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Astro Pi Mission Space Lab Winners

Celebrate the 10 winning teams who ran scientific experiments on Raspberry Pi computers aboard the International Space Station.

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  • Educational showcase
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    Astro Pi Challenge overview

    About 5 minutes

    Learn about the ISS program.

    1. Joint program: Raspberry Pi Foundation + ESA Education.
    2. Students create experiments for International Space Station.
    3. Programs run for 3 hours on Pi computers in space.
    4. Teams analyze data and submit scientific reports.
    5. 154 teams submitted reports; 10 winners chosen.

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    You understand the challenge.

    Winners 1-5

    About 5 minutes

    Learn about first five winning projects.

    1. Team Zeus (Romania): Weather forecasting from space photos.
    2. Team Mag-AZ (Portugal): Algorithm to determine planetary magnetic poles.
    3. Team Atlantes (Spain): Transposed sensor data into music.
    4. Team Mateii (Romania): Investigated mold growth on ISS.
    5. Team Juno (Spain): Measured heat effects for astronauts.

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    You know winners 1-5.

    Winners 6-10

    About 5 minutes

    Learn about remaining winners.

    1. Team Albedo (France): Measured Earth's surface albedo (reflectivity).
    2. Team SpaceRad (Poland): Solar farm efficacy on climate.
    3. Team Magtrix (UK): Geographic effects on magnetic field.
    4. Team Mechabot (Germany): Climate and magnetic field correlation.
    5. Team SpacePi2 (Greece): Urbanization effects via photo analysis.

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    You know all 10 winners.

    Runner-ups and prizes

    About 5 minutes

    See recognition for all participants.

    1. 5 teams received high commendations.
    2. Team Ultrafly (Canada): Average age 8 years old!
    3. Investigated allergies on ISS.
    4. Prize: Exclusive webinar with ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano.
    5. Learn about life aboard Space Station.

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    You know about all recognition.

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