High-Level Project Summary
In our project we aimed to develop a platform that inform all kind of people about solar missions in a catchy way. To achieve this we prepared different contents by using space agencies' data and brought them together on a website. We created a place that people can read articles about solar missions and discuss with each other about them. After all, users can test what they learned from the website by playing the game that we made. We also added a "NFT shop" and "File Share" sections to encourage people to be productive and share their ideas and digital products about the future of solar exploration.This is the first step to create an advanced platform to appeal to more and more people.
Link to Project "Demo"
Link to Final Project
Detailed Project Description
We developed a website for all people. The site has 5 main sections which are Info, Game, Blog, File Share and NFT Shop.
In the Info section, we wrote an article called "Exploring The Sun" with the information that we gathered from different space agencies' data. In the future site admins will publish new articles or videos that are summarized and visualized way of data.
In the Game section, users can download "The Sun Mission" game that we made for people who want to test themselves about the text they read in the Info section. We used "Aseprite" to draw the background, planets, meteors, Parker Solar Probe and the other things in the game's interface. And "Unity" is the program that we brought the drawings together and built the game. In the game, player's aim is to transmit Parker Solar Probe to the Sun by answering the questions prepared from the article.
In the Blog section, there is an habitat where members can write their own ideas about the space missions. Also admins ask questions to encourage people to share their ideas.
In the File Share section, users and admins can share digital contents about space missions to inform and inspire each other.
In the NFT Shop, users and admins can put up for sale digital products they made and buy each others' creations.
Developable Sides
This is our project's demo version and we want to develop it from every aspects. Questions in the game can be updated correspondingly to informations given in the Info section. Also a reward system can be added to the game to promote players to use the website more. If the website is liked by people it can be improved to a multilingual platform includes app.
Space Agency Data
We used ESA, JAXA and NASA's data to learn about solar exploration. With this data we wrote an article , prepared an infographic for the website. Also we used photos from that data in the website and took them as reference for the game's drawings.
Hackathon Journey
When we first met with NASA's and other space agencies' incredible source of information we were amazed and thought that these data should be reached by as many people as possible. After deciding to join the "Space Apps Challenge" and saw the "Unlocking The Secrets of The Sun" challenge, we thought it was the perfect category for us to achieve our aim. We came together as six team members with different ideas and abilities to solve this challenge. During these two days all members worked enthusiastically and had a great time. We learned the importance of working hard, cooperating and team spirit.
As a conclusion, it was a wonderful experience for us. We are grateful to all the authorities for this beautiful event.
References
Data and resources:
https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/parker-solar-probe-videoshttps://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/traveling-to-the-sun-why-won-t-parker-solar-probe-melthttps://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Solar_Orbiter/The_dawn_of_multipoint_solar_sciencehttps://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/sun-space-weather/solar-coronahttps://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/522/10-things-to-know-about-parker-solar-probe/https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/parker-solar-probe-humanity-s-first-visit-to-a-starhttps://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/1164/how-big-is-the-solar-system/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/the-sunhttps://spaceplace.nasa.gov/sun-age/en/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Solar_System_probeshttps://www.nasa.gov/content/solar-orbiter-overviewhttps://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Solar_Orbiterhttps://www.nasa.gov/content/solar-orbiter-instrumentshttp://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/The-Mission/index.php#introductionhttps://spaceplace.nasa.gov/sun-corona/en/https://earth.esa.int/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/t/themishttps://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/geotail/http://www.srl.caltech.edu/ACE/https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Operations/Cluster_II_operationshttp://www.timed.jhuapl.edu/WWW/index.phphttps://hesperia.gsfc.nasa.gov/rhessi2/https://darts.isas.jaxa.jp/solar/hinode/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pageshttps://www.nasa.gov/content/cindi-coupled-ion-neutral-dynamic-investigationhttps://mms.gsfc.nasa.gov/about_mms.htmlhttps://www.nasa.gov/content/solar-orbiter-science
https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/parker-solar-probe-humanity-s-first-visit-to-a-starhttps://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/the-heliopediahttps://science.nasa.gov/heliophysicshttps://history.nasa.gov/EP-177/ch3-1.htmlhttps://spaceplace.nasa.gov/aurora/en/https://scitechdaily.com/watch-atlas-v-rocket-launch-solar-orbiter-into-space-live/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parker_Solar_Probe_spacecraft_model_2.pnghttps://scitechdaily.com/something-mysterious-is-going-on-at-the-sun/
Tools:
- https://www.wix.com
- https://www.canva.com
- Unity
- Aseprite
Tags
#sun, #solarmissions, #parkersolarprobe, #solarorbiter, #game, #heliophysics, #website, #interactive, #publicawareness
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