{"id":952617,"date":"2021-11-23T05:54:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-23T10:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=952617"},"modified":"2021-11-23T05:54:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T10:54:54","slug":"young-people-can-name-a-piece-of-space-history-with-astro-pi-mission-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=952617","title":{"rendered":"Young people can name a piece of space history with Astro Pi Mission Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your young people don\u2019t need to wait to become astronauts to be part of a space mission! In Mission Zero, the free beginners\u2019 coding activity of the European Astro Pi Challenge<\/a>, young people can create a simple computer program to send to the International Space Station (ISS) today<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The International Space Station, where your young people\u2019s Mission Zero code could run soon! \u00a9 ESA\u2013L. Parmitano, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

This year, young people taking part in Astro Pi Mission Zero<\/a> have the historic chance to help name the special Raspberry Pi computers we are sending up to the ISS for the Astro Pi Challenge. Their voices will decide the names of these unique pieces of space exploration hardware.<\/p>\n

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Samantha Cristoforetti is one of the ESA astronauts who will be on the ISS when young people\u2019s Mission Zero code runs. \u00a9 ESA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Your young people can become part of a space mission today!<\/h2>\n

The European Astro Pi Challenge is a collaboration by us and ESA Education. Astro Pi Mission Zero is free, open to all young people up to age 19 from eligible countries*, and it\u2019s designed for beginner coders.<\/p>\n

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You can support participants easily, whether at home, in the classroom, or in a youth club. Simply sign up as a mentor and let your young people follow the step-by-step instructions we provide (in 19 European languages!) for writing their Mission Zero code online. Young people can complete Mission Zero in around an hour, and they don\u2019t need any previous coding experience.<\/p>\n

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Mission Zero is the perfect coding activity for parents and their children at home, for STEM or Scouts club leaders and attendees, and for teachers and students who are new to computer programming. You don\u2019t need any special tech for Mission Zero participants. Any computer with a web browser and internet connection works for Mission Zero, because everything is done online.<\/p>\n

We need young people to help name the Raspberry Pis we\u2019re sending to space<\/h2>\n

Mission Zero participants follow our step-by-step instructions to create a simple program that takes a humidity reading on board the ISS and displays it for the astronauts \u2014 together with the participants\u2019 own unique messages. And as part of their messages, they can vote for the name of the new hardware for the Astro Pi Challenge, hardware with Raspberry Pi computers at its heart.<\/p>\n

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The shiny new Raspberry Pi-powered hardware for the Astro Pi Challenge, which will replace the Raspberry Pi-powered Astro Pi units that have run Astro Pi participants\u2019 code on board the ISS every year since 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The new Astro Pi hardware, which will travel up in a rocket<\/a> to the ISS on 21 December, is so new that these special augmented computers don\u2019t even have names yet. Participants in Astro Pi Mission Zero get to vote for a name inspired by our list of ten renowned European scientists<\/a>. Their vote will be part of the message they send to space.<\/p>\n

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A SpaceX rocket will deliver the special Raspberry Pi computers to the ISS. \u00a9 SpaceX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

What do your young people want to say in space?<\/h2>\n

Your young people\u2019s messages to the ISS astronauts can say anything they like (apart from swear words, of course). Maybe they want to send some encouraging words to the astronauts or tell them a joke. They can even design a cool pixel art image to show on the Astro Pi hardware\u2019s display:<\/p>\n

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Some of the pixel art from last year\u2019s Astro Pi Mission Zero participants.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Whatever else they code for their Mission Zero entry, they\u2019re supporting the astronauts with their important work on board the ISS. Since Mission Zero participants tell the Astro Pi hardware to read and display the humidity level inside the ISS, they provide helpful information for the astronauts as they go about their tasks.<\/p>\n

Their own place in space history<\/h2>\n

After a participant\u2019s Mission Zero code has run and their message has been shown in the ISS, we\u2019ll send you a special certificate for them so you can commemorate their space mission.<\/p>\n

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