14:36 CEST.
This will be a direct contact operated by HV2VO.
The event will be webcast on
http://www.livestream.com/amsat_italia
The downlink signal will be audible in Europe. Interested parties are invited to listen on 145.800MHz FM.
Presentation:
Created in 1869 through a generous initiative of the Salviati family, and donated to the Holy See in 1924, the Bambino Gesu ChildrenÂ’’s Hospital is now a comprehensive childrenÂ’s polyclinic. In 1985, it has been formally recognized by the Italian Ministry of Health as Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico IRCCS (Research Hospital), and it is now one of the three Paediatric IRCCS in Italy, and the only one for Central and Southern Regions. The Hospital is a reference point in Italy and abroad and it is connected to the most important paediatric centres in Europe and the United States.
The conversation with the astronaut will be conducted in Italian. Participants will ask as many of following questions as time allows:
1. Come fai a sdraiarti quando dormi sulla ISS?
2. Come fai a andare al bagno in assenza di gravita?
3. Cosa ti manca di piu della Terra sulla ISS?
4. Come passi il tempo libero sulla ISS?
5. Se stai male chi ti cura lassu?
6. Hai mai incontrato qualche alieno o visto cose strane?
7. Come sono le stelle viste dalla ISS?
8. Qual e la prima cosa che hai pensato quando sei entrato nella stazione spaziale?
9. Qual e la scoperta piu bella che hai fatto sulla ISS?
10. Come la vedi la terra da lassu?
11. Sta utilizzando un orologio come qui sulla Terra per sapere che ore sono?
12. Sei mai stato fuori dalla stazione spaziale?