Astro Pi – Mission Space Lab

Mission Space Lab invites young people to run their own code aboard the International Space Station (ISS), offering them an unforgettable opportunity to conduct real scientific experiments in space. Teams develop a Python program to collect data from sensors on Raspberry Pi computers aboard the ISS, which they then use in their own space science projects.

This project is recommended for students ages 14 to 19.

Registration is open from Monday, September 14, 2026, through Monday, February 22, 2027, at 12:00 p.m. (Central European Time).

Why participate in the AstroPi Mission Space Lab?

Working in teams, the students will write a program to collect data from the sensors or the camera on the Astro Pi computer and save the results to a file. Whether analyzing atmospheric readings or capturing spectacular images of Earth from an altitude of 400 km, you’ll be able to explore a wide range of topics, from life on our planet to the mechanics of spaceflight in orbit.

What will your team focus on? The choice is entirely up to you! Teams can design a completely original space science project or follow one of our ready-to-use project guides to get started.

Each eligible program will have a 10-minute execution window aboard the ISS. Once the mission is complete, teams whose programs ran successfully will receive official certificates indicating the exact time and geographic coordinates of their code’s execution. They will also receive their own sets of data and images, which they can download, save, and analyze!