Auroras

Isa Town | On the Way to the Sun

'On the way to the Sun!'

High-Level Project Summary

'On the way to the sun' is a fascinating story regarding Parker's journey to the sun! The Auroras have developed an innovative way of narrating Parker's journey. Firstly, a child named Parker dreams of exploring the sun. on a late evening, he went to bed as always but was unaware of the journey ahead of him. In his dream, he has explored the sun which contains a detailed explanation of how he overcame his difficulties through a video, VR, and a short animation. Overall, it targets to creatively solving real-world problems, such as the space weather affecting the Earth's atmosphere and damaging satellites that disrupt the Earth's atmospheric weather.

Link to Final Project

https://app.lapentor.com/sphere/on-the-way-to-the-sun

Link to Project "Demo"

https://view.genial.ly/6337d7d5edc4ca0012587c7d/interactive-image-interactive-image

Detailed Project Description

This project is essential for youngsters to be aware of the difficulties that the spacecraft "Parker Solar Probe" (which is depicted as a young boy called Parker in our story) faces along its journey to the Sun.




  • Firstly, we used Adobe Photoshop to create a comic that introduces the story: a young boy who is curious about traveling to the Sun.
  • Secondly, there's a website called Genially, which is organized in a creative way to keep young kids intrigued and engrossed. The website contains videos as a source of information which is edited by using Wondershare Filmora. It also contains Scratch to create the character "Sasha" which helps in building and completing the story.
  • Apps/websites used to create our project: Adobe Photoshop, Genially, Lapentor, scratch, YouTube, Loom, and Wondershare Filmora.


The Comic:

The Genially:


The Scratch:


The Lapentor Layout: (the symbols are clickable)

Space Agency Data

Our source of information is from the official NASA website, which we applied to:




  • Understand how the Parker Solar Probe was prepared for its journey to the Sun.
  • Explain the role of Venus gravity assistance.
  • Describe solar weather and solar winds.

Hackathon Journey

My teammates and I were able to collaborate and think critically to produce a well-rounded project about the journey to the Sun. We discovered new information that will benefit us in understanding more about the Sun and the advancement of space technology. This experience also helped us enhance our social and research skills. We picked the challenge "On our way to the Sun" because it seemed intriguing and challenging. We came here to be risk-takers and problem solvers, and we believe we were able to accomplish our goals. We did face a lot of difficulties, there were times when we didn't know what will our next step be, how will the final project look like, and if we were able to include everything in the time given. But we were open-minded and accepting of views from all our members, and with teamwork comes dreamwork. In the end, we achieved our goal and completed our innovative story.


References

Citations:


NASA. (2021, December 14). In depth. NASA. Retrieved October 1, 2022, from https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/parker-solar-probe/in-depth/ 

Parker Solar Probe. (n.d.). Retrieved October 1, 2022, from http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/ 

Garner, R. (2017, May 24). Parker Solar Probe: Humanity's first visit to a Star. NASA. Retrieved October 1, 2022, from https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/parker-solar-probe-humanity-s-first-visit-to-a-star 

Jhuapl. (n.d.). Parker solar probe thriving four years after launch. Parker Solar Probe. Retrieved October 1, 2022, from http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/Show-Article.php?articleID=179#:~:text=As%20it%20orbits%20the%20Sun,and%20high%2Dspeed%20particles%20escaping 

jhuapl. (2022, February 8). Why NASA's Parker Solar Probe Swings by Venus. YouTube. Retrieved October 1, 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y91nNh0ZG9M 


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Tags

#space #sun #journey #ParkerSolarProbe #spacecraft #story #onthewaytothesun

On the Way to the Sun

On April 28, 2021, during its eighth flyby of the Sun, Parker Solar Probe did what no other human-made object has ever done: it “touched” the Sun—meaning the spacecraft flew through the Sun’s upper atmosphere (the corona) and sampled particles and magnetic fields there. Your challenge is to develop a creative way to tell young audiences the inspiring story of Parker’s record-breaking journey from Earth to the Sun and all the perils it overcame on the way.