2019/2020 European Astro Pi Challenge Timeline
Mission Zero Timeline
| Activity | Date |
| Challenge launched | 12 September 2019 |
| Challenge ends | 20 March 2020 |
| Confirmation of flight status | May 2020 |
| Certificates delivered to teams | June 2020 |
Mission Space Lab Timeline:
| Phase | Activity | Date |
| 1 | Challenge launched. Phase 1: Design begins | 12 September 2019 |
| 1 | Deadline for Phase 1: Design | 25 October 2019 |
| 2 | Evaluation of Phase 1 submissions | Beginning November 2019 |
| 2 | Successful teams receive Astro Pi kits to use in Phase 2 | Mid-November 2019 |
| 2 | Phase 2: Create begins | Mid-November 2019 |
| 2 | Deadline for Phase 2: Create | 14 February 2020 |
| 3 | Announcement of teams that have successfully passed to Phase 3: Deploy | 2 April 2020 |
| 3 | Phase 3: Deploy | April/May 2020 |
| 3 | Phase 4: Analyse begins as teams receive the data collected from their experiments | 6 May 2020 |
| 4 | Deadline for Phase 4: Analyse | 27 May 2020 |
| 4 | Winners of Mission Space Lab Announced | Mid-June 2020 |