NASA’s International Space Apps Challenge, initiated in 2012, has become the world’s largest global hackathon. Teams representing artists, designers, entrepreneurs, scientists, and others use NASA’s open data to develop innovative and practical solutions to real-time challenges on Earth and in space.
The 2020 NASA International Space Apps Challenge hackathon will be held on October 2-4, 2020. Applications to serve as Local Leads – those individuals who organize the 48-hackathon in a specific city or town – are currently open on the website. Applicants with NASA affiliations are welcome to apply, but this affiliation is not required. In 2019, 225 Local Leads hosted Space Apps events in 71 countries, and over 29,000 people registered to participate worldwide. Please visit the website for program details or contact the program team.