Two pupils from a Cambridgeshire primary school have been taking photographs of earth from the International Space Station (ISS).
The extraordinary project has earned the youngsters from Bewick Bridge Primary School in Cherry Hinton a place in the prestigious Astro Pi Mission Space Lab challenge – run by computer company Raspberry Pi.
Mission Space Lab involves teams of young people designing and programming a scientific experiment to run onboard the International Space Station.
The team from Bewick Bridge was one of just 25 teams from the UK out of an international field of 231 to have submitted projects. The teams awarded ‘flight status’ this year represent 22 countries and 939 young people.
Harry and Noah – a pair of young programmers from Year 6 at Bewick Bridge - designed an experiment which enabled them to take pictures of Earth from the International Space Station over the course of 3 hours with a special camera.
Bewick Bridge headteacher Amy Luu said: “This was an extraordinary achievement by two very young and inventive pupils. To have their project recognised internationally is wonderful for Bewick Bridge and well-deserved for them.
"Harry and Noah have extremely bright futures ahead of them and we are immensely proud.”
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