High-Level Project Summary
Our project talks about what is space and what it contains and what are the sun’s benefits and negative impacts and about parker’s solar probe and how it went to the sun and what happened during its journey. We simplified information in a way that children understand through a mobile application that has educational animated videos. Also, this helps children to have fun during studying. We didn’t forget about those who love interactivity so we added the option that allows you to build your merge cube or build an EV3 robot that simulates the mission of the parker solar probe by block programming that is easy and interesting for kids. The app will be available in English and Arabic language
Link to Project "Demo"
Detailed Project Description
● Sun is a very important source of energy and life. Yet the solar winds are a threat to Earth as they can lead to massive destruction.
The solar winds whose speed is [100,150]km\seccan also reach electronic components in satellites and cause disturbance to the radio waves, and scientists are willing to know the exact source of these winds.
And this was a reason among many why NASA was determined to send Parker’s solar probe to the Sun in 2018.
Parker's structure:
1. the heat shield also has many different materials
-Carbon-Carbon composite is like the graphite epoxy we can see in tennis rackets.
-Carbon foam is made from carbon and it is 97% air and it's very light to make a very strong structure.
-cutting barrier
-A white shield that reflects heat off the front and keeps things cool in the back.
2. Parker's solar probe has solar limb sensors if they are illuminated, Parker knows that he is moving the wrong way so he rights himself.
3. It has a cooling system that circulates water to keep the solar cells from overheating this helps them stay cool and keep power.
-The speed of the Parker solar probe is 692,000km\hr.
-It cost 1.5 billion dollars.
-Parker solar probe tolerates temperatures close to 3600°C.
The scientists send Parker to:-
1. Reveal the secrets of corona and the sun at which corona is greater in temperature than the center of the sun and this is opposite to the physical rules.
2. Protect technology from space weather
3. Discover the magnetic field of the sun.
4. Discover the source of the solar winds.
Parkers journey:-
-In 2018:parker started its journey.
-In 2021:first passage to the corona.
-In December 2021:The closest approach.
-In 2025:will be the final closest approach.
We wanted to make children passionate about astronomy and the mission of Parker's solar probe. So we simplified the information written above in a way that children understood through a mobile application that has educational animated videos. Also, this helps children to have fun during studying. We didn't forget about those who love interactivity so we added the option that allows you to build your merge cube or an EV3 robot that simulates the mission of the Parker solar probe by block programming that is easy and interesting for kids. We also added programming videos .And this will make the child passionate about not only programming but also about robotics and programming The app will be available in English and Arabic languages.
In our future plans :-
1.We will add on the app more languages as French and German….etc.
2.We will add the VR technologies to the videos.
3.We will deal with programming, robotics and VR academies.
Space Agency Data
[1] “Parker Solar Probe (PSP; Fox & McComas 2016) provides an unprecedented opportunity to probe the physics and properties of solar wind reconnection in the near-Sun environment. During the first orbit, PSP's closest approach was 35.7 solar radii (Rs), allowing reconnection to be explored at such close distances to the Sun for the first time. We have performed a comprehensive survey of plasma and field measurements to determine the occurrence of reconnection exhausts, providing a first assessment of the role reconnection might play in the solar wind close to the Sun.”
At the Astrophysical journey
( https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4365/ab55ee/meta )
[2] “NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is the first-ever mission to "touch" the Sun. The spacecraft, about the size of a small car, travels directly through the Sun's atmosphere --ultimately to a distance of bout 4 million miles from the surface. Parker Solar Probe launched aboard a Delta IV-Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral, Aug. 12, 2018 at 3:31 a.m. EDT.”
At NASA
( https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/parker-solar-probe )
[3] “When the solar wind plasma leaves the Sun's corona, it carries with it some of that yellow star's magnetic field. This extension of the Sun's magnetic field into space greatly influences the manner in which the solar wind interacts with planets and, eventually, the interstellar medium.
As it travels through space, the solar wind reaches speeds of over one million miles per hour. In fact, its speed is so great that "bow shocks" form whenever it is forced to flow around the planets in the solar system. Such bow shocks also form around airplanes, rockets, or the Space Shuttle when these vehicles travel faster than the speed of sound in the atmosphere.”
At NASA
[4] “Parker Solar Probe will swoop to within 4 million miles of the Sun's surface, facing heat and radiation like no spacecraft before it. Launched on Aug. 12, 2018, Parker Solar Probe will provide new data on solar activity and make critical contributions to our ability to forecast major space-weather events that impact life on Earth.
In order to unlock the mysteries of the corona, but also to protect a society that is increasingly dependent on technology from the threats of space weather, we will send Parker Solar Probe to touch the Sun.
In 2017, the mission was renamed for Eugene Parker, the S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago. In the 1950s, Parker proposed a number of concepts about how stars—including our Sun—give off energy. He called this cascade of energy the solar wind, and he described an entire complex system of plasmas, magnetic fields, and energetic particles that make up this phenomenon. Parker also theorized an explanation for the superheated solar atmosphere, the corona, which is – contrary to what was expected by physics laws -- hotter than the surface of the Sun itself. This is the first NASA mission that has been named for a living individual.”
At NASA
( http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/The-Mission/index.php )
[5] “During the flyby, Parker Solar Probe passed into and out of the corona several times. This is proved what some had predicted – that the Alfvén critical surface isn’t shaped like a smooth ball. Rather, it has spikes and valleys that wrinkle the surface. Discovering where these protrusions line up with solar activity coming from the surface can help scientists learn how events on the Sun affect the atmosphere and solar wind”
At NASA
[6] “ The new milestone marks one major step for Parker Solar Probe and one giant leap for solar science. Just as landing on the Moon allowed scientists to understand how it was formed, touching the very stuff the Sun is made of will help scientists uncover critical information about our closest star and its influence on the solar system.
"Parker Solar Probe “touching the Sun” is a monumental moment for solar science and a truly remarkable feat," said Thomas Zurbuchen, the associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "Not only does this milestone provide us with deeper insights into our Sun's evolution and its impacts on our solar system, but everything we learn about our own star also teaches us more about stars in the rest of the universe.”
At NASA
Hackathon Journey
Through NASA space apps hackathon, we learned how to work properly as a team, to lead ourselves and each other, listen to each other’s opinions and accepting what each of us has to say.
We knew new information including:
● Sun is a very important source of energy and life. Yet the solar winds are a threat to Earth as they can lead to massive destruction.
The solar winds whose speed is [100,150]km\seccan also reach electronic components in satellites and cause disturbance to the radio waves, and scientists are willing to know the exact source of these winds.
And this was a reason among many why NASA was determined to send Parker’s solar probe to the Sun in 2018.
Parker's structure:
1. the heat shield also has many different materials
-Carbon-Carbon composite is like the graphite epoxy we can see in tennis rackets.
-Carbon foam is made from carbon and it is 97% air and it's very light to make a very strong structure.
-cutting barrier
-A white shield that reflects heat off the front and keeps things cool in the back.
2. Parker's solar probe has solar limb sensors if they are illuminated, Parker knows that he is moving the wrong way so he rights himself.
3. It has a cooling system that circulates water to keep the solar cells from overheating this helps them stay cool and keep power.
-The speed of the Parker solar probe is 692,000km\hr.
-It cost 1.5 billion dollars.
-Parker solar probe tolerates temperatures close to 3600°C.
The scientists send Parker to:-
1. Reveal the secrets of corona and the sun at which corona is greater in temperature than the center of the sun and this is opposite to the physical rules.
2. Protect technology from space weather
3. Discover the magnetic field of the sun.
4. Discover the source of the solar winds.
Parkers journey:-
-In 2018:parker started its journey.
-In 2021:first passage to the corona.
-In December 2021:The closest approach.
-In 2025:will be the final closest approach.
We wanted to make children passionate about astronomy and the mission of Parker's solar probe. So we simplified the information written above in a way that children understood through a mobile application that has educational animated videos. Also, this helps children to have fun during studying. We didn't forget about those who love interactivity so we added the option that allows you to build your merge cube or an EV3 robot that simulates the mission of the Parker solar probe by block programming that is easy and interesting for kids. We also added programming videos .And this will make the child passionate about not only programming but also about robotics and programming The app will be available in English and Arabic languages.
In our future plans :-
1.We will add on the app more languages as French and German….etc.
2.We will add the VR technologies to the videos.
3.We will deal with programming, robotics and VR academies.
This experience changed a lot of our characteristics as a team, put us under stress that we faced properly, we think.
References
[1] ( https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/overview/ )
[2] ( https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/menu/sun/ )
[3] ( https://blogs.nasa.gov/sunspot/2021/12/14/solar-tour-pit-stop-12-at-the-sun/ )
[4] ( https://blogs.nasa.gov/sunspot/2021/12/11/solar-tour-pit-stop-9-the-solar-wind/ )
[5] ( https://blogs.nasa.gov/sunspot/2021/12/10/solar-tour-pit-stop-8-venus/ )
[6] ( https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipses/home/ )
[7] ( https://www.nasa.gov/aurora )
[10] ( https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4365/ab55ee/meta )
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