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Eluru | On the Way to the Sun

On the Way to Sun

High-Level Project Summary

We found a way to tell young audiences the story of how Parker Solar Probe became the first human-made object to enter the Sun’s atmosphere—including all the dangers Parker Solar Probe encountered and overcame on its way to the Sun and what lessons we could learn from Parker’s journey.

Link to Final Project

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AofIPoIxrQ2TVziuiSr-dFCegfmjKH4A?usp=sharing

Link to Project "Demo"

No Demo

Detailed Project Description

  • The design of Parker Solar Probe’s heat shield.
  • Parker Solar Probe’s records – fastest human-made object and first human-made object to touch the Sun.
  • What we’ve learned about Venus from Parker Solar Probe.
  • Earth’s upper atmosphere (ionosphere) – where the International Space Station orbits.
  • Earth’s magnetosphere – created by the Earth’s core and protects us from the Sun.
  • Lagrange Point 1 (L1) – the place between Earth and the Sun where the gravitational pull of the two large objects precisely equals the centripetal force required for a small object to move with them.


Space Agency Data

NASA

Hackathon Journey

It was an amazing experience to find and learn about the Solar Parker Probe and the journey it went through!

References

https://www.spaceappschallenge.org/resources/

Tags

#sun #solarprobe #parker

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.