High-Level Project Summary
Our project is the result of Challenge 14, a game about the James Webb telescope. The game aims to show how important and curious Webb is, and to pass on knowledge about him in a fun way. To do this, our game is composed of a Scape Room that has challenges, curiosities, and tasks such as word searches, differentiating between Hubble and James Webb telescope images, using infrared light to capture new images, quizzes, and fixing the mirrors. The map is a spaceship divided into three rooms with three tasks each, and you can only move to the next station when you complete all the challenges, the goal is to launch the telescope to capture more images.
Link to Final Project
Link to Project "Demo"
Detailed Project Description
The game consists of a Scape Room project where the game process takes place within our universe.
When starting the game, the player will enter an initial room, where video screens will present all the rules to be followed and fulfilled, for example, the time count, when it will be released for other rooms, what can be configured and what will be found after the game.
When reading the rules the player will be directed to the first challenge, when entering the room there will be a computer that will present a quiz with questions about the James Webb telescope, the player must answer all questions and only after finishing everything will be released to the next challenge.
In the second challenge the player will find images captured by the James Webb and Hubble telescopes, and have to identify which telescope these images belong to and separate them, making the player realize that the quality of the James Webb has a better improvement to complete the identification will follow to the third challenge.
The third challenge will have equipment in which the player must perform the adjustment of functions belonging to the James Webb, as the repair of infrared light waves and the identification of the images captured by it.
The fourth and last challenge consists in repairing the hexagonal mirrors of the telescope that are broken, disassembled and dislocated. The player will have an example of its original shape and a computer for consultation, the same must rebuild within a time limit, and when finished will be directed to the end of the game.
It is important to remember that the doors that will give access to the next challenges will only be released upon total completion of the course presented.
At the end, the player will receive an outcome of their performance and their completion time, then they will be ranked on a development podium and summoned to new challenges.
Space Agency Data
https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2022/09/20/mid-infrared-instrument-operations-update/
Mid-Infrared Instrument Operations Update
The James Webb Space Telescope’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) has four observing modes. On Aug. 24, a mechanism that supports one of these modes, known as medium-resolution spectroscopy (MRS), exhibited what appears to be increased friction during setup for a science observation. This mechanism is a grating wheel that allows scientists to select between short, medium, and longer wavelengths when making observations using the MRS mode. Following preliminary health checks and investigations into the issue, an anomaly review board was convened Sept. 6 to assess the best path forward.
The Webb team has paused in scheduling observations using this particular observing mode while they continue to analyze its behavior and are currently developing strategies to resume MRS observations as soon as possible. The observatory is in good health, and MIRI’s other three observing modes – imaging, low-resolution spectroscopy, and coronagraphy – are operating normally and remain available for science observations.
Hackathon Journey
We didn't know much about how the process worked, so in the beginning the team was directionless, we went through ups and downs, so it was very stressful, but in the end, when we realized we were able to finish it, it was very rewarding, we learned with this project how to deal with difficulties, work in groups, the great advance of astronomy today, and how to program simple apps and games.
We chose Challenge 14 because this is a hot topic right now, and we can teach about the James Webb telescope in a fun way for all ages.
The team went through many setbacks and in the face of them we often got into despair but we put our heads together, took a breath, and gave it some time to continue.
We would like to thank our mentors Samantha Xavier, for giving us direction and clearing up our doubts, and Michel Marchi who convinced us to participate in this amazing project and motivated us to continue.
References
flowlab
documentos do Google
arcane eye
youtube
unity
canva
play canva
playner 5d
TEXTS:
Launch: 12/25/2021
Destination: Lagrange point L2, arrived on 01/24/2022
(The L2 point is located in the outer part of the Earth's orbit along the straight line joining the Earth and the Sun. At this point the WMAP satellite has been installed since 2001, and it is also planned to install the James Webb Space Telescope that will complement the Hubble Space Telescope) (I copied and pasted this part from google)
Power: 2,000 watts
Cost: 10 billion
Manufacturers: Northrop Grumman Corporation
Ball Aerospace & Technologies
Diameter: 6.5 meters
Purpose: To search for planets that have the possibility of being inhabited and to search for (and capture images of) the oldest stars in the universe, about 13.5 billion years ago
Have Discovered: Scanned gas giant exoplanet WASP-96b.
Mirror: The main mirror, with a total of 18 segments, is hexagonal in shape due to its backlash-free fittings and good symmetry. The telescope needs to withstand very low temperatures around -220° degrees while keeping its shape, so it is made of gold/beryllium.
Beryllium has adequate weight, it can withstand low temperatures. They need to be in strategic positions because they fold up inside the rocket and unfold to form a large mirror inside the orbit. The larger the mirror, the more detail in the image.
Gold was used in the production, as a thin layer of gold helps the mirrors to reflect infrared light.
Where it is now: approximately 2,000 light-years away from the Earth
*With it, scientists will be able to observe some of the first galaxies and what the universe looked like about 200 million years ago (after the Big Bang).
*As tall as a three-story building
*As long as a tennis court
Infrared light: The telescope captures images that are invisible to the human eye (we feel this light as heat), that is, the telescope will be able to see the universe through clouds of dust.
Stars and planets form within these dust clouds, and with the James Webb it will be possible to discover groundbreaking images.
James Webb and Hubble: James Webb has redrawn images that Hubble made. According to NASA, Webb is better able than Hubble because of the capacity and processing of the images.
IMAGES:
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