Blast your best playlist into space

The European Space Agency (ESA) is holding a contest to send the best astronaut-friendly playlist into space. (It is now ended, sorry)

ESA will put the winner's playlist onto an iPod, then deliver it via the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV).which will be making its maiden flight later this year. The 20 tonne craft, named ‘Jules Verne’, after the famous French science fiction writer, will be delivering about seven tonnes of cargo to the astronauts living in the International Space Station.

Ten European countries are participating in the ATV programme: Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.