Aurora

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11PyW_6p4uyQqD4KXrbwpa-OETrVf60_V/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107337599711466534427&rtpof=true&sd=true

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I1UjRHJBt-vX4U-lvMMJT0vE9GE6TSLA/view?usp=sharing

• The system provides the possibility and ease of farming in space and works to provide an integrated diet for the crew on long trips to explore outer space, as it allows the cultivation of more than one type of agricultural crop at one time.
• The system provides the possibility of storing the harvest safely and hygienically without affecting the fruits.
• In the system urine water will be purified and reused to irrigate the plant and get rid of the rest of the waste.
• The system consists of a box made of polyetheretherketone and the box is divided into many parts.
• The farming system used is the Aeroponics system, where irrigation water is provided by the water from fuel cells, and then this water is mixed with the nutrients that each plant needs to complete its growth.
• The water vapor produced by the transpiration process is condensed and reused to irrigate the plant again.
• There is another source of irrigation water by purifying urine water and reusing it.
• An appropriate amount of lighting will be provided for each plant.
• The system will be closed and automatically equipped with cameras and sensors.
• When the harvest is ready, we use air suction technology and food packaging, and then we store it in a box coated with nanosilver from the inside, and the box is equipped with air suction technology.
• Human waste will be disposed of as:
• Urine water will be purified and reused to irrigate the plant
• The stool is stored in plastic bags.

• We used the lighting system used in the APH system.
• The system will be closed and automated, and it will be equipped with cameras and sensors, and it will be in constant interactive contact with the team on the ground so that it does not need a lot of daily care from the crew, as in the APH system. The system will be equipped with image processing technology for the early detection of diseases that infect the plant.
• The data provided by the space agency has inspired us to think of another way to grow plants without soil.

• It was a very interesting and fun journey filled with a lot of exciting information, exploration, learning and experiences.
• we have learned a lot of things about life in outer space, the irrigation systems, how to store food as long as possible, how to get rid of human wastes, and to reuse everything around us.
• Our love and passion for outer space exploration and our desire to delve deeper into the conditions of cultivation in space was the biggest motivation for us to choose this challenge.
• In the beginning, we researched the challenge more and looked at the resources provided by the competition, and then we began to extract the important ideas and search for the best solutions, and after that, we began to invent and imagine some solutions and we began to discuss with the supervisors, and they helped us and helped us to think correctly. Then we continued to do research in order to be more and more knowledgeable until we reached this solution and overcame the problems by thinking again in a different way about those problems and challenges and reaching another solution.
• We would like to thank our monitors for helping us, saving time, correcting misconceptions, and providing us with information
• We would like to thank the supportive team for helping us.

• https://waste4change.com/blog/7-types-plastic-need-know/
•  https://www.nasa.gov/feature/recycling-in-space-waste-handling-in-a-microgravity-environment-challenge/#:~:text=Current%20waste%20disposal%20methods%20on,burns%20up%20in%20the%20atmosphere.
• https://www.nasa.gov/content/growing-plants-in-space
• https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/veggie_fact_sheet_508.pdf
• https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/advanced-plant-habitat.pdf
• https://www.energy.gov/eere/fuelcells/fuel-cells
• https://e3arabi.com/nutrition/%D8%AD%D9%81%D8%B8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%BA%D8%B0%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%BA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A/
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7174845/#:~:text=In%20addition%20to%20being%20able,anchor%20to%20the%20cell%20surface.&text=The%20accumulated%20silver%20nanoparticles%20can%20cause%20cell%20membrane%20denaturation

This project has been submitted for consideration during the Judging process.