{"id":13652,"date":"2015-11-06T21:30:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T20:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13652"},"modified":"2015-11-06T21:30:41","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T20:30:41","slug":"new-astropi-website-launched-by-raspberry-pi-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13652","title":{"rendered":"New AstroPi website launched by Raspberry Pi Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.raspberrypi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Astro-Pi-website-500x467.png?resize=500%2C467&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"467\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Apologies for the lack of posts this week. Between Pi Wars, EduKit 3, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharnbrookmilltheatre.co.uk\/event\/parade\/\" target=\"_blank\">rehearsals for Parade<\/a> and real-life work, I&#8217;ve been pretty slammed!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With\u00a0Astronaut Tim Peake going up to the International Space Station next month to run experiments on two Raspberry Pis, the Raspberry Pi Foundation has launched a revamped AstroPi website. The website gives information about the original competition, the winning entries, how to get involved by using the SenseHAT and lots of information about Tim Peake and his mission. <a href=\"http:\/\/astro-pi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">See the new site here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apologies for the lack of posts this week. Between Pi Wars, EduKit 3, rehearsals for Parade and real-life work, I&#8217;ve been pretty slammed! 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