With usual precision, Mike K1NPT, guided Bishop Hendrickson High School and Saint Mary’s Bay View Academy students through a successful contact with Italian Astronaut Paolo Nespoli, using the radio station of Claudio IK1SLD in Italy via Telebridge.

Approximately 400 students at BHHS and another 500 at BVA saw the event live.  Other joined in via a live stream to see history in the making.

Molly asks a question during the BHHS/BVA ARISS Event. Event Manager Mike K1NPT to her rightLocal station WLNE-6 news had nice coverage of the program here

YouTube video of Q&A Period here

Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli, IZ0JPA — currently aboard the International Space Station — is scheduled to talk to 16 lucky students from Bishop Hendricken High School and St. Mary Academy – Bay View this Thursday Nov 30th at noon.

RI students and the general public are invited to watch the livestream of the event starting at 1140AM via https://livestream.com/accounts/9685187/events/7946215

Claudio, IK1SLD,  will be operating the ground station and linking to Bishop Hendricken via telebridge.  The student questions are expected to begin around 12:04PM.

Bishop Hendricken is expected to become RI’s first high school to have such a contact. 

This opportunity comes from the volunteers at Rhode Island STEAM Academy who view early and regular exposure to STEAM problem-solving as critical to the growth of Rhode Island’s economy.

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