More than 50,000 participants have registered for the 2023 NASA Space Apps Challenge, which runs from Saturday, October 7th to Sunday, October 8th. This is an annual global hackathon.
During the two-day event, participants will form teams and apply software development, engineering, art, storytelling, science, and other skills to solve science-related challenges written by NASA employees. Teams can attend local events around the world in person or virtually.
This year’s theme is “Explore Open Science Together,” which celebrates the benefits and successes that come from sharing open data.
“NASA has a 60-year tradition of pushing the boundaries of how science can be used to understand the universe,” said Nicola Fox, associate administrator for science at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “This year’s Space Apps Challenge supports one of our key goals: expanding these limits. Open science produces research that is transparent, reproducible and reproducible, while increasing diversity and inclusion.”
The Space Apps Challenge experience provides a platform to network locally and globally, develop new skills, and identify pathways to pursue academic and professional opportunities.
Here is a list of online hackathon activities:
- Follow Space App activity X, Space Apps Facebook, and Space Apps Instagram accounts. Use #SpaceApps in your social posts.
- Friday, 5pm ET: The “Welcome to Space Apps” kickoff video premieres on the Space Apps YouTube page.
- Sunday at 2:30 a.m. EDT: We’ll be hosting an Instagram Live on our Space Apps account, featuring four local events from around the world: Italy, Australia, and two from across the United States.
Once the hackathon concludes, the projects will be submitted for review to experts from NASA and other space agencies. Participants will compete for his one of ten global awards. The winners will be announced in January 2024, followed by a celebration of the winners in June.
Thirteen space agencies and community partners and volunteers from around the world have partnered with NASA to host a successful hackathon. Since its launch in 2021, the challenge has attracted more than 260,000 subscribers from nearly 200 countries and territories around the world to build innovative solutions to challenges faced on Earth and in space. doing. There is no cost to participate.
Learn more about NASA’s Space Apps Challenge online:
https://www.spaceappschallenge.org/2023/challenges/