ARISS
CONTACT FOR ESA ASTRONAUT PAOLO NESPOLI, IZ0JPA AND “ENRICO FERMI” SCHOOL
SUCCESSFUL
Thursday, 17 February, 2011 at 10:33 UTC, i.e. 11:31 local time,
“Claudio Varalli” and “Salvador Allende” High schools, Milano, Italy,
established a ARISS contact with Italian astronaut
PAOLO NESPOLI, IZ0JPA on board the International Space Station. This was a
telebridge contact by ARISS ground station W5RRR, located at NASA Johnson Space
Center, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
"Varalli"
is both a Technical
Touristic School and a Secondary School with an emphasis on
foreign languages (Linguistic Liceo). The school is inside the Campus of
Puecher Centre in the south part of Milan. During the five years course the
students attend the study of English, French, German and Spanish languages.
Technical Tourist School has 474 student while
Linguistic Liceo has 174 student. For the school year 2010/2011 the school is
planning the formation of 34 classes. Besides curricular activities, the
students of the school attend meeting, seminars, conferences, visits,
theatrical performances and exhibition.
The
school has a Radio Club Station with official call IZ2SHS, useful also for
language training.
The
School for Secondary Education “Salvador Allende” is located in a vast and
well-equipped Campus in the south of Milan. It includes three different courses
of study: secondary school with an emphasis on sciences (Scientific Liceo),
secondary school with an emphasis on humanities (Classics Liceo) and technical
high school for accounting. Sciences, foreign languages (both classical and
modern) and technologies are fundamental features of the school and great
attention is paid to the cultural and scientific education of the students who
can attend several extra-curricular activities according to their interests:
lectures and seminars, theatre performances, internships with companies or
laboratories, study tours, exhibitions. The total number of students is over
900 divided into 45 classes, with approximately 100 teachers.
ARISS
mentor Francesco De Paolis, IK0WGF proposed to Mr. Stefano Bertone, coordinator
for this ARISS event a telebridge contact. The questions were read by the
students at schools in Milano where an audience of more than 100 students,
teachers, visitors and media assisted to the contact.
At 10:33
UTC contact with NA1SS was established by station W5RRR. Astronaut Paolo
NESPOLI answered 16 questions. The signal from the ISS was not loud and clear
all the time during the pass, due momentary (1 minute) issue to tracking
system.
Regional
and local media and newspapers covered the event.
Streaming
video counted about 30 connections on:
http://www.livestream.com/IZ2SHS
ARISS
contact was announced by web story on ESA Portal - National News:
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMFFYOT1KG_Italy_0.html
Congratulations
to “Varalli” and “Allende” team!
73
Francesco
De Paolis, IK0WGF
ARISS
mentor