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https://online.flippingbook.com/view/55869516/

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qRViOEyJJPkBbBJS4E7m87dYxmX_BRt3/view?usp=sharing

With the help of animation and simplification, our initiative tries to explain the history of the Parker by a comic, its purpose, and significance in a way that anyone can comprehend. With this, we intend to inspire more young people to be interested in STEM fields and provide a simpler educational method that is just as successful as learning in a traditional classroom. We utilize computer keyboards and mice, drawing pencils (Apple Pencil), 11-inch iPad Pro 2nd Generation, Ibis Paint X, Samsung computers, Google Chrome, Canva for education, and Flipping Book.

There's a NASA page, whose link is put below:

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/how-scientists-around-world-track-solar-cycle-sunspots-sun

From there and other articles released, we got a lot of information, before starting to create the story or drawing, we needed to deeply understand how the world above us works, and of course: our star.

But we were more inspired by the following article:

Eugene Parker Biography and HonorsEugene Parker Biography and Honors hmong.com/wiki/Eugene_Parker

He gave the world the supersonic solar wind theory and predicted the Parker spiral shape of the solar magnetic field in the outer Solar System. His theoretical model was not immediately accepted by the astronomical community but time showed his true letter, so they gave it his name, and although we did not mention it in the comic, it was one of our greatest inspirations.

But there is one that cannot be disputed: our protagonist, was what we needed to bring the story to life in the NASA article:

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/people/455/nicola-nicky-fox/

She's an astonishing role model, in the article we can see that she says: ''People tend to think that scientists are really smart and therefore must have all the answers. But the key to being a scientist is loving to ask questions. You don't need to know everything or have all the true answers, but you do need to be curious and want to know more. If you are fascinated by how and why things work, you are already a scientist. Follow your heart and do what makes you happy.''

We believe that this is the motivation that is needed today, the one that motivated us, and the one that motivated others.

There was much more data that made a difference to the project, that inspired, contradicted, and reminded us that what we are doing is great, like this one with Parker: https://www.space.com/40437-parker-solar-probe. html. Maybe this was the shell that wrapped the story, and it was present throughout the comic because more than inspiration it was pure information.

It has been a wonderful, recreational, entertaining, enjoyable, and different experience because it is something no one has ever done before. It was a bit stressful for the small amount of time we had to work, but overall it was a very nice activity where we could make up an excuse to do something that we really like, as well as a way to challenge ourselves and discover the true magic of teamwork, with people from different places, with different thoughts and talents. Thanks to this, we had the opportunity to learn many things, work with incredible people and get together to create what may explain a bit of the charm of the universe. We learned to manage our time and how to work together despite the distance that separates us, that to work effectively and show good results it takes the disposition, joy, and talent of all the members that make up the group, and that despite the adversities that show up, we're all a team no matter what.

Furthermore, in the process of research and investigation, we learned enough about the Parker Solar Probe, a bit about the wonderful life of the scientist Eugene Parker, and information about the sun that we did not have clear enough, like its corona, how it works, and how the magnetosphere affects our planet. All of our team members are passionate about STEM and the subject of Astronomy; this was the main factor that aroused the desire of wanting to participate in the Space Apps Challenge since an opportunity like this for a science lover is not given a second thought, as well as the desire to want to make other young people just like us to know a little more about these topics so fascinating.

From the beginning, this challenge caught the attention of most of the group members, we considered choosing "On the way to the sun” based on the knowledge of each member and the topics of interest of each one, which was the sun, our star. At the same time, this challenge provided us with a lot of creative freedom as we had a lot of options on how to be able to share with the world the incredible and interesting story of Parker.

There were many difficulties just like in any process, some of them were the lack of orientation at the beginning, since we were all new to this and did not know very well that we should do, but we just needed to remember what the reason was, which is why we wanted to participate in this from the beginning. Time management was another one of them, since team members are busy people and organizing ourselves was complicated, and as it always happens, someone never shows up to do their part, but despite these difficulties, we were able to function in the best possible way as a team.

We honor a general ''thank you'' to all of our team members for always showing interest and putting all their effort so that in the end this would have been possible to do, but especially Elianne and Jennyma, two of the team members, who were in charge of everything related to the presentation of the comic and for making the drawings, which were one of the most complicated tasks for us as a group, but they always showed their interest in helping and maintained a positive attitude.

10 Things to Know About Parker Solar Probe. (2018, September 1). NASA Solar System Exploration. Retrieved Sept. 27, 2022, from https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/522/10-things-to-know-about-parker-solar-probe/

tok.wiki. (n.d.). Eugene Parker BiografíayHonores. Retrieved Sept. 27, 2022, from https://hmong.es/wiki/Eugene_Parker

Nicola “Nicky” Fox | Director, Heliophysics Division –. (n.d.). NASA Solar System Exploration. Retrieved October 2, 2022, from https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/people/455/nicola-nicky-fox/

Nicola Fox, Heliophysics Division Director | Science Mission Directorate. (n.d.). Retrieved Sept. 27, 2022, from https://science.nasa.gov/about-us/leadership/nicola-fox

NASA. (n.d.). Parker Solar Probe. Retrieved Sept. 27, 2022, from https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/parker-solar-probe/

Wikipedia contributors. (2022, September 14). Parker Solar Probe. Wikipedia. Retrieved Sept. 27, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Solar_Probe

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