Schlagwort: Astro Pi
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Astro Pi Mission Space Lab 2021/22: The Results
Reading Time: 7 minutesIt’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…
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The names of the new Astro Pi computers get revealed
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe 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…
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299 experiments from young people run on the ISS in Astro Pi Mission Space Lab 2021/22
Reading Time: 6 minutesWe 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…
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3D print you own replica Astro Pi flight case
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe’ve put together a new how-to guide for 3D printing and assembling your own Astro Pi unit replica, based on the upgraded units we sent to the International Space Station in December. The new, upgraded Astro Pi units. The Astro Pi case connects young people to the Astro Pi Challenge It wasn’t…
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How did we build the new Astro Pi computers for the International Space Station?
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe 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…
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Raspberry Pi computers are speeding to the International Space Station
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis morning, our two new Astro Pi units launched into space. Actual, real-life space. The new Astro Pi units each consist of a Raspberry Pi computer with a Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera and a host of sensors, all housed inside a special space-ready case that makes the hardware suitable for the…
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Tim Peake joins us as we get ready to launch special Raspberry Pi computers to space
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe’re feeling nostalgic because six years ago, two special Raspberry Pi computers named Ed and Izzy were travelling to the International Space Station (ISS) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA. These two Astro Pi units joined British ESA astronaut Tim Peake as part of his six-month Principia space mission. Tim and Astro Pis…
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Record numbers of young people have sent us ideas for Astro Pi Mission Space Lab 2021/22
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe and our partners ESA Education are delighted to announce that for this year’s Mission Space Lab of the European Astro Pi Challenge, a record number of 800 teams from 23 countries sent us their ideas for experiments to run on board the International Space Station (ISS). This is an incredible 83%…
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Young people can name a piece of space history with Astro Pi Mission Zero
Reading Time: 5 minutesYour young people don’t need to wait to become astronauts to be part of a space mission! In Mission Zero, the free beginners’ coding activity of the European Astro Pi Challenge, young people can create a simple computer program to send to the International Space Station (ISS) today. The International Space Station,…
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Amazing science from the winners of Astro Pi Mission Space Lab 2020/21
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe Raspberry Pi Foundation and ESA Education are excited to announce the winners and highly commended Mission Space Lab teams of the 2020/21 European Astro Pi Challenge! ESA Astronaut Thomas Pesquet floating aboard the International Space Station with the two Astro Pi computers In Mission Space Lab, teams of young people aged…
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Nearly 15,000 young people ran their code on the ISS for Astro Pi 2020/21!
Reading Time: 4 minutesOur team here at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, in collaboration with ESA Education, is excited to announce the successful deployment of young people’s programs aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for the European Astro Pi Challenge 2020/21! Across both Astro Pi missions — Mission Zero and Mission Space Lab — 14,993 participants…
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214 teams granted Flight Status for Astro Pi Mission Space Lab 2020/21!
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Raspberry Pi Foundation and ESA Education are excited to announce that 214 teams participating in Mission Space Lab of this year’s European Astro Pi Challenge have achieved Flight Status. That means they will have their computer programs run on the International Space Station (ISS) later this month! ESA Astronaut Thomas Pesquet…
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Meet team behind the mini Raspberry Pi–powered ISS
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuite possibly the coolest thing we saw Raspberry Pi powering last year was ISS Mimic, a mini version of the International Space Station (ISS). We wanted to learn more about the brains that dreamt up ISS Mimic, which uses data from the ISS to mirror exactly what the real thing is doing…
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Q&A with NASA engineers behind Raspberry Pi–powered ISS Mimic
Reading Time: 4 minutesDid you see the coolest International Space Station (ISS) on Earth on the blog last week? ISS Mimic is powered by Raspberry Pi, mirrors exactly what the real ISS is doing in orbit, and was built by NASA engineers to make the ISS feel more real for Earth-bound STEAM enthusiasts. Here’s (most…
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How young people can run their computer programs in space with Astro Pi
Reading Time: 4 minutesDo you know young people who dream of sending something to space? You can help them make that dream a reality! We’re calling on educators, club leaders, and parents to inspire young people to develop their digital skills by participating in this year’s European Astro Pi Challenge. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYGgcevyqWg?feature=oembed&w=500&h=281] The European Astro…
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Amazing science from the winners of Astro Pi Mission Space Lab 2019–20
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe team at Raspberry Pi and our partner ESA Education are pleased to announce the winning and highly commended Mission Space Lab teams of the 2019–20 European Astro Pi Challenge! Mission Space Lab sees teams of young people across Europe design, create, and deploy experiments running on Astro Pi computers aboard the…
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Learning with Raspberry Pi — robotics, a Master’s degree, and beyond
Reading Time: 5 minutesMeet Callum Fawcett, who shares his journey from tinkering with the first Raspberry Pi while he was at school, to a Master’s degree in computer science and a real-life job in programming. We also get to see some of the awesome projects he’s made along the way. I first decided to get…
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Kaleidoscopic space art made with Raspberry Pi onboard the ISS
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat could be the world’s first interactive art experiment in space is powered by Raspberry Pi! The experiment, named Pulse/Hydra 3, features a kaleidoscope (as seen in the video) that lights up and starts to rotate after it receives heartbeat data from its ground terminal. This artistic experiment is designed to inspire…
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6558 programs from young people have run on the ISS for Astro Pi 2019/20!
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe team at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, in collaboration with ESA Education, is excited to announce that all of this year’s successful Astro Pi programs have now run aboard the International Space Station (ISS)! Record numbers of young people took part in Astro Pi Mission Zero This year, a record 6350 teams…
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Tim Peake and Astro Pi winners meet at Rooke Award ceremony
Reading Time: 4 minutesEngineering has always been important, but never more so than now, as we face global challenges and need more brilliant young minds to solve them. Tim Peake, ESA astronaut and one of our Trustees, knows this well, and is a big advocate of engineering, and of STEM more broadly. That’s why during…
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Tim Peake and Astro Pi winners meet at Rooke Award ceremony
Reading Time: 4 minutesEngineering has always been important, but never more so than now, as we face global challenges and need more brilliant young minds to solve them. Tim Peake, ESA astronaut and one of our Trustees, knows this well, and is a big advocate of engineering, and of STEM more broadly. That’s why during…
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How you, an adult, can take part in the European Astro Pi Challenge
Reading Time: 3 minutesSo, yesterday we announced the launch of the 2019/2020 European Astro Pi Challenge, and adults across the globe groaned with jealousy as a result. It’s OK, we did too. The Astro Pi Challenge is the coolest thing ever The European Astro Pi Challenge is ridiculously cool. It’s definitely one of the most…
