New Space and Tech

Students Write Code For Space

By Keith Cowing
April 8, 2013
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Students Across the US Write Code to Control Zero Gravity Satellites on ISS

“Twenty seven teams of high school students from across the United States competed in the Zero Robotics SPHERES Challenge which took place at MIT in Cambridge, MA and aboard the International Space Station (ISS) this week. “Team Rocket” from River Hill High School, Maryland, “Storming Robots” from Storming Robots LLC, of New Jersey and “SPHEREZ of Influence” from Rockledge High School, Florida posted the best cumulative score out of 9 multi team ‘alliances’ seeing their code tested in space by real astronauts.”

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