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Bangalore | On the Way to the Sun

Parker and the Journey to the Surface of the Sun

High-Level Project Summary

I got to know about this competition around 26 September, and thought this was a cool challenge to learn about life from a space probe. Space science has a special place in my heart and this was a good chance to mirror the journey of oneself to a space probe. Science, life... it's all connected.

Link to Final Project

https://docs.google.com/document/d/160zjmOwia7SiNgwoQwmgbtde51ddOM2NGLhLayOklkA/edit

Link to Project "Demo"

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Detailed Project Description

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Space Agency Data

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Hackathon Journey

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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.