Northern Virginia teens finalists in national coding competition

Photo courtesy of Dr. Ales Psaker, teacher and team sponsor of Blinding Lights.

Students from the Governor’s School at Innovation Park in Manassas, Virginia, are one of ten finalists in the “TI Codes Contest,” a nationwide coding competition hosted by NASA and Texas Instruments.

NASA and Texas Instruments challenged students across the country to improve a process or product on the International Space Station. After several rounds of competition, the teams have been narrowed down to the top ten. Team Blinding Lights designed a module that uses UV light along with a network of sensors to sanitize the International Space Station. You can see a video of their project and vote for them here: NASATICodesContest.com. Their video is titled: 2020 NASA & TI Codes Contest: Team Blinding Lights!

From September 1 –14, the public can vote for team Blinding Lights to help them become the grand prize winner here: NASATICodesContest.com.

The winning team will have the opportunity to visit NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston for a behind-the-scenes tour when travel conditions improve. Each member of the winning team will receive a graphing calculator and TI’s calculator-controlled robotic vehicle, the TI-Innovator Rover, as well as a gift card for their class.