Schlagwort: Mission Space Lab

  • Record numbers of young people have sent us ideas for Astro Pi Mission Space Lab 2021/22

    Record numbers of young people have sent us ideas for Astro Pi Mission Space Lab 2021/22

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    We 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).

    • Logo of Mission Space Lab, part of the European Astro Pi Challenge.
    • Astro Pi IR on ISS.

    This is an incredible 83% increase from last year and means that more than 3100 young people from across Europe and other eligible countries have taken part in Phase 1 of Mission Space Lab.

    • ESA Astronaut Thomas Pesquet with the Astro Pi computers aboard the International Space Station
    • The International Space Station.

    Young people’s scientific experiments in space with Mission Space Lab

    Every year since 2015, thanks to our yearly Astro Pi Challenge, Mission Space Lab teams of young people have created code for their own scientific experiments to run on the ISS’s two Astro Pi units. These Astro Pi units are Raspberry Pi computers in space-proof cases, with cameras and an array of sensors. In Phase 1 of Mission Space Lab, teams submit their idea for an experiment that uses the Astro Pi hardware to investigate either the environmental conditions inside the Columbus module on the ISS, or life on the Earth’s surface.

    This year, we are sending two upgraded Astro Pi units up into space to the ISS. These consist of the newest model of the Raspberry Pi computer, the newest Raspberry Pi camera, an augmented sensor board and a Coral machine learning accelerator. Young people can vote for the new Astro Pi units’ names by doing the Astro Pi beginners’ coding activity, Mission Zero.

    Astro Pi MK II hardware.
    The new Astro Pi units

    For Mission Space Lab participants, the new hardware opens up a range of options for experiments that were not possible before. Among these are experiments using elements of artificial intelligence such as advanced machine learning, and higher-resolution photography than ever before.

    Animation of how the components of the Mark 2 Astro Pi hardware unit fit together.
    Inside the new Astro Pi unit

    It’s clear that young people are really excited about the new hardware. Not only did we see an overall increase in participating teams, but 49% of the Mission Space Lab experiment ideas that teams sent us involved machine learning.

    Mission Space Lab teams are getting ready to write and test their code

    We’ve now selected 502 teams for Phase 2 of Mission Space Lab based on the quality of their experiment ideas. Despite the fierce competition, this is 26% more teams than we were able to progress to Phase 2 last year.

    All the teams we’ve selected are about to be sent a special Astro Pi hardware kit to help them write the programs for their experiments. These kits include all the components to replicate the new Astro Pi units that will travel to space in December: a Raspberry Pi 4 computer, a Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera, and the same sensors that are on the Astro Pi computers on the ISS. In addition, teams conducting experiments involving machine learning will receive a Coral machine learning accelerator, and teams conducting experiments involving Infrared photography will receive a red optical filter.

    • The Astro Pi kit box that Mission Space Lab participants receive.
    • An opened Astro Pi kit box showing what kit Mission Space Lab participants receive.

    Once the teams of young people have received their hardware kits, they’ll be able to familiarise themselves with the Astro Pi sensors and cameras, and then create and test (and re-test!) their code.

    Young people’s code will run in space next year

    The teams’ deadline for submitting the code for their experiments to us is Thursday 24 February 2022. Once their code has gone through our checks and tests, it will be ready to run on the shiny new Astro Pi units on board the ISS in April or May.

    Congratulations to the successful teams, and thank you to everyone who sent us their ideas for Mission Space Lab this year. And a special thank you to all the teachers, educators, club volunteers, and other wonderful people who are acting as Mission Space Lab team mentors this year. You are helping your young people do something remarkable that they will remember for the rest of their lives.

    If your team was unsuccessful this time, we’re sorry for the disappointment — please try again next year.

    Logo of Mission Zero, part of the European Astro Pi Challenge.

    Young people up to age 19 can also take part in Mission Zero, the beginners’ coding activity of the European Astro Pi Challenge, to vote for which European scientist they think we should name the units after. All Mission Zero entries are guaranteed to run on the ISS for 30 seconds!

    Website: LINK

  • Amazing science from the winners of Astro Pi Mission Space Lab 2020/21

    Amazing science from the winners of Astro Pi Mission Space Lab 2020/21

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    The 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 with the Astro Pi computers aboard the International Space Station
    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 up to 19 create scientific experiments that run on the International Space Station’s two Astro Pi computers — space-hardened Raspberry Pis with cameras and an array of sensors.

    • Logo of Mission Space Lab, part of the European Astro Pi Challenge
    • Astro Pi IR on ISS

    In the final phase of Mission Space Lab, teams analyse the data captured during their experiment’s three-hour runtime on the ISS and write a short report describing their experiment’s hypothesis, methods, results, and conclusions.

    The Maldives shown from space by an Astro Pi computer on the International Space Station
    The Maldives as captured by the Mechabot team

    You can read the best reports below! From 154 final reports, the Astro Pi team has now chosen 10 winners and 5 highly commended teams that have each demonstrated great scientific merit and innovative use of the Astro Pi hardware.

    Our winning teams are…

    Zeus from Tudor Vianu National College of Computer Science in Romania, who used photos of Earth captured by the Astro Pi’s camera, historical data sets, and machine learning to develop a weather forecast system that predicts meteorological phenomena on Earth.

    Mag-AZ from Escola Secundária Domingos Rebelo in Portugal, who attempted to create an algorithm that could calculate the location of the magnetic poles of any planet or star by using the Astro Pi’s sensors to map Earth’s magnetic fields.

    Lake Balkhash in Kazakhstan shown from space by an Astro Pi computer on the International Space Station
    Lake Balkhash in Kazakhstan as captured by the Jupiter team

    Atlantes from Niubit Coding Club in Spain, who used a sonification process to convert data captured by the Astro Pi’s sensors into music, inspired by Commander Chris Hadfield’s performance of Space Oddity on the ISS in 2013. You can see more about their experiment here.

    Mateii from Saint Sava National College in Romania, who investigated the potential growth of Aspergillus and Penicillium mold on the ISS in comparison to on Earth using a simulation model and Astro Pi sensor readings taken inside the Columbus module.

    The River Nile in Egypt seen by an Astro Pi computer on the International Space Station
    The river Nile in Egypt as captured by the Mechabot team

    Juno from Institut d’Altafulla in Spain, who attempted to determine how much heat the astronauts aboard the ISS experience by using temperature, pressure, and humidity data captured by the Astro Pi’s sensors together with psychrometric calculations.

    Albedo from Lycée Albert Camus in France, who investigated albedo on Earth, using photos captured by the Astro Pi’s camera to classify cloud, land, and sea coverage, and analysing their corresponding albedo values.

    The river Nile in Sudan shown from space by an Astro Pi computer on the International Space Station
    The river Nile in Sudan as captured by the Spacepi2 team

    SpaceRad from Centrum Nauki Keplera – Planetarium Wenus in Poland, who also investigated albedo (the proportion of light or radiation that is reflected by a surface) on Earth to evaluate the efficacy of using solar farms to combat climate change.

    Magtrix from The Leys School in the United Kingdom, who analysed whether geographical features of Earth such as mountains affect the planet’s magnetic field using the Astro Pi’s magnetometer, GPS data, and photos of Earth captured by the Astro Pi’s camera.

    Newfoundland and Labrador shown from space by an Astro Pi computer on the International Space Station
    Newfoundland and Labrador as captured by the SpaceRad team

    Mechabot from Robone Robotics Club in Germany, who investigated how the Earth’s magnetic field correlates with its climate, and how this affects near-Earth objects’ behaviour in low-Earth orbit.

    Spacepi2 from Zanneio Model High School in Greece, who investigated urbanisation on Earth by comparing photos captured by the Astro Pi’s camera with historical data using an automated photo classification program they created and NDVI analysis.

    Sakhalin Oblast in Russia shown from space by an Astro Pi computer on the International Space Station
    Sakhalin Oblast in Russia as captured by the Liontech team

    Highly commended teams

    Bergson from Lycée Henri-Bergson Paris in France, who built an AI model predicting nitrogen dioxide pollution levels on Earth using NDVI analysis of photos taken by the Astro Pi’s camera.

    The Tiwi Islands off the coast of Northern Australia shown from space by an Astro Pi computer on the International Space Station
    The Tiwi Islands off the coast of Northern Australia as captured by the Magtrix team

    LionTech from Mihai Eminescu National College, Oradea in Romania, who attempted to measure the velocity of the ISS in orbit, and also created an algorithm to detect smoke, pollution, and types of cloud coverage in the images they captured using the Astro Pi’s camera.

    RosSpace from Ceo Boecillo in Spain, who are the third team in our list to have investigated Earth’s albedo levels in relation to global warming using photo analysis. A popular theme this year!

    The Amur River and Sea of Oghotsk in Eastern Russia shown from space by an Astro Pi computer on the International Space Station
    The Amur river and the Sea of Oghotsk (right) in Eastern Russia as captured by the Zeus team

    Jupiter from Institut d’Altafulla in Spain, who looked at variations in the current surface area of water bodies on Earth compared to historical records as an indicator of climate change.

    And a special mention for:

    Ultrafly from Ultrafly Coding Club in Canada, who were the youngest team to make the highly commended list this year, with an average age of 8! Their experiment explored whether the environmental variables on the ISS created allergy-friendly living conditions for the astronauts on board.

    The prize? A special webinar with ESA Astronaut Luca Parmitano

    Every Astro Pi team that reached Phase 2 of Mission Space Lab by having their experiment idea accepted this year will receive participation certificates recognising their achievement, and the winners and highly commended teams will receive special certificates and an additional prize.

    The prize for this year’s winners and highly commended teams is the chance to pose their questions to ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano during a webinar in September! We’ll shortly email the teams’ mentors the instructions for submitting their teams’ questions to Luca.

    ESA Astronaut Luca Parmitano floating aboard the ISS with two Astro Pi computers
    ESA Astronaut Luca Parmitano floating aboard the ISS with the two Astro Pi computers

    This Q&A event for the finalists will conclude this year’s European Astro Pi Challenge. It’s been an incredible year for the Challenge, with 15756 young people from 23 countries participating in Mission Zero or Mission Space Lab.

    Everyone on the Raspberry Pi and ESA Education teams congratulates this year’s participants for their efforts, especially given the obstacles many teams had to overcome due to the coronavirus pandemic.

    Thank you and congratulations to everyone who has taken part — we hope you found it as fun and inspiring as we did!

    We can’t wait to welcome you back for the next European Astro Pi Challenge!

    While this year’s Challenge is coming to an end, the European Astro Pi Challenge will return with both Mission Zero and Mission Space Lab in September!

    Logo of the European Astro Pi Challenge

    We invite all teachers, educators, club leaders, and young people who love coding and space science to follow our updates on astro-pi.org and the Astro Pi Twitter account to make sure you don’t miss any announcements.

    Website: LINK

  • Nearly 15,000 young people ran their code on the ISS for Astro Pi 2020/21!

    Nearly 15,000 young people ran their code on the ISS for Astro Pi 2020/21!

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    Our 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!

    Logo of the European Astro Pi Challenge.

    Across both Astro Pi missions — Mission Zero and Mission Space Lab — 14,993 participants created an amazing 9408 programs, which have now run aboard the ISS’s two special Raspberry Pi computers: the Astro Pis Izzy and Ed. Congratulations to all for their achievements during this challenging year!

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    ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet congratulates all of this year’s Astro Pi teams

    Mission Zero: Popular as ever

    This year, 14,054 young people from 24 countries successfully took part in Mission Zero: the Astro Pi computers aboard the ISS ran their programs for 30 seconds each.

    In Mission Zero, young people write programs to measure the humidity inside the ISS Columbus module using the Sense HAT add-on of the Astro Pi, and then use the Sense HAT’s LED matrix to display the measurement together with their very own message to the astronauts. This year that included ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, who oversaw the deployment of both the Mission Zero and Mission Space Lab programs.

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    This year’s Mission Zero programs running aboard the ISS

    To make it easier for young people to participate in Mission Zero while school closures and restrictions on face-to-face meetings were in place to help stop the spread of coronavirus, we updated the Mission Zero rules this year: for the first time, young people could take part by themselves as well as in teams. As we had hoped, this new option proved hugely popular, with 6308 entries coming from individual participants. Despite the challenging circumstances, this year’s number of Mission Zero participants was just 5% lower than last year’s — a sure sign of how much young people love Astro Pi!

    Mission Space Lab: Investigating life in space and on Earth

    In addition to the Mission Zero participants, 232 teams of in total 939 students and young people are currently in their final phase of Astro Pi Mission Space Lab. Over the last month, each team had the program for their scientific experiment run on either Astro Pi Ed or Astro Pi Izzy for three hours each.

    Compilation of photographs of Earth, taken by Astro Pi Izzy aboard the ISS.
    Photographs of Earth, taken by Astro Pi Izzy aboard the ISS

    Teams conducting ‘Life on Earth’ experiments used Astro Pi Izzy’s near-infrared camera to capture images of the planet’s surface. Their experiments include predicting weather patterns by analysing cloud formations, assessing the impact of climate change by investigating reductions in vegetation cover over time using NDVI, and studying variations in the Earth’s magnetic field.

    Teams conducting ‘Life in space’ experiments used Astro Pi Ed’s sensors to investigate life inside the ISS Columbus module. Their experiments include measuring the direction and force of gravity inside the Space Station, analysing the air quality onboard, and calculating the position and direction of the Space Station in orbit.

    All Mission Space Lab teams have now received their data back from the ISS so they can analyse it and summarise their findings in their final scientific reports. To grant teams enough time to complete their reports while social distancing measures may be in place, we have extended the submission deadline to 12 pm (noon) BST on Monday 28 June 2021!

    It’s cosy inside the ISS!

    Despite its relatively large size of 109 metres, the ISS only has enough sleeping pods for seven astronauts. However, sometimes there can be more than seven astronauts onboard: usually when one group prepares to leave as another arrives. Recently, a whole eleven astronauts were aboard the ISS, which meant that they had to get creative about where to settle down for sleep.

    For Ed and Izzy, our Astro Pi computers, a large crowd such as this can cause some complications! For one thing, ‘crew bumping’ is more likely, which is when the USB cable connecting an Astro Pi to power can become accidentally unplugged because an astronaut collides with it in the small space of the Columbus module. And this time, the snug sleeping situation made one of the crew members request permission to cover Astro Pi Ed’s LED display during the ‘night’! Why? The astronaut was ‘bedding down’ directly opposite Ed, and the light from the display was making sleep difficult! That just goes to show that, even in space, it’s really best to avoid bright light if you need a good night’s sleep.

    ESA Astronaut Thomas Pesquet with the Astro Pi computers onboard the ISS.
    ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet with the Astro Pi computers aboard the ISS

    Who will win Mission Space Lab 2020/21?

    We and our collaborators at ESA Education have appointed a jury of experts to judge all the Mission Space Lab Phase 4 final reports and select the 10 teams with the best reports as the winners of the 2020/21 round of Mission Space Lab. Each of the 10 winning teams will receive a special prize: an invitation to a webinar with an ESA astronaut where they can directly ask them their questions about life in space!

    Congratulations again to all the teams that have taken part in the European Astro Pi Challenge this year. Mission Space Lab teams, we can’t wait to read your reports!

    Website: LINK

  • 214 teams granted Flight Status for Astro Pi Mission Space Lab 2020/21!

    214 teams granted Flight Status for Astro Pi Mission Space Lab 2020/21!

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    The 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 with the Astro Pi computers onboard the ISS.
    ESA Astronaut Thomas Pesquet with the Astro Pi computers onboard the ISS

    Mission Space Lab gives teams of students and young people up to 19 years of age the amazing opportunity to conduct scientific experiments aboard the ISS, by writing code for the Astro Pi computers — Raspberry Pi computers augmented with Sense HATs. Teams can choose between two themes for their experiments, investigating either life in space or life on Earth.

    Life in space

    For ‘Life in space’ experiments, teams use the Astro Pi computer known as Ed to investigate life inside the Columbus module of the ISS. For example, past teams have:

    • Used the Astro Pi’s accelerometer sensor to compare the motion of the ISS during normal flight compared to its motion during course corrections and reboost manoeuvres
    • Investigated whether influenza is transmissible on a spacecraft such as the ISS
    • Monitored pressure inside the Columbus module to be able to warn the astronauts on board of space debris or micrometeoroids colliding with the station
    • And much more
    Compilation of photographs of Earth, taken by Astro Pi Izzy aboard the ISS.
    Compilation of photographs of Earth, taken by Astro Pi Izzy aboard the ISS

    Life on Earth

    In ‘Life on Earth’ experiments, teams investigate life on our home planet’s surface using the Astro Pi computer known as Izzy. Izzy’s near-infrared camera (with a blue optical filter) faces out of a window in the ISS and is pointed at Earth. For example, past teams have:

    • Investigated variations in Earth’s magnetic field
    • Used machine learning to identify geographical areas that had recently suffered from wildfires
    • Studied climate change based on coastline erosion over the past 30 years
    • And much besides

    Phase 1 and 2 of Mission Space Lab

    In Phase 1 of Mission Space Lab, teams only have to submit an experiment idea. Our team then judges the teams’ ideas based on their originality, feasibility, and use of hardware. This year, 426 teams submitted experiment ideas, with 396 progressing to Phase 2.

    Timeline of Mission Space Lab in 2020/2021, part of the European Astro Pi Challenge.
    Timeline of Mission Space Lab in 2020/21 — click to enlarge

    At the beginning of Phase 2 of the challenge, we send our special Astro Pi kits to the teams to help them write and test their programs. The kits contain hardware that is similar to the Astro Pi computers in space, including a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, Raspberry Pi Sense HAT, and Raspberry Pi Camera Modules (V2 and NoIR).

    Astro Pi kit box.

    Mission Space Lab teams then write the programs for their experiments in Python. Once teams are happy with their programs, have tested them on their Astro Pi kits, and submitted them to us for judging, we run a series of tests on them to ensure that they follow experiment rules and can run without errors on the ISS. The experiments that meet the relevant criteria are then awarded Flight Status.

    Phase 3: Flight Status achieved

    The 214 teams awarded flight status this year represent 21 countries and 862 young people, with 30% female participants. 137 teams with ‘Life on Earth’ experiments and 77 teams with ‘Life in space’ experiments have successfully made it through to Phase 3.

    Spain has the most teams progressing to the next phase (26), closely followed by the UK (25), Romania (21), France (21) and Greece (18).

    In the next few weeks, the teams’ experiments will be deployed to the Astro Pi computers on the ISS, and most of them will run overseen by ESA Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, who is going to fly to the ISS on 22 April on his new mission, Alpha.

    In the final phase, we’ll send the teams the data their experiments collect, to analyse and write short reports about their findings. Based on these reports, we and the ESA Education experts will determine the winner of this year’s Mission Space Lab. The winning and highly commended teams will receive special prizes. Last year’s outstanding teams got to take part in a Q&A with ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano!

    Well done to everyone who has participated, and congratulations to all the successful teams. We are really looking forward to reading your reports!

    Logo of Mission Space Lab, part of the European Astro Pi Challenge.

    Website: LINK

  • How young people can run their computer programs in space with Astro Pi

    How young people can run their computer programs in space with Astro Pi

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    Do 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.

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    The European Astro Pi Challenge, which we run in collaboration with the European Space Agency, gives young people in 26 countries* the opportunity to write their own computer programs and run them on two special Raspberry Pi units — called Astro Pis! — on board the International Space Station (ISS).

    This year’s Astro Pi ambassador is ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet. Thomas will accompany our Astro Pis on the ISS and oversee young people’s programs while they run.

    And the young people need your support to take part in the Astro Pi Challenge!

    A group of young people and educators smiling while engaging with a computer

    Astro Pi is back big-time!

    The Astro Pi Challenge is back and better than ever, with a brand-new website, a cool new look, and the chance for more young people to get involved.

    Logo of the European Astro Pi Challenge

    During the last challenge, a record 6558 Astro Pi programs from over 17,000 young people ran on the ISS, and we want even more young people to take part in our new 2020/21 challenge.

    British ESA astronaut Tim Peake was the ambassador of the first Astro Pi Challenge in 2015.

    So whether your children or learners are complete beginners to programming or have experience of Python coding, we’d love for them to take part!

    You and your young people have two Astro Pi missions to choose from: Mission Zero and Mission Space Lab.

    Mission Zero — for beginners and younger programmers

    In Mission Zero, young people write a simple program to take a humidity reading onboard the ISS and communicate it to the astronauts with a personalised message, which will be displayed for 30 seconds.

    Logo of Mission Zero, part of the European Astro Pi Challenge

    Mission Zero is designed for beginners and younger participants up to 14 years old. Young people can complete Mission Zero online in about an hour following a step-by-step guide. Taking part doesn’t require any previous coding experience or specific hardware.

    All Mission Zero participants who follow the simple challenge rules are guaranteed to have their programs run aboard the ISS in 2021.

    All you need to do is support the young people to submit their programs!

    Mission Zero is a perfect activity for beginners to digital making and Python programming, whether they’re young people at home or in coding clubs, or groups of students or club participants.

    We have made some exciting changes to this year’s Mission Zero challenge:

    1. Participants will be measuring humidity on the ISS instead of temperature
    2. For the first time, young people can enter individually, as well as in teams of up to 4 people

    You have until 19 March 2021 to support your young people to submit their Mission Zero programs!

    Mission Space Lab — for young people with programming experience

    In Mission Space Lab, teams of young people design and program a scientific experiment to run for 3 hours onboard the ISS.

    Logo of Mission Space Lab, part of the European Astro Pi Challenge

    Mission Space Lab is aimed at more experienced or older participants up to 19 years old, and it takes place in 4 phases over the course of 8 months.

    Your role in Mission Space Lab is to mentor a team of participants while they design and write a program for a scientific experiment that increases our understanding of either life on Earth or life in space.

    The best experiments will be deployed to the ISS, and teams will have the opportunity to analyse their experimental data and report on their results.

    You have until 23 October 2020 to register your team and their experiment idea.

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    To see the kind of experiments young people have run on the ISS, check out our blog post congratulating the Mission Space Lab 2019/20 winners!

    Get started with Astro Pi today!

    To find out more about taking part in the European Astro Pi Challenge 2020/21, head over to our new and improved astro-pi.org website.

    screenshot of Astro Pi home page

    There, you’ll find everything you need to get started on sending young people’s computer program to space!

    * ESA Member States in 2020: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Latvia, and the United Kingdom. Other participating states: Canada, Latvia, Slovenia, Malta.

    Website: LINK

  • Amazing science from the winners of Astro Pi Mission Space Lab 2019–20

    Amazing science from the winners of Astro Pi Mission Space Lab 2019–20

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    The 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!

    Astro Pi Mission Space Lab logo

    Mission Space Lab sees teams of young people across Europe design, create, and deploy experiments running on Astro Pi computers aboard the International Space Station. Their final task: analysing the experiments’ results and sending us scientific reports highlighting their methods, results, and conclusions.

    One of the Astro Pi computers aboard the International Space Station
    One of the Astro Pi computers aboard the International Space Station

    The science teams performed was truly impressive, and the reports teams sent us were of outstanding quality. A special round of applause to the teams for making the effort to coordinate writing their reports socially distant!

    The Astro Pi jury has now selected the ten winning teams, as well as eight highly commended teams:

    And our winners are…

    Vidhya’s code from the UK aimed to answer the question of how a compass works on the ISS, using the Astro Pi computer’s magnetometer and data from the World Magnetic Model (WMM).

    Unknown from Externato Cooperativo da Benedita, Portugal, aptly investigated whether influenza is transmissible on a spacecraft such as the ISS, using the Astro Pi hardware alongside a deep literature review.

    Space Wombats from Institut d’Altafulla, Spain, used normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) analysis to identify burn scars from forest fires. They even managed to get results over Chernobyl!

    Liberté from Catmose College, UK, set out to prove the Coriolis Effect by using Sobel filtering methods to identify the movement and direction of clouds.

    Pardubice Pi from SPŠE a VOŠ Pardubice, Czech Republic, found areas of enormous vegetation loss by performing NDVI analysis on images taken from the Astro Pi and comparing this with historic images of the location.

    NDVI conversion image by Pardubice Pi team – Astro Pi Mission Space Lab experiment
    NDVI conversion image by Pardubice Pi team

    Reforesting Entrepreneurs from Canterbury School of Gran Canaria, Spain, want to help solve the climate crisis by using NDVI analysis to identify locations where reforestation is possible.

    1G5-Boys from Lycée Raynouard, France, innovatively conducted spectral analysis using Fast Fourier Transforms to study low-frequency vibrations of the ISS.

    Cloud4 from Escola Secundária de Maria, Portugal, masterfully used a simplified static model and Fourier Analysis to detect atmospheric gravity waves (AGWs).

    Cloud Wizzards from Primary School no. 48, Poland, scanned the sky to determine what percentage of the seas and oceans are covered by clouds.

    Aguere Team 1 from IES Marina Cebrián, Spain, probed the behaviour of the magnetic field, acceleration, and temperature on the ISS by investigating disturbances, variations with latitude, and temporal changes.

    Highly commended teams

    Creative Coders, from the UK, decided to see how much of the Earth’s water is stored in clouds by analysing the pixels of each image of Earth their experiment collected.

    Astro Jaslo from I Liceum Ogólnokształcące króla Stanisława Leszczyńskiego w Jaśle, Poland, used Reimann geometry to determine the angle between light from the sun that is perpendicular to the Astro Pi camera, and the line segment from the ISS to Earth’s centre.

    Jesto from S.M.S Arduino I.C.Ivrea1, Italy, used a multitude of the Astro Pi computers’ capabilities to study NDVI, magnetic fields, and aerosol mapping.

    BLOOMERS from Tudor Vianu National Highschool of Computer Science, Romania, investigated how algae blooms are affected by eutrophication in polluted areas.

    AstroLorenzini from Liceo Statale C. Lorenzini, Italy used Kepler’s third law to determine the eccentricity, apogee, perigee, and mean tangential velocity of the ISS.

    Photo of Italy, Calabria and Sicilia by AstroLorenzi team — Astro Pi Mission Space Lab experiment
    Photo of Italy, Calabria and Sicilia (notice volcano Etna on the top right-hand corner) captured by the AstroLorenzi team

    EasyPeasyCoding Verdala FutureAstronauts from Verdala International School & EasyPeasyCoding, Malta, utilised machine learning to differentiate between cloud types.

    BHTeamEL from Branksome Hall, Canada, processed images using Y of YCbCr colour mode data to investigate the relationship between cloud type and luminescence.

    Space Kludgers from Technology Club of Thrace, STETH, Greece, identified how atmospheric emissions correlate to population density, as well as using NDVI, ECCAD, and SEDAC to analyse the correlation of vegetation health and abundance with anthropogenic emissions.

    The teams get a Q&A with astronaut Luca Parmitano

    The prize for the winners and highly commended teams is the chance to pose their questions to ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano! The teams have been asked to record a question on video, which Luca will answer during a live stream on 3 September.

    ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano aboard the International Space Station
    ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano aboard the International Space Station

    This Q&A event for the finalists will conclude this year’s European Astro Pi Challenge. Everyone on the Raspberry Pi and ESA Education teams congratulates this year’s participants on all their efforts.

    It’s been a phenomenal year for the Astro Pi challenge: team performed some great science, and across Mission Space Lab and Mission Zero, an astronomical 16998 young people took part, from all ESA member states as well as Slovenia, Canada, and Malta.

    Congratulations to everyone who took part!

    Get excited for your next challenge!

    This year’s European Astro Pi Challenge is almost over, and the next edition is just around the corner!

    Compilation of photographs of Earth, taken by Astro Pi Izzy aboard the ISS
    Compilation of photographs of Earth taken by an Astro Pi computer

    So we invite school teachers, educators, students, and all young people who love coding and space science to join us from September onwards.

    Follow our updates on astro-pi.org and social media to make sure you don’t miss any announcements. We will see you for next year’s European Astro Pi Challenge!

    Website: LINK

  • 6558 programs from young people have run on the ISS for Astro Pi 2019/20!

    6558 programs from young people have run on the ISS for Astro Pi 2019/20!

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    The 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 of students and young people from all 25 eligible countries successfully entered Mission Zero, and they had their programs run on the Astro Pi computers on board the ISS for 30 seconds each!

    ESA astronaut Chris Cassidy with an Astro Pi computer aboard the ISS

    Astronaut Chris Cassidy overseeing the Mission Zero experiments

    The Mission Zero teams measured the temperature inside the ISS Columbus module, and used the Astro Pi LED matrix to display the measurement together with a greeting to the astronauts, including Chris Cassidy, who oversaw this year’s experiments.

    Mission Space Lab: Investigating life in space and on Earth

    In addition, 208 teams of students and young people are currently in the final phase of Astro Pi Mission Space Lab. Over the last few weeks, each of these teams has had their scientific experiment run on either Astro Pi Ed or Astro Pi Izzy for 3 hours each.

    Photograph of Earth, taken by Astro Pi computer Izzy

    Astro Pi Izzy’s view of Earth

    Teams interested in  life on Earth used Astro Pi Izzy’s near-infrared camera to capture images to investigate, for example, vegetation health and the impact of human life on our planet. Using Astro Pi Ed’s sensors, participants investigated life in space, measuring the conditions on the ISS and even mapping the magnetic field of Earth.

    Program deployment, but not as we know it

    This year, we encountered a problem during the deployment of some experiments investigating life on Earth. When we downloaded the first batch of data from the ISS, we realised that Astro Pi Izzy had an incorrect setting, which resulted in some pictures turning pink. And not only that: the CANADARM was the middle of Izzy’s window view!

    The CANADARM from Astro Pi Izzy’s view of Earth

    The CANADARM from Astro Pi Izzy’s view of Earth

    Needless to say, this would have had a negative impact on many experiments, so we put in a special request to NASA to remove the CANADARM arm and we reset Izzy. This meant that program deployment took longer than normal, but we managed to re-run all experiments and capture some fantastic images!

    All Mission Space Lab teams have now received their data back from the ISS to analyse and summarise in their final scientific reports. So that they can write their reports while social distancing measures are in place, we are sharing special guidance and advice on how best to collaborate remotely, and have extended the submission deadline to 3 July 2020.

    Who will win Mission Space Lab 2019/20?

    The programs teams sent us this year were outstanding in their quality, creativity, and technical skill. A jury of experts appointed by ESA and the Raspberry Pi Foundation will judge all of the Mission Space Lab reports and select the 10 teams with the best reports as the winners of the European Astro Pi Challenge 2019/20. Each of the 10 winning teams will receive a special prize.

    Astro Pi Mission Space Lab logo

    Congratulations to all the teams that have taken part in Astro Pi Mission Space Lab this year. We hope that you found it as interesting and as fun as we did, we can’t wait to read your reports!

    Celebrating your achievements

    Every team that participated in Mission Zero or Mission Space Lab this year will receive a special certificate in celebration of their achievements during the European Astro Pi Challenge. The Mission Zero certificates will feature the coordinates of the ISS when your programs were run!

    We’d love to see pictures of your certificates hanging in your homes, schools, or clubs, so tag us in your tweets with @astro_pi!

    Website: LINK

  • 135 teams will run their experiments on the ISS for Astro Pi Mission Space Lab 2018-19

    135 teams will run their experiments on the ISS for Astro Pi Mission Space Lab 2018-19

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    In this year’s round of Astro Pi Mission Space Lab, 135 teams will run their experiments on the ISS!

    CSA Astronaut David Saint-Jacques congratulates all the participants on behalf of ESA and the Raspberry Pi Foundation.

    CSA astronaut David Saint-Jacques aboard the International Space Station – ENGLISH

    CSA astronaut David Saint-Jacques introduces Phase Three of the Raspberry Pi ESA Astro Pi Challenge aboard the International Space Station. Pretty cool, right?

    (Find the French version of the video at the bottom of this blog post.)

    Astro Pi Challenge 2018/2019

    In September of last year, the European Space Agency and Raspberry Pi Foundation launched the European Astro Pi Challenge for 2018/2019.

    It offers students and young people the amazing opportunity to conduct scientific investigations in space, by writing computer programs that run on Raspberry Pi computers aboard the International Space Station.

    The Challenge offers two missions: Mission Zero and Mission Space Lab.

    Astro Pi Mission Space Lab

    Mission Space Lab, our more advanced mission, invited teams of students and young people under 19 years of age to take part in Mission Space Lab by submitting an idea for a scientific experiment to be run on the Astro Pi units.

    Astro PI IR on ISS

    Teams were able to choose between two themes for their experiments: Life in space and Life on Earth. Teams that chose the ‘Life on Earth’ theme were tasked with using the Astro Pi computer Izzy, fitted with a near-infrared camera facing out of an ISS window, to study the Earth. For ‘Life in space’, teams used the Astro Pi computer Ed, which is equipped with a camera for light sensing, and investigate life inside the Columbus module of the ISS.

    There are four phases to Mission Space Lab:

      • Phase 1 – Design (September- October 2018)
        • Come up with an idea for your experiment
      • Phase 2 – Create (November 2018 to March 2019)
        • Code your program and test your experiment on Earth
      • Phase 3 – Deploy (April 2019)
        • Your program is deployed on the ISS
      • Phase 4 – Analyse (May 2019)
        • Use the data from your experiment to write your report

    Phases 1 and 2

    During Phase 1, the Astro Pi team received a record-breaking 471 entries from 24 countries! 381 teams were selected to progress to Phase 2 and had the chance to write computer programs for the scientific experiments they wanted to send to the Astro Pi computers aboard the International Space Station

    Phases 3 and 4

    After a long process of testing and judging experiments, the European Space Agency and Raspberry Pi Foundation are happy to announce that a record number of 135 teams have been granted ‘flight status’ for Phase 3 of the challenge!

    Astro Pi Mission Space Lab logo

    53 teams with ‘Life in space’ entries and 82 teams with ‘Life on Earth’ entries have qualified for ‘Phase 3 — Deploy’ and ‘Phase 4 — Analyse’ of the European Astro Pi Challenge. The teams’ experiments were selected based on their experiment quality, their code quality, and the feasibility of their experiment idea. The selected programs have been tested on ground to ensure they will run without error on board the ISS.

    The teams will receive their data back after their programs have been deployed on the International Space Station. They will then be tasked with writing a short report about their findings for the Astro Pi team. We will select the 10 best reports as the winners, and those lucky teams will be awarded a special prize!

    The selected programs will run in the coming days on the ISS, overseen by CSA Astronaut David Saint-Jacques himself!

    L’astronaute David Saint-Jacques de l’ASC à bord de la Station spatiale internationale – FRENCH

    L’astronaute David Saint-Jacques de l’ASC présente la troisième phase du défi “Raspberry Pi ESA Astro Pi” à bord de la Station spatiale internationale Watch in English: Subscribe to our YouTube channel: http://rpf.io/ytsub Help us reach a wider audience by translating our video content: http://rpf.io/yttranslate Buy a Raspberry Pi from one

    Website: LINK

  • The European Astro Pi Challenge is back for 2018/2019

    The European Astro Pi Challenge is back for 2018/2019

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    Ever wanted to run your own experiment in space? Then you’re in luck! ESA Education, in collaboration with the Raspberry Pi Foundation, is pleased to announce the launch of the 2018/2019 European Astro Pi Challenge!

    Astro Pi returns for a new 2018/19 challenge!

    Ever wanted to run your own experiment in space? Then you’re in luck! ESA Education, in collaboration with the Raspberry Pi Foundation, is pleased to announce the launch of the 2018/2019 European Astro Pi Challenge!

    In this challenge, we offer students and young people the amazing opportunity to conduct scientific investigations in space by writing computer programs that run on Astro Pis — special Raspberry Pi computers aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

    ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst and CSA astronaut David Saint-Jacques are the Challenge’s ambassadors. They will accompany our Astro Pi’s on the ISS and oversee your programs while these run and collect scientific data.

    Two missions are part of the Astro Pi Challenge: Mission Zero and Mission Space Lab.

    Mission Space Lab opens today!

    If you are 19 or younger and live in an ESA Member or Associate Member State*, we invite you to form a team with at least one friend of yours and apply to the Astro Pi Challenge’s Mission Space Lab by sending us your experiment idea by the end of October. We can’t wait to see your ideas!

    Astro Pi Mission Space Lab logo

    Mission Space Lab gives you the chance to have your scientific experiment run on the ISS. Your challenge is to design and code an experiment using the environmental sensors and cameras of the Astro Pi computers, called Ed and Izzy, aboard the ISS.

    You can choose between two themes for your experiment: Life in space and Life on Earth. If you pick the ‘Life on Earth’ theme, you’ll use the Astro Pi computer Izzy, fitted with a near-infrared camera facing out of an ISS window, to study the Earth. For ‘Life in space’, you’ll use the Astro Pi computer Ed, which is equipped with a camera for light sensing, and investigate life inside the Columbus module of the ISS. The best experiments will be deployed on the ISS, and you’ll have the opportunity to analyse your experimental data to write a report with your results. The ten teams who send us the best reports will become the Astro Pi Mission Space Lab 2018/2019 winners!

    There are four phases to Mission Space Lab:

    • Phase 1 – Design (until end of October 2018)
      • Come up with an idea for your experiment
    • Phase 2 – Create (November 2018 to March 2019)
      • Code your program and test your experiment on Earth
    • Phase 3 – Deploy (April 2019)
      • Your program is deployed on the ISS
    • Phase 4 – Analyse (May 2019)
      • Use the data from your experiment to write your report

    In the first phase, Design, you just need an idea for an experiment. You won’t need to do any coding yet, but you should think about how you might write the program for your experiment to make sure your goal is achievable. Have a look at our Astro Pi Mission Space Lab guidelines for everything you need to know to take part the challenge. Your deadline to register and submit your idea via the Astro Pi website is 29 October 2018.

    We will select teams and notify them of their acceptance to Phase 2 of Mission Space Lab by mid-November 2018.

    Mission Zero — open soon

    Mission Zero, the simpler level of the Astro Pi Challenge, also offers you the chance to have something you’ve coded run on the ISS, in the form of a simple program that displays a message to the astronauts on-board. For this mission, you don’t need special equipment and you can be a complete beginner at coding; if your entry follows a few simple rules, it’s guaranteed to run in space!

    Astro Pi Mission Zero logo

    If you are 14 or younger and live in an ESA Member or Associate Member State*, we would like you to take part in Mission Zero. You can submit your program from 29 October 2018 onward. For more details, head to the Mission Zero page.

    Find out more about the Astro Pi Challenge

    What is Astro Pi?!

    Announcing the 2018-19 European Astro Pi challenge in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA). It’s open to students from all 22 ESA member countries, including associate members Canada and Slovenia. In Mission Zero, students aged up to 14 write a simple Python program that will display a message on the International Space Station for 30 seconds.

    *ESA Member States in 2018:

    Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

    ESA Associate States in 2018: Canada, Slovenia

    In the framework of the current collaboration agreement between ESA and the Republic of Malta, teams from Malta can also participate in the European Astro Pi Challenge. ESA will also accept entries from primary or secondary schools located outside an ESA Member or Associate State only if such schools are officially authorised and/or certified by the official Education authorities of an ESA Member or Associate State (for instance, French school outside Europe officially recognised by the French Ministry of Education or delegated authority).

    Website: LINK

  • Tim Peake congratulates winning Mission Space Lab teams!

    Tim Peake congratulates winning Mission Space Lab teams!

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    This week, the ten winning Astro Pi Mission Space Lab teams got to take part in a video conference with ESA Astronaut Tim Peake!

    ESA Astro Pi students meet Tim Peake

    Uploaded by Raspberry Pi on 2018-06-26.

    A brief history of Astro Pi

    In 2014, Raspberry Pi Foundation partnered with the UK Space Agency and the European Space Agency to fly two Raspberry Pi computers to the International Space Station. These Pis, known as Astro Pis Ed and Izzy, are each equipped with a Sense HAT and Camera Module (IR or Vis) and housed within special space-hardened cases.

    In our annual Astro Pi Challenge, young people from all 22 ESA member states have the opportunity to design and code experiments for the Astro Pis to become the next generation of space scientists.

    Mission Zero vs Mission Space Lab

    Back in September, we announced the 2017/2018 European Astro Pi Challenge, in partnership with the European Space Agency. This year, for the first time, the Astro Pi Challenge comprised two missions: Mission Zero and Mission Space Lab.

    Mission Zero is a new entry-level challenge that allows young coders to have their message displayed to the astronauts on-board the ISS. It finished up in February, with more than 5400 young people in over 2500 teams taking part!

    Astro Pi Mission Space Lab logo

    For Mission Space Lab, young people work like real scientists by designing their own experiment to investigate one of two topics:

    Life in space

    For this topic, young coders write code to run on Astro Pi Vis (Ed) in the Columbus module to investigate life aboard the ISS.

    Life on Earth

    For this topic, young people design a code experiment to run on Astro Pi IR (Izzy), aimed towards the Earth through a window, to investigate life down on our planet.

    Our participants

    We had more than 1400 students across 330 teams take part in this year’s Mission Space Lab. Teams who submitted an eligible idea for an experiment received an Astro Pi kit from ESA to develop their Python code. These kits contain the same hardware that’s aboard the ISS, enabling students to test their experiments in conditions similar to those on the space station. The best experiments were granted flight status earlier this year, and the code of these teams ran on the ISS in April.

    And the winners are…

    The teams received the results of their experiments and were asked to submit scientific reports based on their findings. Just a few weeks ago, 98 teams sent us brilliant reports, and we had the difficult task of whittling the pool of teams down to find the final ten winners!

    As you can see in the video above, the winning teams were lucky enough to take part in a very special video conference with ESA Astronaut Tim Peake.

    2017/18 Mission Space Lab winning teams

    The Dark Side of Light from Branksome Hall, Canada, investigated whether the light pollution in an area could be used to determine the source of energy for the electricity consumption.

    Spaceballs from Attert Lycée Redange, Luxembourg, successfully calculated the speed of the ISS by analysing ground photographs.

    Enrico Fermi from Liceo XXV Aprile, Italy, investigated the link between the Astro Pi’s magnetometer and X-ray measurements from the GOES-15 satellite.

    Team Aurora from Hyvinkään yhteiskoulun lukio, Finland, showed how the Astro Pi’s magnetometer could be used to map the Earth’s magnetic field and determine the latitude of the ISS.

    @stroMega from Institut de Genech, France, used Astro Pi Izzy’s near-infrared Camera Module to measure the health and density of vegetation on Earth.

    Ursa Major from a CoderDojo in Belgium created a program to autonomously measure the percentage of vegetation, water, and clouds in photographs from Astro Pi Izzy.

    Canarias 1 from IES El Calero, Spain, built on existing data and successfully determined whether the ISS was eclipsed from on-board sensor data.

    The Earth Watchers from S.T.E.M Robotics Academy, Greece, used Astro Pi Izzy to compare the health of vegetation in Quebec, Canada, and Guam.

    Trentini DOP from CoderDojo Trento, Italy, investigated the stability of the on-board conditions of the ISS and whether or not they were effected by eclipsing.

    Team Lampone from CoderDojo Trento, Italy, accurately measured the speed of the ISS by analysing ground photographs taken by Astro Pi Izzy.

    Well done to everyone who took part, and massive congratulations to all the winners!

    Website: LINK

  • Mission Space Lab flight status announced!

    Mission Space Lab flight status announced!

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    In September of last year, we launched our 2017/2018 Astro Pi challenge with our partners at the European Space Agency (ESA). Students from ESA membership and associate countries had the chance to design science experiments and write code to be run on one of our two Raspberry Pis on the International Space Station (ISS).

    Astro Pi Mission Space Lab logo

    Submissions for the Mission Space Lab challenge have just closed, and the results are in! Students had the opportunity to design an experiment for one of the following two themes:

    • Life in space
      Making use of Astro Pi Vis (Ed) in the European Columbus module to learn about the conditions inside the ISS.
    • Life on Earth
      Making use of Astro Pi IR (Izzy), which will be aimed towards the Earth through a window to learn about Earth from space.

    ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst, speaking from the replica of the Columbus module at the European Astronaut Center in Cologne, has a message for all Mission Space Lab participants:

    ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst congratulates Astro Pi 2017-18 winners

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    Flight status

    We had a total of 212 Mission Space Lab entries from 22 countries. Of these, a 114 fantastic projects have been given flight status, and the teams’ project code will run in space!

    But they’re not winners yet. In April, the code will be sent to the ISS, and then the teams will receive back their experimental data. Next, to get deeper insight into the process of scientific endeavour, they will need produce a final report analysing their findings. Winners will be chosen based on the merit of their final report, and the winning teams will get exclusive prizes. Check the list below to see if your team got flight status.

    Belgium

    Flight status achieved:

    • Team De Vesten, Campus De Vesten, Antwerpen
    • Ursa Major, CoderDojo Belgium, West-Vlaanderen
    • Special operations STEM, Sint-Claracollege, Antwerpen

    Canada

    Flight status achieved:

    • Let It Grow, Branksome Hall, Toronto
    • The Dark Side of Light, Branksome Hall, Toronto
    • Genie On The ISS, Branksome Hall, Toronto
    • Byte by PIthons, Youth Tech Education Society & Kid Code Jeunesse, Edmonton
    • The Broadviewnauts, Broadview, Ottawa

    Czech Republic

    Flight status achieved:

    • BLEK, Střední Odborná Škola Blatná, Strakonice

    Denmark

    Flight status achieved:

    • 2y Infotek, Nærum Gymnasium, Nærum
    • Equation Quotation, Allerød Gymnasium, Lillerød
    • Team Weather Watchers, Allerød Gymnasium, Allerød
    • Space Gardners, Nærum Gymnasium, Nærum

    Finland

    Flight status achieved:

    • Team Aurora, Hyvinkään yhteiskoulun lukio, Hyvinkää

    France

    Flight status achieved:

    • INC2, Lycée Raoul Follereau, Bourgogne
    • Space Project SP4, Lycée Saint-Paul IV, Reunion Island
    • Dresseurs2Python, clg Albert CAMUS, essonne
    • Lazos, Lycée Aux Lazaristes, Rhone
    • The space nerds, Lycée Saint André Colmar, Alsace
    • Les Spationautes Valériquais, lycée de la Côte d’Albâtre, Normandie
    • AstroMega, Institut de Genech, north
    • Al’Crew, Lycée Algoud-Laffemas, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
    • AstroPython, clg Albert CAMUS, essonne
    • Aruden Corp, Lycée Pablo Neruda, Normandie
    • HeroSpace, clg Albert CAMUS, essonne
    • GalaXess [R]evolution, Lycée Saint Cricq, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
    • AstroBerry, clg Albert CAMUS, essonne
    • Ambitious Girls, Lycée Adam de Craponne, PACA

    Germany

    Flight status achieved:

    • Uschis, St. Ursula Gymnasium Freiburg im Breisgau, Breisgau
    • Dosi-Pi, Max-Born-Gymnasium Germering, Bavaria

    Greece

    Flight status achieved:

    • Deep Space Pi, 1o Epal Grevenon, Grevena
    • Flox Team, 1st Lyceum of Kifissia, Attiki
    • Kalamaria Space Team, Second Lyceum of Kalamaria, Central Macedonia
    • The Earth Watchers, STEM Robotics Academy, Thessaly
    • Celestial_Distance, Gymnasium of Kanithos, Sterea Ellada – Evia
    • Pi Stars, Primary School of Rododaphne, Achaias
    • Flarions, 5th Primary School of Salamina, Attica

    Ireland

    Flight status achieved:

    • Plant Parade, Templeogue College, Leinster
    • For Peats Sake, Templeogue College, Leinster
    • CoderDojo Clonakilty, Co. Cork

    Italy

    Flight status achieved:

    • Trentini DOP, CoderDojo Trento, TN
    • Tarantino Space Lab, Liceo G. Tarantino, BA
    • Murgia Sky Lab, Liceo G. Tarantino, BA
    • Enrico Fermi, Liceo XXV Aprile, Veneto
    • Team Lampone, CoderDojoTrento, TN
    • GCC, Gali Code Club, Trentino Alto Adige/Südtirol
    • Another Earth, IISS “Laporta/Falcone-Borsellino”
    • Anti Pollution Team, IIS “L. Einaudi”, Sicily
    • e-HAND, Liceo Statale Scientifico e Classico ‘Ettore Majorana’, Lombardia
    • scossa team, ITTS Volterra, Venezia
    • Space Comet Sisters, Scuola don Bosco, Torino

    Luxembourg

    Flight status achieved:

    • Spaceballs, Atert Lycée Rédange, Diekirch
    • Aline in space, Lycée Aline Mayrisch Luxembourg (LAML)

    Poland

    Flight status achieved:

    • AstroLeszczynPi, I Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace im. Krola Stanislawa Leszczynskiego w Jasle, podkarpackie
    • Astrokompasy, High School nr XVII in Wrocław named after Agnieszka Osiecka, Lower Silesian
    • Cosmic Investigators, Publiczna Szkoła Podstawowa im. Św. Jadwigi Królowej w Rzezawie, Małopolska
    • ApplePi, III Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. prof. T. Kotarbińskiego w Zielonej Górze, Lubusz Voivodeship
    • ELE Society 2, Zespol Szkol Elektronicznych i Samochodowych, Lubuskie
    • ELE Society 1, Zespol Szkol Elektronicznych i Samochodowych, Lubuskie
    • SpaceOn, Szkola Podstawowa nr 12 w Jasle – Gimnazjum Nr 2, Podkarpackie
    • Dewnald Ducks, III Liceum Ogólnokształcące w Zielonej Górze, lubuskie
    • Nova Team, III Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace im. prof. T. Kotarbinskiego, lubuskie district
    • The Moons, Szkola Podstawowa nr 12 w Jasle – Gimnazjum Nr 2, Podkarpackie
    • Live, Szkoła Podstawowa nr 1 im. Tadeusza Kościuszki w Zawierciu, śląskie
    • Storm Hunters, I Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace im. Krola Stanislawa Leszczynskiego w Jasle, podkarpackie
    • DeepSky, Szkoła Podstawowa nr 1 im. Tadeusza Kościuszki w Zawierciu, śląskie
    • Small Explorers, ZPO Konina, Malopolska
    • AstroZSCL, Zespół Szkół w Czerwionce-Leszczynach, śląskie
    • Orchestra, Szkola Podstawowa nr 12 w Jasle, Podkarpackie
    • ApplePi, I Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace im. Krola Stanislawa Leszczynskiego w Jasle, podkarpackie
    • Green Crew, Szkoła Podstawowa nr 2 w Czeladzi, Silesia

    Portugal

    Flight status achieved:

    • Magnetics, Escola Secundária João de Deus, Faro
    • ECA_QUEIROS_PI, Secondary School Eça de Queirós, Lisboa
    • ESDMM Pi, Escola Secundária D. Manuel Martins, Setúbal
    • AstroPhysicists, EB 2,3 D. Afonso Henriques, Braga

    Romania

    Flight status achieved:

    • Caelus, “Tudor Vianu” National High School of Computer Science, District One
    • CodeWarriors, “Tudor Vianu” National High School of Computer Science, District One
    • Dark Phoenix, “Tudor Vianu” National High School of Computer Science, District One
    • ShootingStars, “Tudor Vianu” National High School of Computer Science, District One
    • Astro Pi Carmen Sylva 2, Liceul Teoretic “Carmen Sylva”, Constanta
    • Astro Meridian, Astro Club Meridian 0, Bihor

    Slovenia

    Flight status achieved:

    • astrOSRence, OS Rence
    • Jakopičevca, Osnovna šola Riharda Jakopiča, Ljubljana

    Spain

    Flight status achieved:

    • Exea in Orbit, IES Cinco Villas, Zaragoza
    • Valdespartans, IES Valdespartera, Zaragoza
    • Valdespartans2, IES Valdespartera, Zaragoza
    • Astropithecus, Institut de Bruguers, Barcelona
    • SkyPi-line, Colegio Corazón de María, Asturias
    • ClimSOLatic, Colegio Corazón de María, Asturias
    • Científicosdelsaz, IES Profesor Pablo del Saz, Málaga
    • Canarias 2, IES El Calero, Las Palmas
    • Dreamers, M. Peleteiro, A Coruña
    • Canarias 1, IES El Calero, Las Palmas

    The Netherlands

    Flight status achieved:

    • Team Kaki-FM, Rkbs De Reiger, Noord-Holland

    United Kingdom

    Flight status achieved:

    • Binco, Teignmouth Community School, Devon
    • 2200 (Saddleworth), Detached Flight Royal Air Force Air Cadets, Lancashire
    • Whatevernext, Albyn School, Highlands
    • GraviTeam, Limehurst Academy, Leicestershire
    • LSA Digital Leaders, Lytham St Annes Technology and Performing Arts College, Lancashire
    • Mead Astronauts, Mead Community Primary School, Wiltshire
    • STEAMCademy, Castlewood Primary School, West Sussex
    • Lux Quest, CoderDojo Banbridge, Co. Down
    • Temparatus, Dyffryn Taf, Carmarthenshire
    • Discovery STEMers, Discovery STEM Education, South Yorkshire
    • Code Inverness, Code Club Inverness, Highland
    • JJB, Ashton Sixth Form College, Tameside
    • Astro Lab, East Kent College, Kent
    • The Life Savers, Scratch and Python, Middlesex
    • JAAPiT, Taylor Household, Nottingham
    • The Heat Guys, The Archer Academy, Greater London
    • Astro Wantenauts, Wantage C of E Primary School, Oxfordshire
    • Derby Radio Museum, Radio Communication Museum of Great Britain, Derbyshire
    • Bytesyze, King’s College School, Cambridgeshire

    Other

    Flight status achieved:

    • Intellectual Savage Stars, Lycée français de Luanda, Luanda

    Congratulations to all successful teams! We are looking forward to reading your reports.

    Website: LINK