Caterham Experiments are Go for Launch on ISS

Two teams from Caterham have just heard the news that their experiments for the AstroPi Competition run by the European Space Agency, carefully designed and meticulously coded over the past five months, have just been selected to operate on the International Space Station (ISS). Orbiting around the Earth at a rather hasty 90 minutes per orbit, the ISS will carry the equipment and run the code to enable two Lower Sixth Form groups to claim that they have had their own experiments run in space! Phil M, Finn O, Winston T, Rupert L, Hailey C, Tiffany K, or Team Borealis, designed an experiment which will measure the magnetic field strength on Earth and see if there is any correlation between its strength and level of urban development. Xavier P, Ho Bun N, Aaron Z, Marcus W, James O and Annie L (Fourth Year) have designed an experiment which looks to determine the correlation between vegetation levels and population levels and how this changes over time. The experiments will run over the course of May and we look forward seeing the results.