Code4Space - Programming Competition @ Fraunhofer IAIS

In 2021, Fraunhofer IAIS and the Foundation for the First German Female Astronaut conducted a programming competition. Young students were challenged to design an experiment to be conducted at the International Space Station (ISS) using the Calliope Mini.

As part of the Fraunhofer IAIS, I collaborated with the analog astronauts (see Wikipedia about human analog mission) to develop teaching materials and train teachers who wanted to participate in the competition with their students.

Watch the video that explains the competition:

Who won? The “Astronuts,” a sixth-grade class at the Swiss School in Willisau. The winning experiment, “Space-Bounce-Ball,” was designed to compare the bounce behavior of a foam ball on the ISS with that on Earth.

Watch Samantha Cristoforetti conducting the experiment on the ISS: