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Universal Event | On the Way to the Sun

A peculiar podcast called "On the Way to the Sun"

High-Level Project Summary

For the purpose of educating and exciting young audiences about the remarkable record-breaking mission called "Parker Solar Probe", we've made a video that tracks the dialogue between a scientist and a podcast host. In this video, Parker, the spacecraft, chats along with his two friends as he travels towards the Sun. But, Parker goes through several conflicts during his trajectory. Until, in the end, the three friends learn about the innovations brought by NASA and its exceptional missions. It solves the problem through a dynamic dialogue of a podcast in which the spacecraft participates complementing the scientist. Thus, drawing the attention of the young audiance.

Link to Final Project

https://youtu.be/gm6iyaRBEnU

Link to Project "Demo"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh0SudsafL8

Detailed Project Description

About our project

The video we made reaches young audiences through a dynamic dialogue between a renowned scientist, a charismatic podcast host and a talking spacecraft, the Parker, sent on the "Parker Solar Probe" mission. We hope to reach people of all ages in a creative, innovative and fun way. In other words, we did like NASA did: we added an 'A' in STEM to turn it into STEAM. In addition, the video has English subtitles that even the hearing-impaired population can follow.


Tools and Software we used

We use cell phone recorders to record our lines. Discord to communicate. And finally, the DaVinci Resolve video editor for cropping, effects and music.


Space Agency Data

https://images.nasa.gov

We used the inspiring images and videos provided by NASA on our project.

Hackathon Journey

Our experience

It was a rich, enjoyable and unforgettable experience. We learned about how to work as a team in a collaborative and effective way. In addition, we learned a lot about the properties of the Sun and how this star impacts our life here on Earth in ways that were previously unimaginable to us.


What inspired the team

The fact that it is a story to be told was our main inspiration for choosing this challenge, as we believe that storytelling is the main way to reach people around the world. Also, we chose to tell the story through a podcast as it is a format that is attracting a lot of people's attention these days and has the ability to hold attention in an educational way. In addition, we chose to humanize the Parker spacecraft so that the dialogue was even more creative and would draw the attention of the young audience.


How did we resolve challenges

We resolve setbacks and challenges by keeping calm and mainly by always communicating, dicussing solutions and ideias, because communication is the basis of everything.


Acknowledgment

We would like to thank each of our parents for their support and for understanding how significant this project is for us. Rian would like to thank the team for guiding him through his first Hackathon. And of course, we all thank NASA for the opportunity!

References

  1. Parker Solar Probe Touches the Sun
  2. NASA's Parker Solar Probe Touches The Sun For The First Time
  3. Parker Solar Probe overview
  4. Parker Solar Probe’s Heat Shield (Why Won’t Parker Solar Probe Melt?)
  5. Parker Solar Probe Encounters Space Dust
  6. Five Weird Things that Happen in Outer Space
  7. Five New Discoveries from Parker Solar Probe
  8. How Scientists Track the Solar Cycle
  9. Space Weather and How it Affects Earth - Five Questions and Answers
  10. Basic facts about the Sun
  11. All about the Sun – for Kids
  12. The Sun Spot Blog: Solar Tour Pit Stop #12: At the Sun
  13. The Sun Spot Blog: Solar Tour Pit Stop #9: The Solar Wind
  14. The Sun Spot Blog: Solar Tour Pit Stop #8: Venus
  15. Information on Solar Eclipses
  16. Information on the Aurora
  17. https://2022.spaceappschallenge.org/challenges/2022-challenges/steam/details

Tags

#Sun, #video, #fun, #comic

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.