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768 teams of young people have entered Astro Pi Mission Space Lab 2022/23

Sam Duffy — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 09:19:19 +0000

This year, 768 teams made up of 3086 young people from 23 countries sent us their ideas for experiments to run on board the International Space Station (ISS) for Astro Pi Mission Space Lab. Mission Space Lab is part of the European Astro Pi Challenge, an ESA Education programme run in collaboration with us at…

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Astro Pi Mission Zero 2022/23 is open for young people

Sam Duffy — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 12:57:24 +0000

Inspire young people about coding and space science with Astro Pi Mission Zero. Mission Zero offers young people the chance to write code that will run in space! It opens for participants today. What is Mission Zero? In Mission Zero, young people write a simple computer program to run on an Astro Pi computer on…

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The European Astro Pi Challenge is back for 2022/23

Sam Duffy — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 13:55:26 +0000

The European Astro Pi Challenge is back for another year. This is young people’s chance to write computer programs that run on board the International Space Station. Young people can take part in two Astro Pi challenges: Mission Zero and Mission Space Lab. Participation is free and open for young people up to age 19…

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Astro Pi Mission Space Lab 2021/22: The Results

Sam Duffy — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 09:41:48 +0000

It’s been an incredible year for the European Astro Pi Challenge. We’ve sent new hardware into space, seen record numbers of young people participate in the Challenge, and received lots of fantastic programs. Before we say goodbye to the 2021/22 European Astro Pi Challenge, the Raspberry Pi Foundation and the European Space Agency are thrilled…

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The names of the new Astro Pi computers get revealed

Sam Duffy — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 10:10:16 +0000

We and our collaborators at ESA Education are excited to announce that 17,168 programs written by young people from 26 countries have been successfully deployed on board the International Space Station (ISS) for the European Astro Pi Challenge 2021/22. And we can finally reveal the names of the two new and upgraded Astro Pi computers…

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299 experiments from young people run on the ISS in Astro Pi Mission Space Lab 2021/22

Sam Duffy — Wed, 04 May 2022 08:38:33 +0000

We and our partners at ESA Education are excited to announce that 299 teams have achieved flight status in Mission Space Lab of the 2021/22 European Astro Pi Challenge. This means that these young people’s programs are the first ever to run on the two upgraded Astro Pi units on board the International Space Station…

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How did we build the new Astro Pi computers for the International Space Station?

Sam Duffy — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 09:57:48 +0000

We are really excited that our two upgraded Astro Pi units have arrived on the International Space Station. Each unit contains the latest model of the Raspberry Pi computer, plus a Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera and a host of sensors on a custom Sense HAT, all housed inside a special flight case designed to…

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