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Ready for an out-of-this-world challenge? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sign up to the exciting Astro Pi Mission Zero online and follow step-by-step instructions to write a simple program which will take a reading from a sensor on board the ISS. This will set a background colour for a personalised image or animation you\u2019ve designed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll also receive a certificate with the exact location of the ISS at the time your program ran. It\u2019s free to take part!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Create images of animals, insects and plants to remind the astronauts of life on Earth. The background colour in your pic will be set by a \u2018colour and luminosity\u2019 sensor on board the ISS. Wow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Participants of Astro Pi Mission Zero must be registered by a teacher, mentor or parent. For more information, blast over to astro-pi.org<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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WHAT IS THE ISS?<\/h1>\n\n\n
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1.<\/strong> The International Space Station is a laboratory in orbit around Earth where astronauts, like the ones from the European Space Agency, conduct scientific experiments!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2.<\/strong> The ISS was launched in 1998 and has had astronauts from all over the world living and working together on board since 2000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

3.<\/strong> ISS astronauts have carried out studies into everything from diseases to black holes. Their research could help with future missions to the Moon and Mars, too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4.<\/strong> The space station is typically the brightest object in the night sky (apart from the Moon). You can even spot it from Earth without using a telescope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.<\/strong> It\u2019s about the length of a football pitch and is typically home to seven astronauts at a time. It does a full orbit of the Earth every 90 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6.<\/strong> Due to the very low gravity on board, astronauts have to exercise for two hours every day to help stop their muscles and bones wasting away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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An Astro Pi computer inside the ISS. Credit: ESA\/NASA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Astro Pi is an ESA Education project run in collaboration with the Raspberry Pi Foundation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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