NASA Space App Challenge for high schooler

Youth Innovation Lab
5 min readAug 29, 2023

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本文专门用于介绍NASA Space App Challenge中比较适合高中生(部分初中生)的一些项目(challenge)。

什么是NASA Space App Challenge / NASA 国际太空应用挑战赛?

每年十月,在为期两天的时间里,来自世界各地的程序员、企业家、科学家、设计师、故事讲述者、制造者、建造者、艺术家和技术专家齐聚一堂,参加一场全球黑客马拉松。 NASA 国际太空应用挑战赛的参与者创建了面对面和虚拟团队,利用来自 NASA 及其航天局合作伙伴的开源数据来解决挑战。

高中生的程度,一般高中生都没有编程基础,少数有编程基础的,也基本上缺乏数据分析的基础,这些局限让高中生参与NASA Space App Challenge会有不少的挑战,但是并不代表高中生就一定不能参与,NASA Space App Challenge有高达16

下面是我们根据2022年的NASA Space App Challenge主题,总结出来比较适合高中生的主题。

1. BUILD A SPACE BIOLOGY SUPERHERO

https://2022.spaceappschallenge.org/challenges/2022-challenges/space-biology-superhero/details

Space exploration involves overcoming numerous challenges: extreme gravity, disrupted sleep and circadian rhythms, limited supplies, and access to medical care, etc. Your challenge is to design a platform that allows users to explore space travel stresses, understand how diverse organisms deal with these stresses, and then build a “Space Biology Superhero” by combining features from these organisms.

打造太空生物学超级英雄

太空探索涉及克服众多挑战:极端重力、睡眠和昼夜节律紊乱、供应有限以及获得医疗护理等。你的挑战是设计一个平台,让用户能够探索太空旅行的压力,了解不同的生物体如何应对这些压力 压力,然后通过结合这些生物体的特征来构建“太空生物超级英雄”。

2. EXPLORING VENUS TOGETHER

https://2022.spaceappschallenge.org/challenges/2022-challenges/exploring-venus/details

Your challenge is to design an energy storage system that will power a surface lander or rover on the surface of Venus for at least 60 days, so that there is a viable energy storage capability for long-duration exploration missions.

一起探索金星

你面临的挑战是设计一个储能系统,为金星表面的地面着陆器或漫游车提供至少 60 天的电力,以便为长期探索任务提供可行的储能能力。

3. HOW DOES CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECT YOU?

https://2022.spaceappschallenge.org/challenges/2022-challenges/climate-change/details

Climate change is a universal topic that may affect people all over our planet in different ways. Your challenge is to create a short video that provides factual and educational information about climate change based on where you might be located or experiences you may have encountered.

气候变化对你有何影响?

气候变化是一个普遍的话题,可能会以不同的方式影响地球上的人们。 你面临的挑战是制作一个短片,根据你可能所在的位置或你可能遇到的经历,提供有关气候变化的事实和教育信息。

4. LEARNING THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

https://2022.spaceappschallenge.org/challenges/2022-challenges/through-the-looking-glass/details

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is the largest, most powerful, and most complex space science telescope ever built. Your challenge is to develop a game to help people learn about the James Webb Space Telescope’s amazing capabilities.

透过镜子学习

美国宇航局的詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜是迄今为止最大、最强大、最复杂的太空科学望远镜。 你的挑战是开发一款游戏来帮助人们了解詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜的惊人功能。

5. ON THE WAY TO THE SUN

https://2022.spaceappschallenge.org/challenges/2022-challenges/on-the-way-to-the-sun/details

On April 28, 2021, during its eighth flyby of the Sun, Parker Solar Probe did what no other human-made object has ever done: it “touched” the Sun — meaning the spacecraft flew through the Sun’s upper atmosphere (the corona) and sampled particles and magnetic fields there. Your challenge is to develop a creative way to tell young audiences the inspiring story of Parker’s record-breaking journey from Earth to the Sun and all the perils it overcame on the way.

奔向太阳的路上

2021 年 4 月 28 日,在第八次飞越太阳期间,帕克太阳探测器完成了其他人造物体从未做过的事情:它“接触”了太阳 — 意味着航天器飞过太阳的高层大气(日冕)并 在那里采样了粒子和磁场。 你面临的挑战是开发一种创造性的方式,向年轻观众讲述帕克从地球到太阳的破纪录旅程的鼓舞人心的故事,以及途中克服的所有危险。

6. TRACK THE SPACE STATION IN 3D

https://2022.spaceappschallenge.org/challenges/2022-challenges/track-the-iss/details

Applications that track the International Space Station are easy to find online, but their features and capabilities vary. Your challenge is to build and publish an open-source web application that tracks the space station in three dimensions.

以 3D 方式追踪空间站

跟踪国际空间站的应用程序很容易在网上找到,但它们的特性和功能各不相同。 你的挑战是构建和发布一个开源 Web 应用程序,在三个维度上跟踪空间站。

7. TURNING STEM INTO STEAM

https://2022.spaceappschallenge.org/challenges/2022-challenges/steam/details

A goal of open science is to make scientific information available to all, and original and innovative approaches can be helpful to effectively communicate scientific information to people with different cultural, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds. Your challenge is to develop a creative method that uses the arts to share and explain the design, process, and/or scientific results from a NASA or partner space agency research project to your audience — i.e., develop an approach that combines science, technology, engineering, the arts, and math (STEAM).

将STEM变成STEAM

开放科学的目标是让所有人都能获得科学信息,原创和创新的方法有助于向不同文化、社会经济和种族背景的人们有效地传播科学信息。 你的挑战是开发一种创造性的方法,利用艺术向你的受众分享和解释 NASA 或合作航天局研究项目的设计、过程和/或科学结果,即开发一种结合科学、技术、 工程、艺术和数学 (STEAM)。

8. VISUALIZING THE JOVIAN SYSTEM LIKE NEVER BEFORE

https://2022.spaceappschallenge.org/challenges/2022-challenges/jovian-system/details

While NASA’s space probe Juno orbits the planet Jupiter and its moons, its visible-light camera, JunoCam, captures dazzling views of the Jovian system in spectacular detail. Your challenge is to create innovative ways to process JunoCam raw images for scientific, artistic, or other fun purposes.

以前所未有的方式可视化木星系统

当美国宇航局的太空探测器朱诺号绕木星及其卫星运行时,其可见光相机朱诺相机以壮观的细节捕捉到了木星系统的令人眼花缭乱的景色。 你面临的挑战是创建创新的方法来处理 JunoCam 原始图像,以用于科学、艺术或其他有趣的目的。
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9. CREATE YOUR OWN CHALLENGE

https://2022.spaceappschallenge.org/challenges/2022-challenges/create-your-own-challenge/details

Do you have an idea that doesn’t fit any of the other challenges? This is the place for you, whether you want to design and develop an app, create data visualization, or anything else you can think of using NASA data! Develop your own challenge, and then create your own solution.

No specific resources will be provided for this challenge. However, you are welcome to use any of NASA’s open data. You may also use open data from other space agencies.

Please note: By choosing to Invent Your Own Challenge, you will not be eligible for a Global Award.

创造你自己的挑战

你是否有一个不适合任何其他挑战的想法? 无论你是想设计和开发应用程序、创建数据可视化,还是你能想到的使用 NASA 数据的任何其他内容,这里都是你的最佳选择! 制定自己的挑战,然后创建自己的解决方案。
不会为此挑战提供具体资源。 但是,欢迎你使用 NASA 的任何开放数据。 你还可以使用其他航天机构的开放数据。

请注意:选择“发明自己的挑战”后,你将没有资格获得全球奖项。

YCIC(www.ycic.club) will host the NASA Space App Challenge this year (2023), we specifically focus on the high schooler to participate this world largest hackathon, if you have interesting, please send email to inquiry at info@ycic.club (subject: NASA event)

YCIC(青少年编程创新俱乐部)将主办2023 NASA Space App Challenge Dix Hills NY分赛区比赛,YCIC将会采用VIRTUAL和ON SITE混合模式,参赛者可以远程参与,也可以到现场参与活动,比赛适合工程类大学生和部分有编程基础的高中生,欢迎大家联系我们,参与比赛。

报名链接:

https://www.spaceappschallenge.org/2023/locations/dix-hills-ny/

有问题请发EMAIL到info@ycic.club(subject:NASA challenge)

(source from https://2022.spaceappschallenge.org/challenges/)

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