caffetino3d ago
A change in the weather means a shift in priorities. Bulbs in the garden will have to wait. Now's the time to submit the kids' #AstroPI challenge.

https://astro-pi.org/

#ESA #RaspberryPi #PixelArt
Astro Pi | A free challenge where kids run their code in space

The European Astro Pi Challenge is an ESA Education project run in collaboration with the Raspberry Pi Foundation. It offers young people the amazing opportunity to conduct scientific investigations in space, by writing computer programs that run on Raspberry Pi computers on board the International Space Station!

heeedOct 24

So this afternoon's session with a virtual sense hat was productive.

Now just need to get the learners to submit them to #astropi

#tlevels

Rune BobbaersJun 12, 2025
Just got my Mission Zero certificate! 🚀🛰️
My code ran on the International Space Station as part of the ESA & Raspberry Pi challenge.
Super cool to say my work made it to space! 👨‍💻🌌
#MissionZero #AstroPi #ESA #ISS #MyCodeInSpace
Stu WattsJun 11, 2025
Imagine being an 11 year old kid and getting the opportunity to write a bit of Python that runs ON THE ACTUAL ISS, a REAL ACTUAL SPACESTATION. I'd have lost my mind (or at least I like to think I would have). Anyway, I'm super proud of my Code Club attendees for getting this done. #astroPi #CodeClub #RaspberryPi #ESA #ISS
Stu WattsFeb 12, 2025
Just back from my last ever Code Club session. I'm fairly sure my new job won't be able to let me out regularly to run an after-school club, so I'm knocking it on the head for now. I've been running them for nearly 10 years now. Absolutely loved every second of it, it's always been the highlight of my week, and I will miss it terribly. Massive thanks to #codeclub and #raspberrypi for their work maintaining all the projects, and for making things like #astropi (https://astro-pi.org) happen. It genuinely inspires kids, and makes lummoxes like me feel like they can make a little bit of a difference.
Astro Pi | A free challenge where kids run their code in space

The European Astro Pi Challenge is an ESA Education project run in collaboration with the Raspberry Pi Foundation. It offers young people the amazing opportunity to conduct scientific investigations in space, by writing computer programs that run on Raspberry Pi computers on board the International Space Station!

Stu WattsJan 29, 2025
Oh wow @CodeClub You have NO IDEA how much faffing about this has just saved me! I can't give my Y6 #RaspberryPi accounts (no consent from parents), and we never complete this project in one session. I've had to resort to things like copy/paste into text files before, which is a fragile process! Thank you! #CodeClub #RaspberryPi #AstroPi #KidsInSpace
Show thread:David CampeyJun 30, 2024

@martinohanlon... and with a little tinkering, I have a nice array of 64 blue dots on my phone controlling 64 LEDs on the sense hat.

It has been fun watching people pick it up and play.

Nice interactive way to "lower the floor" even more for getting into playing with the sense hat for #astropi & a very "high ceiling" of other things that become possible. #creativelearning

#bluetooth #android #raspberrypi #python

Olly 👾Apr 25, 2024

Young People’s Astro Pi Code is sent to the ISS.

Over 25,000 young people taking part in the European Astro Pi Challenge whose computer programs have passed a rigorous testing process, are about to have their python programs sent to the International Space Station.

[via Raspberrypi.org] 

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/young-peoples-astro-pi-code-is-sent-to-the-international-space-station/

#iss #esa #space #astropi #raspberrypi #python #code #programs #engineering #tech #news

Young people's Astro Pi code is sent to the International Space Station - Raspberry Pi Foundation

Over 25,000 young people send code to the International Space Station in this year's Astro Pi Challenge. Find out more.

Raspberry Pi Foundation
Fablab MoebiusApr 3, 2024
L'équipe Astropi du Fablab passe le Flight Status !! En route pour l'espace !! #ESA #astropi #raspberrypi
https://www.fablab-moebius.org/2024/lequipe-astropi-passe-le-flight-status/
L’équipe Astropi passe le « Flight Status » !!

FABlab Moébius - 77
:David CampeyFeb 4, 2024

Powering on #astropi sense HAT for the first time.

8yo (who has been coding against the emulator so far) : "Oh wow, it's a rainbow! Oh look! Each one has a little red, green and blue light in it. Mind blown... It all makes sense now!"
Me: "What makes sense?"
8yo: "the RGB in the code, it's how much red, green and blue for the lights!
...
So, can we show my cat on it now?"

She'd heard the explanation, but actually seeing it... Clicked!
The power of #physicalcomputing.

Thanks @Raspberry_Pi