Kids and teens write a simple programme to display an image or message for the astronauts on the Raspberry Pi computer on board the ISS and to carry out a sensor measurement. No special equipment or programming skills are required, and all participants who follow the rules are guaranteed that their programmes will run in space. Learners will also receive a certificate showing exactly where the ISS was when their programme was running.
Further information and registration at: http://astro-pi.org/missions/mission-zero/
Teams of young people aged 19 and under design and program a measurement to calculate the speed at which the ISS moves around the Earth. Each team is supervised by a teacher or mentor who submits the programmes. The data measured on the ISS is downloaded and made available to the teams for analysis.
Further information and registration at:https://astro-pi.org/missions/space-lab/
Would you like to have support with the integration in the classroom? Then register here for our workshop.
Date and time: 27.05.2026, 2 - 5 pm
Venue: Hochschule Luzern, Obermattweg 9, 6052 Hergiswil
Registration here
Registration deadline: 13.05.2026
For teachers who want to participate in the Astro-Pi Challenge with their students, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts is offering a workshop in collaboration with PH Lucerne. By combining scientific experiments (NT/NMG) and programming (MI), it provides integrated STEM support for various school levels (cycles 2 & 3, elective STEM subjects, etc.) within the topic of space.
In this course, we introduce the Astro-Pi Challenge and show how it can be integrated into lessons at different levels (Cycle 2, 3 and Secondary II). The programs are written in Python. In a workshop, you can immerse yourself in programming and receive concrete teaching material as support for use in the classroom.
- No prior knowledge of Python is required to use Mission Zero in the classroom.
- You will work on your own laptop.
- You will have the fantastic opportunity to take a guided tour of the control room at Switzerland's Biotechnology Space Support Centre, from where the Astro-Pi Challenge is launched.
