{"id":13809,"date":"2015-12-01T19:00:19","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T18:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13809"},"modified":"2015-12-03T19:17:03","modified_gmt":"2015-12-03T18:17:03","slug":"watch-the-astropi-launch-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13809","title":{"rendered":"Watch the AstroPi launch live &#8211; TONIGHT!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/astropilaunch.jpg?resize=460%2C454&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"454\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>TONIGHT<\/strong>\u00a0(3rd December) at 17:55 EST\/22:55 GMT, two <a class=\"_58cn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/astropi?source=feed_text&amp;story_id=459826110867531\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;*N&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:104}\"><span class=\"_58cl\">\u202aA<\/span><span class=\"_58cm\">stro Pi<\/span><\/a>\u00a0units containing Raspberry Pi computers and SenseHATs launch from Cape Canaveral, on their way to the International Space Station.\u00a0You can <a href=\"https:\/\/astro-pi.org\/get-involved\/watch-the-launch\/\" target=\"_blank\">watch the launch live via the Astro Pi website<\/a>. Astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timothy_Peake\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Peake<\/a>\u00a0will join them on 15th December and start experiments written by school children. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/blog\/astro-pi-launch-tonight\/\" target=\"_blank\">More information can be found on the Raspberry Pi website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TONIGHT\u00a0(3rd December) at 17:55 EST\/22:55 GMT, two \u202aAstro Pi\u00a0units containing Raspberry Pi computers and SenseHATs launch from Cape Canaveral, on their way to the International Space Station.\u00a0You can watch the launch live via the Astro Pi website. 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