NASA's Space Apps Challenge

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Running annually since 2012, NASA’s International Space Apps Challenge brings coders, designers, entrepreneurs and makers together from across the globe to take on a series of challenges developed by NASA.

Last year, over 26,000 people in almost 4,000 teams developed and submitted more than 2,300 projects on hackathon weekend at 251 events in 148 countries. During the intense hackathon, teams form and produce solutions that leverage NASA’s extensive spacecraft, celestial, and science dataset. Since 2018, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) took part as well, providing specific CSA challenges for teams to take on. This year, the challenge will be held entirely virtually across the globe. Registration links can be found further down in this page!

Space Apps draws people of all ages and skill levels to tackle challenges using data collected by NASA and the CSA related to living on Earth and in space. Over 48 hours, individuals will form teams from a common interest in a specific challenge, work towards a solution to that challenge, and present their idea to a panel, all while being mentored by experts.

You can find more information about this challenge at the NASA and CSA websites!

The 2022 SEDS co-hosted Space Apps hackathons will be taking place in 6 cities across Canada: Calgary, Vancouver, Hamilton, and Whitehorse in Yukon!

Taking place between October 2nd to October 3rd, click your city below to register!

Calgary
Calgary
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Whitehorse in Yukon
Vancouver
Vancouver
Hamilton
Hamilton

Meet the Past Winners…

CSA Space Apps Challenge Finalists & Winning Teams

NASA Space Apps Global Nominees:  

Toronto (Main Event)

Toronto (Youth Event)

3.14 Heads 
Rain Rangers
Where’s Wilfred
WISEbot 137

Hamilton

Calgary

Academic Honesty
The Red Planet
Team Winnable
ASTERIA

Testimonials

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Andrea Aguirre
Team 3.14 Heads, Space Apps Toronto

Space Apps Toronto was a great learning opportunity, this event took me out of my comfort zone and I’ll always be thankful for that. I am interested to continue innovating in this field going in the future.”

Check out some of the pictures from past events

Check out the previous NASA Space Apps Challenge

Check out our other projects and events

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