AstroNuna

If the CANVA link is impossible to access please check our work here, we kindly and strongly ask you to do it. We put all our effort there and explain detail by detail how every part of the Platform will work, and showed the many connections we found among all the 5 NASA SMD disciplines.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oP16RGdca1ZVpI_IW0qdR2WKHw76rjyM/view?usp=sharing

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AstroNuna Team 🪐

Meet our Members!

Leia (Peru)

Hello! Salut a tout le monde ! Привет! Hallo! Ciao! Olá! 안녕하세요! I’m Leia and I’m 17 years old. I’m an IB student and study physics and math high level, I’ve made research about plasma physics and advanced mathematics, currently preparing for Physics Olympiads, and as well as have won many scholarships to study science and learn languages with international institutions, awards at MUN Debate and leadership, speak 8 languages, and I'm the 1st place student in one of the more exigents schools in my country. I’m committed to this challenge because I like to think about how fundamental the knowledge can be, and how we can understand everything when we ask ourselves the “why” in an infinite way, and with this challenge find innovative channels to share my passion for physics and the universe.

Caio (Brazil)

My name is Caio Augusto Siqueira da Silva, I'm 17 years old and I've devoted my high school mainly to participate in academic competitions in natural sciences. In 2021 I've obtained a gold medal at IPhO as my highest achievement during that journey, and I was interested in participating in the hackathon to find interesting ways in which I could apply some of the knowledge I obtained in the real world.

Gonzalo (Peru-Japan)

Hello! My name is Gonzalo, and I come from a small city in Peru. Throughout my academic life, I've been honored to represent my country in international science and cultural competitions, being able to bring home medals. For instance, I've been a medalist in the Iberoamerican Chemistry Olympics and the Biology and Physics ones. As a university student at Kyushu University, Japan, I actively belong to the iGEM team that is currently developing a project on Carbon monoxide detectors using genetically modified E. coli bacteria. Besides, I am a member of the English Debate Section and the Soccer team of my university. The reason for me to enrolling in this competition was because I can collaborate with very talented students in the mission of tackle a challenge that could eventually lead to large-scale application and motivation for others to achieve their dreams.

Karla (Peru)

Hello! My name is Karla, I am 16 years old, and I am very interested in biology, chemistry, and earth sciences. I have won the gold award in the International Applied Biology Olympiad, I am currently a finalist of the World Applied Chemistry Olympiad, and I am preparing to participate in the Peruvian Biology Olympiad. I am at the IB program, with the courses of Biology High Level, Chemistry High Level, and Environmental Systems and Societies, which I really enjoy studying and making research works about. Now, I am participating in the NASA Space Apps because I am really passionate about science and spreading my passion for it with other people. I believe more innovative and dynamic ways to share science are missing to engage more people with it, and we want our idea to actually reach lots of people, change how science is perceived, people's lives, and society.

Pascual (Peru)

My name is Pascual Wilfredo Zarate Diestra, I am from Peru and I live in the department of Lima, and although I am only 15 years old, I consider that this is not a barrier to being a competent person capable of giving the best of myself for this challenge. Since I was a child, I learned about the role that education had in my country, since my parents always told me about the opportunities they would have had if they had graduated from high school. And this feeling matured even when it gave me that epiphany when the wonder of science is known. As a result, the ideal that emerged in me is to promote scientific education for a better and more egalitarian world. And this challenge that I am in is a representation that I do not wait until I am of legal age to fulfil my ideals. Together with my AstroNuna team, we plan to change how people see and interact with science. Among my academic achievements are First place throughout primary school, preparing for the International Physics Olympics, and many more.

Significance of AstroNuna

You may wonder what "AstroNuna" means. Let's explain a bit about it. Part of our universal knowledge is that the root "Astro" means stars, which is not the biggest mystery. However, what about "Nuna"? What word is that? What language does it come from? In a nutshell, Nuna is a Quechua word that means "Spirit", so, AstroNuna means something like "Spirit of the stars" In Spanish, Spirit is like a mood, the emotional and intellectual part of the human. In English, Spirit is more like a soul, that metaphorically part that brings human essence. Well, but we should know that Native Peruvians who developed a lot of astronomy tools and were very technologically advanced for their epoch, talked Quechua, geniuses! And, to choose the name "AstroNuna" is our way to value that big spirit that Peruvian Native people had, and to contribute to the astronomical education worldwide. Just as people come from countries, words come from languages, and we want to reflect our great diversity with the terms we use. Just as AstroNuna is the name that represents us, it also unites us with the study of the universe locally and globally. Hence, we've found a bigger connection, we are the Universe and its atoms themselves.

🪐 Hello, we are AstroNuna! We are very curious to be able to establish beautiful and elegant connections between the various branches of science at NASA. We are very curious people, who dare to think, and wonder how we can understand the UNIVERSE in which we live? If you are passionate about this, what are you waiting to join the AstroNuna team!

¡Hola, somos AstroNuna! tenemos una gran curiosidad por poder establecer bellas y elegantes conexiones entre las diversas ramas de las ciencias que estudia la NASA. Somos personas muy curiosas, que se atreven a pensar, y se preguntan ¿cómo podemos comprender el UNIVERSO en el que nos hallamos? Si te apasiona esto ¡que esperas para unirte al team AstroNuna!

Salut, nous sommes AstroNuna ! on somme très curieux de pouvoir établir des connexions belles et élégantes entre les différentes branches de la science que la NASA étudie. Nous sommes des gens très curieux, qui osons réfléchir, et nous nous demandons comment comprendre l'UNIVERS dans lequel nous nous trouvons ? Si cela te passionne, qu'attends tu pour rejoindre l'équipe AstroNuna !

Olá, nós somos o AstroNuna! estamos muito curiosos em poder estabelecer conexões bonitas e elegantes entre os vários ramos da ciência que a NASA estuda. Somos pessoas muito curiosas, que ousamos pensar, e nos perguntamos como podemos compreender o UNIVERSO em que nos encontramos? Se você é apaixonado por isso, o que você está esperando para fazer parte da equipe AstroNuna! 🪐