Space Apps Challenge 2018

One of the tasks of any civilized society is the development of the erudition of the younger generation according to two strategies:

1. Strategy “Much about everything”
2. The “All About One” Strategy.

This determined the goal of our project - the popularization of knowledge about space - the transformation of scientific data that is boring for a non-expert to an interesting and understandable form for most - educational videos based on NASA data.

Our project is the creation series of tutorials on space using NASA resources. As for the implementation, for the hackathon, we created the first movie about the center of our solar system, the Sun (Russian version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHnK7tlUVlM

English version https://youtu.be/VW4GrjwtMhk).

Using programs:

• Adobe Premiere Pro and Autodesk Maya

1. Transitions:
• Exponential decay;
• Cross influx;
• Dive into white;
• Dive into black;
• Exit from opacity through an elliptical-shaped layer mask
2. Effects:
• Change video speed / duration;
• The use of color correction curves RGB through the adjustment layer;
• Increase the overall volume of the audio channel;
• Deformation stabilizer;
• Change the size / position of the video on the screen;
3. Libraries:
• Library transitions smooth transition package;
• The font is harvested.
4. Tools:
• Trimming;
• Selection;
• Mounting offset;
• Arm;
• Scale;
• Nest.
Prospects:
1. Translation into other languages.
2. Sign-interpretetion for inclusive education.
3. Constant updating of videos.
4. Use for teaching sudents of the second age.

Resources:
• The Sun: The Basics.
• Parker Solar Probe Changed the Game Before it Even Launched.
• Our Sun: Two Wavelengths, Two Different Images
• NASA Enters World of Ultra-High-Def (4K) Video
• NASA’s SDO Spots 2 Lunar Transits in Space
• Want to Learn More About the Sun? Here’s How

https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=11168
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12224
https://www.nasa.gov/content/ultra-high-definition-video-gallery
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?11168
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/light-wavelengths.html
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?11762
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12034