Mission Space Lab resources
Plan your experiment
In this video we explain the rules and guidelines you should stick to when thinking of your experiment idea.
Guidelines
Find out everything you need to know to participate in Mission Space Lab!
Reasons for disqualification
These are some of the reasons why your experiment idea may have been rejected.
Flight data analysis
This project will help you learn how to analyse the data received from the ISS.
Phase 2 guide
This guide covers Phase 2 for both Mission Space Lab themes.
Getting started with the Sense HAT
Learn how to control the Sense HAT’s LED matrix and collect sensor data as part of your experiment.
Sense HAT data logger
Learn how to use the Sense HAT hardware to build a data-logging device.
Getting started with Raspberry Pi
Learn how to connect up a Raspberry Pi computer and find out what it can do.
Getting started with the Camera Module
Learn how to connect the Raspberry Pi Camera Module to your Raspberry Pi and take pictures, record video, and apply image effects.
Capture plant health with NDVI and the Raspberry Pi
Learn how to conduct NDVI analysis of images taken by the Astro Pi to measure plant health on Earth using this project.
Image classification with Coral Machine Learning Accelerator
Learn how to use the Astro Pi's Coral Machine Learning Accelerator to classify images using this project.
Parent detector
An additional activity to help you learn how to use the PIR sensor to detect motion.
Compass Maze
An additional activity to help you learn how to use the Sense HAT as a compass.
Sense HAT emulator on trinket.io
There is an online emulator you can use in your browser to write and test code for the Sense HAT. Check it out using the link below.
(Remember to delete the existing demo code in the editor!)
Sense Hat Emulator
