High-Level Project Summary
It is an interactive website available to anyone regardless of age and background. It compiles NASA data, external resources from other space agencies, and information about the Parker Solar Probe to a central place for accessibility. The probe's story, challenges, and feats are included as it travels where no spacecraft has gone before. It leads the user to the official NASA website articles for complete data. The page presents multiple pieces of data that anyone needs to know about the probe especially its contributions to open and starting a new era of space exploration. It increases society's advocacy and participation in learning more about the feats of such historic spacecraft.
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Detailed Project Description
Fundamental research and discoveries about the Parker Solar Probe are brought together in a website in which all learners can easily navigate through the areas of interest about the Sun. The website consists of images and videos that give the learners an overview of what content they are about to study and explore.
The website's benefit is keeping the learners/explorers at one center where the solar probe discoveries have been documented and all links easily accessible and connect contents of the sun from other space agencies without having to google elsewhere. The learners can also request data to be emailed to them on the form on the website as an update of the ongoing and needed research.
We hope to engage all learners to explore the sun from Nasa resources and external links that have been compiled on the platform from other space agencies to give a convenient and reliable platform.
We used HTML, CSS, Javascript, and bootstrap to create the website platform that compiles the entire resources of the Solar probe from Nasa and other space agencies.
Website link:http://spaceheliospur.co/ or https://spaceappsheliospur.000webhostapp.com/
Space Agency Data
In accomplishing the project, the team procured the necessary data and information from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) public website. The Challenge itself has provided several resources to look into, significantly NASA Goddard articles relating to the main topic of our project: the Parker Solar Probe. The team utilized all of the provided resources to build the project, these references discussed the journey of the Parker Solar Probe (NASA's Parker Solar Probe Sed New Light To The Sun), and how it had the capacity to do so (Parker Solar Probe Heat Shield), the challenges it had to face, and the exciting discoveries it unfolded as it reached the sun (NASA Enters Solar Atmosphere For The First Time, Bringing New Discoveries) and many more. The resources for beginners or children (Basic Facts about the Sun and All about the Sun- For Kids) are also included to make the project inclusive no matter the age or background of the audience. The team also browsed and watched the informative videos offered by NASA Goddard's YouTube channel for a better perspective. There are also images used that also came from the public website of NASA. With this data, an interactive website is created where people can view and learn anything about the Parker Solar Probe: an all-in-one information resource website. The team also explored other space agency references, specifically JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) to learn more about how people around the world interact with the historic Solar Probe.
Hackathon Journey
The Space Apps experience on the subject "On the way to the sun" was well handled by the team which brought the deeper revelation of interacting with the data resources about the sun amongst global space agencies. On the journey to explore about the NASA Parker Solar Probe resources we learned of the mysteries in the universe and the amazing structures and materials around the sun.
We chose this challenge as enlightenment to more people who need to understand the sun and the mission scientists, researchers and institutions have invested in to explore the contents and mysteries in the universe which many people globally seem not to understand.
Our main approach to the project was to make the content visual and graphical to capture the learners'/researchers attention on the Parker Solar Probe mission and we can up with a website that entails both images and videos that summarize and bring all the sun exploration missions in one platform.
The team collaborated effectively on the basis of the following structures teamwork, passion, and dedication which led to mutual urgency to solve setbacks and challenges arising.
I thank the entire team of NASA space apps, NASA and our team for the support in ensuring we have a better result in this hackathon.
References
Eclipses Home | Eclipses –. (n.d.). NASA Solar System Exploration. Retrieved October 2, 2022, from https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipses/home/
Garner, R. (2020, December 17). NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Sheds New Light on the Sun. NASA. Retrieved October 2, 2022, from https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/nasas-parker-solar-probe-sheds-new-light-on-the-sun/
Hatfield, A. M. (2021a, November 10). Space Dust Presents Opportunities, Challenges as Parker Solar Probe Speeds Back toward the Sun – Parker Solar Probe. Retrieved October 2, 2022, from https://blogs.nasa.gov/parkersolarprobe/2021/11/10/space-dust-presents-opportunities-challenges-as-parker-solar-probe-speeds-back-toward-the-sun/
Hatfield, A. M. (2021b, December 10). Solar Tour Pit Stop #8: Venus – The Sun Spot. Retrieved October 2, 2022, from https://blogs.nasa.gov/sunspot/2021/12/10/solar-tour-pit-stop-8-venus/
Hatfield, A. M. (2021c, December 11). Solar Tour Pit Stop #9: The Solar Wind – The Sun Spot. Retrieved October 2, 2022, from https://blogs.nasa.gov/sunspot/2021/12/11/solar-tour-pit-stop-9-the-solar-wind/
Hatfield, A. M. (2021d, December 14). Solar Tour Pit Stop #12: At the Sun – The Sun Spot. Retrieved October 2, 2022, from https://blogs.nasa.gov/sunspot/2021/12/14/solar-tour-pit-stop-12-at-the-sun/
Hatfield, M. (2021a, December 9). Five Weird Things That Happen in Outer Space. NASA. Retrieved October 2, 2022, from https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/five-weird-things-that-happen-in-outer-space/
Hatfield, M. (2021b, December 10). Five Questions About Space Weather and Its Effects on Earth, Answered. NASA. Retrieved October 2, 2022, from https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/five-questions-about-space-weather-and-its-effects-on-earth-answered/
Hatfield, M. (2021c, December 21). NASA Enters the Solar Atmosphere for the First Time. NASA. Retrieved October 2, 2022, from https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-enters-the-solar-atmosphere-for-the-first-time-bringing-new-discoveries/
NASA. (n.d.). Aurora: Illuminating the Sun-Earth Connection. Retrieved October 2, 2022, from https://www.nasa.gov/aurora/
Sun. (n.d.). NASA Solar System Exploration. Retrieved October 2, 2022, from https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/overview/
Sun | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids. (n.d.). Retrieved October 2, 2022, from https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/menu/sun/
Tran, L. (2020, December 18). How Scientists Around the World Track the Solar Cycle. NASA. Retrieved October 2, 2022, from https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/how-scientists-around-world-track-solar-cycle-sunspots-sun/
Traveling to the Sun: Why Won’t Parker Solar Probe Melt? (2018, July 26). NASA. Retrieved October 2, 2022, from https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/traveling-to-the-sun-why-won-t-parker-solar-probe-melt/
undefined [NASA Goddard]. (2017, May 31). Parker Solar Probe. YouTube. Retrieved October 2, 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=XBudjihQKsw&feature=youtu.be
undefined [NASA Goddard]. (2021, December 14). NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Touches The Sun For The First Time. YouTube. Retrieved October 2, 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=LkaLfbuB_6E&feature=youtu.be
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#sun #aurora #parkerprobe #corona #Alfven #exploration