AstroSamantha in Pavia: “In space to work also with the University” – La Provincia Pavese

 PAVIA. The public meeting awaited day with Samantha Cristoforetti has arrived. Saturday, March 5 at 10 am, in the Hall of the ’400, in fact, open the “200-day event in space with the ASI Mission Future”, organized by the Health Technologies Center – Cht (Centre for Health Technologies) dell’ University of Pavia, which will see the guest of honor, in fact the European space Agency astronaut, Captain Italian Air Force and the first Italian woman astronaut sent into space.

 

 Inaugurating the morning will be the Rector Fabio Rugge , with the representatives of the strategic project “Centre for Health Technologies” – Riccardo Bellazzi, Carlomaurizio Montecucco and Livia Visai – followed by a presentation of Futura Mission by Gabriele Mascetti the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the intervention of Fabrizio Carras, responsible USOC Kayser Italy, on the ground control of the astronaut’s activities. After that, the word will go to Samantha Cristoforetti who will talk about Futura, the second long-duration mission of ASI in which he participated.

 

 

 Only those who have already booked in recent days may access the meeting with Samantha Cristoforetti, because of the ’400 and for the design of the House is for the House (where the intervention of the astronaut will be seen in video conference) places are exhausted. Very few places have remained in the Great Hall (video conference). Before speaking in Parliament of ’400, Samantha Cristoforetti will go in the other two classrooms for a greeting.
 

  Cristoforetti Captain, explains how you connect the Mission Futura to research conducted by the Study Group of the Centre for Health Technologies of the University of Pavia?

 

 “The Cht is an interdepartmental center which aims to provide new technology solutions to solve problems in the field of health, from the laboratory to the bedside, through interdisciplinary research and the integration of basic sciences with medicine, pharmacology and engineering . The fact that one of the Cht research group participated with the project was born, coordinated by Livia Visai with Angela Maria Rizzo of the University of Milan, Josephine Rea CNR-Ic in Rome and Marco Vukich Kayser Italy, to the Mission of the Future ‘ Asi suggests the importance of scientific research in space, the results of which will have a significant impact on science and society. “

 

 

RepTv News, Astrosamantha: “Space is all a game” It ’11th round last June, after 2,000 days spent in traveling to 28 thousand kilometers per hour in the cosmos, and is now the star of the documentary film “AstroSamantha, the first Italian woman in space – a true story”, directed and produced by director Gianluca Cerasola, that ‘ He has followed on three continents from 2013 until the return of the spacecraft. Samantha Cristoforetti the presentation of the film at the Rome Film Festival said his relationship with the cameras and what loves the most of space and terraSamantha CristoforettiRepTv News, the daily TV magazine of the Republic, is broadcast every day at 19.55 of the Republic. en and laEffe, channel 50 digital terrestrial and 139 of Sky

 

  What is the meeting point between the scientific research done on the ground and one made in space and what is the added value?

 

 “The space research engages on research done on the ground, creating additional viewing opportunities. For example, in the field of osteoporosis research, the conditions of weightlessness allow observation into highly compressed Rates significant measurable effects related to the loss of bone mass’.

 

  How does it feel to be the first Italian woman sent into space, in a long-duration mission to boot?

 

 “Going into space has always been my dream, but instead it was never part of my dream to be” the first “. That is what happened by accident and it is not my merit that there was not another Italian astronaut before. If it had been the second or third, my journey into space would be just as exciting and rewarding for me. “

 

  What do you do in space for 199 days aboard the International Space Station?

 

 “The Prince activity is scientific research and so often we are engaged in experiments, sometimes acting ourselves as a subject of research. However, the International Space Station is a complex machine that needs regular maintenance. Then there are the logistical aspects, related to arrivals and departures of refueling vehicles, and it happens every so many that there are extra-vehicular activities, the so-called space walks: are extremely busy day for those who, as it happened to me, does not come out, but must manage the complex operations related to the suit and airlock. “

 

  If you had to describe the space in a few lines to tell people, what words would you use?

 “” Space “to me is not a destination, like a tourist place to visit. It was an experience, a very particular way of living and working which I found stimulating, satisfying and yes, even fun. In the end, looking back, the satisfaction is to have had the privilege to take care, for a short period.

 

 Marta Pizzocaro