Spacetorium App

Home Screen
SpaceCraft screen
StarMap Screen
Daily Article Screen

Inspiration

The inspiration behind this project was our passion for space and our desire to share it with the world. All of our group members have had a passion for space and we wanted to show this in the form of an app. We created the platform Spacetorium which allows its users to learn about space.

What it does

The app Spacetorium is made to educate its users on key aspects of space. It has 3 main features which are spacecrafts, star map , and daily article. The spacecrafts screen showcases key information about spacecrafts and includes images of them. This is received from the NASA API. The star map screen is a 3D map which allows users to examine our solar system. They can also enter manual coordinates into the app which will show its location on the map. Finally, the daily article screen shows a new article everyday about space which is received from the NASA API.

How we built it

We built this app using the Expo Snack web editor which allows us to run React native apps in the web. It was a combination of JavaScript and HTML with some CSS elements. We did not have much experience in React Native so after doing thorough research and testing, we were able to grasp how to use it and created the app.

Challenges we ran into

One of the major challenges we ran into was including all the data into our app. Initially we were not planning on using APIs and instead we were going to manually insert the data. This would have taken a lot of time and would be an inefficient way of making the code. We decided to use APIs as they would update live and make the code much more efficient. This was the main challenge we ran into but in the end we were able to get through it.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

One of the main accomplishments we are proud of is making our first app in React Native and showcasing our passion for space. We had minimal experience in React Native prior to this but we were able to teach ourselves how to use it and in the end create an app which followed our vision.

What we learned

There were two main things which we learned in this Hackathon. We first learned how to use Expo Snack to make apps and all of the built-in features of React Native. We also learnt the importance of collaboration in programming as it allows for projects to be made quicker and more efficiently.

What's next for Spacetorium App

While we are happy of what we have created in the Spacetorium App, we believe this is just the start of its features. We have plans of adding more features such as ISS Location, Planet Data, and asteroid detection which would allow the Spacetorium app to become the premier platform for space knowledge.

Built With

Submitted to

hack::peel 2022

Created by

I was mainly involved in the research for the project and the modules necessary for the functioning of the program. After a while of research me and my team felt that using the nasa api to get data on the space crafts and the daily articles that update every single day would be beneficial and I turn used that to build our code. I was also responsible for coding the screens and backgrounds of the application using two main programming language tags- HTML and Java script. I also helped to assist the team in further research with building the star models under the star exploration header using the virtual sky api.

Aniket Sethi
Overall, this project was a complete team contribution, I mainly assisted in the programming of the various images seen throughout the application. I used google to import some of the images of the sattelites and the planets, I have also used photoshop and photopea to edit and create my own images of the rovers and space shuttles inside the application to enhance the learning process. I also assisited in finding necessary modules for the informtion thet the application uses, for instance information about various rovers in space and all other space related news, my team and I thought that the nasa api would be extremely beneficial for this purpose as it not only has the information that we seeked, but also had information that we needed to code the entire application.

Abinesh Ananthan
I like making games
I assisted in researching and finding the NASA api module that gathers information necessary for the function of the app. I’ve also assisted for making the 3d models for the stars using virtual sky api which makes the 3d model of constellations in our solar system under the star exploration header.

Harsahib Grewal
I was in charge of getting the navigation between the screens working and the design of all the screens. I created the App.js file which connected all of the screens and was the main constructor for the entire map. Being the only group member with experience in JavaScript, I was in charge of going over the syntax and implementing the APIs in a desired way. Overall, this was a fun and interesting project which allowed our group to showcase their passion for space.

Jaicob Remon