Astro Pi Mission Space Lab 2020-21: 398 teams selected for Phase 2

Now, it is time for the groups to produce the personal computer systems required for their scientific experiments to be operate on the Astro Pi pcs aboard the International Room Station (ISS).

Groups will investigate ‘Life in Space’ or ‘Life on Earth’ by working with the sensors, cameras, and LED screens of the Astro Pis Ed and Izzy on board the station.

ESA and the Raspberry Pi Basis are amazed by the creative imagination and vast wide range of proposals obtained, and are looking ahead to the remarkable science that will be executed on the ISS.

This year’s Astro Pi ambassador, ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, is also wanting forward to following the students’ journeys specifically from the ISS in April and May perhaps, when the chosen codes will be run.

The benefits of Period 1 will be shared with all groups by email, and Astro Pi kits will be sent out to the teams that have been accepted into Phase 2 of the challenge.

Astro Pi Kits

With the Astro Pi kits the teams will then have the chance to familiarise on their own with the Astro Pi, the cameras, and all the sensors right before they produce and examination their code.

To use the kit, teams will have to have a keep an eye on, a USB keyboard, and a USB mouse.

The Astro Pi kit consists of every thing the teams need to operate their experiments, which include:

• A Raspberry Pi laptop
• A Sense HAT and two cameras (one for visible mild like Astro Pi Ed’s, and one for near-infrared light-weight like Astro Pi Izzy’s a single)
• 2 SD playing cards
  •  Desktop Coding Atmosphere
  • Flight Components Tests
• Energy Offer
• HDMI cable & HDMI to VGA converter

Utilizing the Astro Pi

Teams can view our tutorial videos to examine the Astro Pi kit, and find out how to assemble it.

The teams approved into Stage 2 webinar will also be invited through e-mail to be a part of a focused webinar on 7 December 2020 at 20:00 (CET) exactly where it will be shown how to use the Astro Pi, and exactly where they will have the option to question concerns to ESA and Raspberry Pi Foundation gurus.

Get your coding right

Section 2 groups really should give certain interest to the Period 2 information, that contains critical facts about how to compose a application without the need of faults so that it will achieve Flight Standing, and what is and isn’t doable with the Astro Pi components and program. Groups will have to comply with the requirements said in the Stage 2 manual in get to development to Phase 3.

More supporting methods can be discovered on the Astro Pi web site.

Inquiries?

ESA and the Raspberry Pi Basis desire you the most effective of luck in conducting your possess scientific investigations and gather information from room!

If you have questions with regards to the European Astro Pi Obstacle, ship them to [email protected].

About the European Astro Pi Obstacle

The European Astro Pi Challenge is an ESA Schooling undertaking operate in collaboration with the Raspberry Pi Foundation. It delivers pupils and young folks the remarkable chance to perform scientific investigations in area by composing laptop applications that operate on Raspberry Pi personal computers on board the Worldwide Area Station (ISS). The Astro Pi Problem is divided into two separate missions with unique concentrations of complexity: Mission Zero (the simple mission), and Mission House Lab (a lot more state-of-the-art stage). Mission Zero is now open to groups of college students and younger individuals who are aged 14 a long time or young and are from ESA Member States, ESA Affiliate Member States, and Malta (1). You can come across much more information and facts about Mission Zero right here.

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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 and the United Kingdom.

ESA Affiliate States in 2020: Canada, Slovenia and Latvia

In the framework of the present collaboration settlement in between ESA and the Republic of Malta, teams from Malta can also take part in the European Astro Pi Challenge. ESA will also settle for entries from key or secondary faculties positioned outside the house an ESA Member or Associate Point out only if such educational facilities are formally authorised and/or certified by the official Education authorities of an ESA Member or Associate Point out (for occasion, French university exterior Europe officially recognised by the French Ministry of Education and learning or delegated authority).