Hackathon NASA

Threads of Light

Interactive Digital Book on Space Weather

This project was developed with the goal of creating an educational and interactive experience about Space Weather - how solar activity and cosmic phenomena affect human activities on Earth. Through a digital book with illustrations and mini-games, users can learn in a playful way about solar storms, cosmic radiation, and their impact on satellites, communications, power grids, and more.

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Project Overview

• An interactive digital book with illustrated pages and educational storytelling.
• Mini-games integrated into the narrative to reinforce learning.
• A Python API that fetches real data from NASA databases to enrich the content with up-to-date space weather information.

Technologies Used

• Godot Engine — main engine for the interactive book and mini-games.
• Python + FastAPI — backend service to fetch and serve NASA data.
• NASA APIs — data sources for space weather and solar events.
• JSON / REST — communication between Godot and the API.

Educational Goals

• Promote scientific literacy about space weather.
• Show how solar events can affect critical infrastructure on Earth.
• Spark curiosity about science, technology, and space exploration.