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Booga1 writes:

Raspberry Pi computers are speeding to the International Space Station.

This morning, our two new Astro Pi units launched into space. Actual, real-life space. The new Astro Pi units each consist of a Raspberry Pi computer with a Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera and a host of sensors, all housed inside a special space-ready case that makes the hardware suitable for the International Space Station (ISS).

Today's launch is the culmination of a huge piece of work we've done for the European Space Agency to get the new Astro Pi units ready to become part of the European Astro Pi Challenge.

After lift-off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the new Astro Pi units are currently travelling on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon 2 spacecraft, the module atop the rocket. You can watch the launch again here.

The article has plenty of photos and links to more information about the projects planned for the pocket-sized computers.

Original Submission

1. "Booga1" - https://soylentnews.org/~Booga1/
2. "speeding to the International Space Station" - https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/astro-pi-rocket-launch-21-space-raspberry-pi-computer/
3. "The new Astro Pi units each consist of" - https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/astro-pi-2021-news-rocket-launch-hardware/
4. "the European Astro Pi Challenge" - https://astro-pi.org/
5. "watch the launch again here" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfG-qfVzjwY
6. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=52962

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