{"id":10457,"date":"2024-03-18T18:02:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T22:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/nasa-challenge-invites-artemis-generation-coders-to-johnson-space-center\/"},"modified":"2024-03-18T18:02:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T22:02:40","slug":"nasa-challenge-invites-artemis-generation-coders-to-johnson-space-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zobi.alcowep.com\/bourtagshdrevxnls658739\/nasa-challenge-invites-artemis-generation-coders-to-johnson-space-center\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Challenge Invites Artemis Generation Coders to Johnson Space Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASA Challenge Invites Artemis Generation Coders to Johnson Space Center<\/h2>\n

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NASA\u2019s Office of STEM Engagement has selected seven student teams to participate in a culminating event for the 2024 App Development Challenge<\/a> (ADC), one of the agency\u2019s Artemis Student Challenges<\/a>, at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The coding challenge invites middle and high school student teams to contribute to deep space exploration missions by developing solutions to real-world technical problems.<\/p>\n

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Screenshot of the app submitted by ADC Top Team, Team Spaghetti Code from Trinity Christian School in Morgantown, West Virginia. <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The ADC, a part of NASA\u2019s <\/a>Next Gen STEM project<\/a>, gives students an opportunity to participate in NASA\u2019s endeavors to land American astronauts, including the first woman and the first person of color, on the Moon. Artemis Generation students are prompted to create an application to visualize the Moon\u2019s South Pole region and display essential information for navigating the lunar surface and receiving signals from Earth. NASA will make history by sending the first humans to explore the region near the lunar South Pole on Artemis III.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorking on this application gave us a simplified understanding and real-world experience of how professionals approach similar problems in the work-field,\u201d stated Team Frostbyte, from North High School in Des Moines, Iowa, \u201cEngaging in this hands-on project has deepened our passion for innovative utilization of technology. Our participation in this challenge has only further affirmed our goals to pursue careers in these fields.\u201d<\/p>\n

Over the 10-week challenge, participating teams joined subject matter expert talks, attended ADC office hours, researched lunar landing regions and mathematical concepts, and spent hundreds of hours coding to develop their applications. Additionally, students learned about the complexities of communicating from the lunar surface with Earth-based assets from NASA\u2019s <\/a>Space Communications and Navigation<\/a> (SCaN) team.<\/p>\n

The following five teams excelled in their application and interview, thereby earning the chance to showcase their work to NASA leadership, tour NASA\u2019s unique facilities, and meet industry leaders, in April 2024 at NASA Johnson:<\/p>\n