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Subj: ARISS Status, April 25, 2005
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 121.04
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
May 1, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-121.04
Italy Schools Contact Successful
On Monday, April 18, two Italian schools, Istituto Tecnico
Industriale Liceo scientifico Tecnologico G. Marconi, IK0WGF, in
Civitavecchia and Ist.Tecn.Comm.Einaudi-Mattei & Ist.Statale Istr.
Sup. Malignani In, IW3QKU, in Palmanova shared a contact with
Roberto Vittori, IZ6ERU. The two schools, linked via Skype, took
turns asking questions, of which eight were answered.
Princess Elettra Marconi, daughter of Guglielmo Marconi, attended
the event, and extended her greetings to Vittori. The event was
webcast by RAI, the national Radio and Television Institute of
Italy. The audio was also transmitted by EchoLink and had 11
connections from the UK, Slovakia, Germany, Italy and the USA. An
article (in Italian) written about this event and the ESRIN
contact may be found on the website of the Ministry of Communication
(Lazio province). See:
http://www.mincomisplazio.it/A%20VITTORI.htm
Successful Swiss School Contact
On Tuesday, April 19, Switzerland experienced its first ARISS
contact. Sixteen students from Schulhaus Feld 1 in Richterswil were
able to ask twenty questions of Leroy Chiao, KE5BRW. This contact
was the twenty-third for Leroy Chiao. He now holds the record for
the most ARISS contacts performed during one mission while on board
the ISS. Congratulations to Leroy!
ESRIN Contact Successful
The winning classes (approximately 120 children) of the European
Space Agency competition for primary schools in the Lazio region
gathered at the European Space Research Institute (ESRIN) in
Frascati, Italy, on Wednesday, April 20. Twelve students spoke with
Roberto Vittori, IZ6ERU, via the telebridge station NN1SS. The audio
was fed into the Echolink servers, and fifteen connections were
made from the U.S.A, Russia, Italy, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the
U.K., Australia, and New Zealand. An article, written in Italian and
entitled, "La i spazio parla con I bambini", can be found on the ESA
website. See:
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eneide_Italian/SEMCOYW797E_0.html
Video of the school contact can be found at:
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Eneide_Italian/SEMJGUW797E_0.html
Upcoming School Contact
Albany Hills State School in Brisbane, Australia has been approved
for an ARISS contact. It has been scheduled for Wednesday, May 4,
at 0749 UTC via the telebridge station, NN1SS, located in Greenbelt,
Maryland. The audio from this contact will be fed into the EchoLink
AMSAT (node 101377) and the EDU_NET (node 77992) conference servers.
ARRL Article on New Hampshire Contact
Maple Avenue Elementary School in Goffstown, New Hampshire
experienced an ARISS contact on April 13. The ARRL wrote an article
about the event. See Second Time the Charm for New Hampshire School
Space Contact, at:
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/04/20/3/?nc=1
ARRL Articles on ISS Crew Change
ARRL April 18th web story covers the new crew members joining the
Expedition 10 crew on the ISS. To view the article, "New all-ham
crew now safely aboard ISS"
go to:
http://www.arrl.org/
Another ARRL article, entitled, "ISS Expedition 10 Crew Passes the
Baton to New Two-Ham Team," covers the ISS handover from Expedition
10 to the Expedition 11 crew. See:
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/04/22/3/?nc=1
[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI for the above information]
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