High-Level Project Summary
The journey to the Sun made by NASA's Parker solar probe is an incredible one, and I wanted to write a short story to celebrate this process and write about the details of a few of Parker's notable discoveries. The story follows Parker, the solar probe characterised as an android, and Astra, a fictional scientist overseeing Parker's mission. A few creative liberties have been taken with the timeline of the mission to keep the story coherent.
Link to Final Project
Link to Project "Demo"
Detailed Project Description
The project is a short fictional story designed to tell Parker's story in an engaging way, with characters and conflict, while educating about some of Parker's discoveries and general information about our sun and our solar system.
Space Agency Data
I have used mostly the resources present on the resources page, from NASA itself.
Hackathon Journey
I chose this challenge because I thought it best suited my skill set. I learned a lot from my experience. I had a much more ambitious initial idea for this project, but quickly realised that working alone, I would not be able to complete it in time for submission. I then chose to submit a short story, seeing as that would take me significantly less time than my initial idea, and was able to complete it. If I can, I would like to thank my mother for motivating me to try something new and give it my best shot.
References
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-enters-the-solar-atmosphere-for-the-first-time-bringing-new-discoveries/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=LkaLfbuB_6E&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=NASAGoddard
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/nasas-parker-solar-probe-sheds-new-light-on-the-sun
https://blogs.nasa.gov/parkersolarprobe/2021/11/10/space-dust-presents-opportunities-challenges-as-parker-solar-probe-speeds-back-toward-the-sun/
https://blogs.nasa.gov/parkersolarprobe/2021/10/19/parker-solar-probe-completes-its-fifth-venus-flyby/
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/five-questions-about-space-weather-and-its-effects-on-earth-answered
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/five-weird-things-that-happen-in-outer-space/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=XBudjihQKsw&feature=youtu.be
http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/The-Mission/index.php#Timeline
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/traveling-to-the-sun-why-won-t-parker-solar-probe-melt
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/overview/
https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/spaceweather/en/
https://blogs.nasa.gov/parkersolarprobe/2018/10/02/fall-2018-milestones-for-parker-solar-probe/
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/sun/parker-solar-probe-captures-its-first-images-of-venus-surface-in-visible-light-confirmed