Space Buddies: The Moon

THE CHALLENGE: Book it to the Moon
Solar System

Develop an interactive app for children that uses smart phone and tablet sensory to locate the Moon (any time of the day, even below horizon), which unlocks current lunar data (phase, distance, etc), and then presents the user options for reading a "Moon" related story, view space agency photos and videos, and/or fun facts about the Moon. The goal of this challenge is edutainment and raising awareness about lunar missions around the world.

Explanation

1: Find The Moon
2: Go to Moon
3: Explore the Moon
4: Add new info to Data Center
5: Again! New Mission

Resources Used

http://api.wolframalpha.com for lunar azimuth/elevation
IBM Bluemix (potential)
NASA, ESA, Russian Archives for media content

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