Astro Pi 2026/27 Challenge Launches with Coding Missions for the ISS
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The European Astro Pi Challenge 2026/27 has launched, inviting young people in Europe and Canada to take part in two coding missions. Successful teams can run programs on Astro Pi computers aboard the International Space Station and receive certificates plus their data and image sets. Mission Zero is a beginner-friendly Python activity for ages 9 to 16, while Mission Space Lab is for ages 12 to 19 and focuses on real sensor and Earth observation data.
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This matters because it lets beginners practice coding with a real-world goal in space science. A good next step is to try the Mission Zero starter examples and change the colors or frames in the code.
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