Eligibility criteria

Can I take part?

To take part in Mission Zero, participants must be:

• Aged 19 or younger at the time of submission
• Working individually or in a team of up to 4 young people
• Supervised by a mentor such as a teacher, parent, Scout leader, or Code Club or CoderDojo leader, who will need to register for a Raspberry Pi account to access their Mission Hub
• Enrolled full-time in a primary or secondary school in an ESA Member State, Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, or Malta; or a member of a Scout group, coding or after-school club, or certified home school located in an ESA Member State, Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, or Malta
• Part of a team in which at least 50% of team members are citizens of an ESA Member State, Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, or Malta

If you are unsure whether your team is eligible, please send an email to the Astro Pi team at: [email protected]

ESA Member States

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

Further to the 22 Member States, also Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Malta based on their agreements with ESA qualify to fully participate in the programmes of the ESA Education Office.