Who can take part in Mission Zero? Anyone who is:
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14 years or younger
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In a team of two to four or, for the 2020-2021 program only, individuals
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Supervised by a teacher, mentor, or parent who has registered and has a classroom code
Additionally, 50% or more of the team’s members need to be citizens of an
ESA Member/Associate member State . For more information, check out the
Mission Zero Guidelines . Participants who don't meet these eligibility requirements can still make an unofficial submission to receive a Certificate of participation, but their programs will not be evaluated to run on the International Space Station.
Follow these steps to get started:
1. Write your program
Your program should read the humidity and display information using the LEDs. Visit the Mission Zero Step By Step Guide for a full walkthrough including examples, animations, videos and more.
2. Enter Your Classroom Code
Your teacher or supervising adult will give you a short classroom code. Enter it in the provided space.
Educators, parents, and other supervising adults can register for a free classroom code
here.
3. Submit
Once you've passed all the checks, click the button to go to the official submission form. Enter your team name and other information carefully, since this will be used to generate your certificate.
Once reviewed and accepted, your code will run for up to 30 seconds on one of the International Space Station's Raspberry Pi computers! Your registered teacher, mentor, or parent will receive official confirmation of this and a certificate from the Astro Pi team.