Star Aces

Madrid | On the Way to the Sun

Fly me to the Sun

High-Level Project Summary

Since humanity exists, the Sun has been an object of fascination, and yet there is much to be discovered about it. Fly me to the Sun is a Parker-Solar-Probe Lab-themed interactive experience consisting of a mobile app with a number of challenges as a creative way to tell young audiences the story of the Parker Solar Probe — a spacecraft that helped scientists study and understand the Sun on a deeper level. The app includes all the dangers the Probe encountered and overcame on its way to the Sun. It serves as a POC to develop pop-up Escape Rooms that will help people around the world learn about this important innovation while having fun through an immersive experience.

Link to Final Project

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16vQnUeWVQqPOY9QfoB1JNrmf11taWJ2rN1yadm7I13Q/edit?usp=sharing

Link to Project "Demo"

https://www.canva.com/design/DAFNzuS_rt8/pxsM_USEjlPmVvO3c_fAjg/watch?utm_content=DAFNzuS_rt8&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink

Detailed Project Description

Since humanity exists, the Sun has been an object of worship and inspiration, and yet there is much to be discovered about it. Fly me to the Sun is a Parker-Solar-Probe Lab-themed interactive experience consisting of a mobile game and an Escape Room Experience. This solution is a creative way to tell young audiences the story of the Parker Solar Probe — a spacecraft that helped scientists study and understand the Sun's phenomena and its impact on life on Earth on a deeper level.

  • Target audience: 12-18 years old
  • Methodology: Play-Based Approach to Learning (made popular by LEGO)
  • Mobile app: available on iOS and Android, programmed in JavaScript and Python), uses Augmented Reality


Fly me to the Sun, as an immersive educational tool, showcases all the dangers the Probe encountered and overcame on its way to the Sun through a set of games using augmented reality for players to interact with their surroundings through their mobile devices. The app serves as a POC to develop pop-up Escape Rooms that will help people around the world learn about this important innovation while having fun through an immersive experience. 


We currently have developed a DIY Escape Room KIT (accessible through QR scanning), inclusive of a Sun-inspired playlist (accessible through like or by scanning the audio wave on Spotify) and a video teaser for the mobile app.

Space Agency Data

NASA - Space Apps Resouces

Hackathon Journey

We chose this challenge because we firmly believe in the importance of inspiring and attracting new generations to STEM studies for the progress of humankind. The Parker Solar Probe story is an example of superation and innovation that hopefully will inspire youngsters to persevere and dare to innovate, preparing them to face future challenges. Some of us did not know each other before this weekend and got together with the aim to create a multidisciplinary team and solve a challenge that could have a mass impact in the mainstream.

References

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16vQnUeWVQqPOY9QfoB1JNrmf11taWJ2rN1yadm7I13Q/edit#

Tags

#Sun #SolarStudies #Games #Apps #EscapeRoom

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.