High-Level Project Summary
“Science knows no country…” –Louis Pasteur. Nowadays, technology allows us to communicate science globally, but it is often not approachable to people with no scientific background. That is why we chose the challenge “STEM to STEAM”. We think that art is an excellent tool of science communication, so we decided on an animation video, since it is engaging to the viewer, and can be uploaded to platforms like YouTube and TikTok, making it accessible to anyone with an electronic device and access to Wi-Fi. We also created a website with links to further information. The mission we chose is the Artemis Program, as we wanted to communicate its less known scientific aspect, besides the main goal.
Link to Final Project
Link to Project "Demo"
Detailed Project Description
Our project has the purpose of educating the general public about important space missions by NASA, such as the Artemis Program, as well as about inspiring women in the space industry, using a creative, artistic medium, like our video animation. To create the animation, we used the “Procreate” program for the drawings, and the “GarageBand” program to insert the voice-over. While we now only have the animation video for the Artemis Program, we would like to create more animations in the future, concerning other, equally exciting NASA missions, which will all be found on our website. HTML, Visual Studio Code and Tailwind CSS were used during the making of the site, which contains the animations, as well as further explanations, and links to the official NASA website for more information. The site is deployed on GitHub Pages.
Space Agency Data
https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/
Hackathon Journey
We would characterize our hackathon journey as challenging, yet inspiring. Despite the challenges, we found ourselves capable of achieving many goals in a period of time as short as the weekend. We also enjoyed the creative freedom that our challenge, “STEM to STEAM”, gave us. Our mission was to provide something meaningful, educational and comprehensible even by younger ages. In addition, this hackathon pushed us to keep moving forward, even when we faced certain challenges and setbacks. Finally, we would like to give thanks to the organizing team, as well as to the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens for promoting this hackathon.
References
https://www.space.com/nasa-artemis-1-moon-mission-cubesats