Italy -- Four second-grade classes in the Milan suburb of Verano Brianza have been learning to play basketball this spring from a real pro This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Northwest Arkansas Newspapers LLC Material from the Associated Press is Copyright © 2025 audio and/or video material shall not be published rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and noncommercial use The AP will not be held liable for any delays errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli on the International Space Station is mourning the death of his mother this week but had to miss attending her funeral today (May 4) because he won't return to Earth until later this month Nespoli's mother, Maria Motta, 78, died late Monday (May 2) in her hometown of Verano Brianza just outside Milan Nespoli was notified immediately by the European Space Agency (ESA) in a private call to the space station Motta's funeral took place today in Verano Brianza at 8:30 a.m the crew stopped work and observed a minute's radio silence to honor her memory former ESA astronaut and the head of the European Astronaut Center "There are probably no words that could relieve this sadness but our thoughts are with Paolo and the director for human spaceflight and operations also contacted Nespoli to express their condolences and the agency's support Reiter attended the funeral on behalf of the agency while fellow Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti delivered the condolences of the European Astronaut Corps To help Nespoli cope with his mother's death ESA's flight director and support team modified his work schedule Nespoli launched to the space station in December He is one of six people currently living 220 miles (354 kilometers) above Earth in the orbiting outpost Two Americans and three Russians make up the rest of the crew.  Astronauts who serve long-duration missions on the space station are given special briefings and training to help them prepare for being away for an extended period of time This preparation includes topics such as family support and the potential deaths of friends or family has regular access to an Internet protocol phone to call his family as well as email and other Internet communication tools NASA and space station mission control will also provide support to Nespoli as he copes with his loss "As an ESA astronaut, ESA will be the primary provider of psychological support for Paolo," NASA spokesperson Nicole Cloutier-Lemasters told SPACE.com Mission Control and NASA flight surgeons and support team are certainly available to assist as needed." 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country ground to a halt she had no option but to leave Verano Brianza Having crossed over the Swiss-Italian border to the town of Chiasso two weeks ago Ms Turnbull says she was lucky to get out before strict quarantine rules were imposed on the northern Italian region of Lombardy Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte put the entire country into lockdown on Monday banning all but the most important cross-border travel Lombardy is expected to remain under quarantine until at least April 3 "I was lucky I left when I did but everyone is stressing even my new host mum keeps saying 'don't leave the house don't go into Italy'," she said on Tuesday who subsequently worked as an au pair in Switzerland said many of her friends were stuck in Italy or had already left Her host family became anxious after she returned from a trip to Venice on February 25 as coronavirus spread dramatically trough Italy "The family was so scared they made me stay in my room I couldn't even hug the kids goodbye when I left," Ms Turnbull said "It all just hit me like a tonne of bricks Ms Turnbull is due to arrive home in Brisbane on Wednesday night after booking flights on Sunday I cried all day Sunday because I was so devastated," she said "I couldn't sleep and I just kept punching my pillow but now that Italy has been closed I know I made the right decision." she will begin a 14-day self-isolation period Ms Turnbull said seeing her father would be a silver lining of her return to Brisbane but the pair will not be able to spend time together as her father's diabetes increases his risk of coronavirus she is unsure whether she may be a carrier but hopes things will be clearer once she arrive in Australia "I'm so sad I won't get to spend any time with my family my dad is like my best friend and he was sad I had to cut my travels short," Ms Turnbull said More than 460 people have died in Italy from coronavirus from more than 9000 cases As Italy became the world's biggest coronavirus hub after China and the country ground to a halt \\\"I was lucky I left when I did but everyone is stressing even my new host mum keeps saying 'don't leave the house don't go into Italy',\\\" she said on Tuesday \\\"The family was so scared they made me stay in my room I couldn't even hug the kids goodbye when I left,\\\" Ms Turnbull said \\\"It all just hit me like a tonne of bricks I cried all day Sunday because I was so devastated,\\\" she said \\\"I couldn't sleep and I just kept punching my pillow but now that Italy has been closed I know I made the right decision.\\\" Ms Turnbull said seeing her father would be a silver lining of her return to Brisbane but the pair will not be able to spend time together as her father's diabetes increases his risk of coronavirus \\\"I'm so sad I won't get to spend any time with my family my dad is like my best friend and he was sad I had to cut my travels short,\\\" Ms Turnbull said This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks 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