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SPACE APPS 2022:

Join us October 1-2 for events in person or virtually!

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June 22, 2022

“Make Space” Is the 2022 Space Apps Theme

This year’s “Make Space” theme celebrates that, at Space Apps, “there’s always space for one more”

Zoom group picture grid view of the Space Apps community and NASA civil servants, experts, scientists, and leaders, including Dr. Keith Gaddis, NASA Program Scientist for the Space Apps Challenge on bottom left

May 31, 2022

The Annual Global Winners Celebration

A look inside the virtual Space Apps Global Winners Celebration with NASA Leaders and our Space Apps Community

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Welcome

to the largest annual
space & science hackathon
in the solar system!

Join us October 1-2 as thousands of people across the world come together for Space Apps 2022! Registration opens July 15, 2022.

Last year, Space Apps welcomed over 28,000 registrants, across 163 countries and territories. Using open data from NASA and our nine partner space agencies, they tackled 28 challenges and produced 2,814 projects.

Stay tuned for details on this year’s Challenges, #SpaceApps stories, and more. In the meantime, explore last year’s winning projects and the Space Apps FAQ.

Space Apps 2022 FAQ

Make

inventive solutions to real-world
challenges using actual data
from space.

This year, NASA is collaborating with even more space agency partners to bring the largest annual global hackathon to communities around the world! Stay tuned for our announcement of our new 2022 partners, who will join the incredible line up of returning space agency partners: Australian Space Agency, Brazilian Space Agency, Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, National Space Activities Commission of Argentina, National Space Science Agency of Bahrain, Paraguayan Space Agency, South African National Space Agency.

Space Apps is managed by the Earth Science Division, Science Mission Directorate, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. It is organized in collaboration with Booz Allen Hamilton, Mindgrub, SecondMuse, and the NASA Open Innovation Applied Sciences Program.

How Does It Work?

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

The World

needs your ideas!

Space Apps gives you the opportunity to bring your ideas to life, tackling a wide range of issues at the forefront of Earth and space science and tech. We are looking forward to seeing the innovative, creative ideas you bring to the community this year!