WELCOME TO SPACE APPS VILNIUS 2023!

We're excited to host the NASA Space Apps Challenge in Vilnius for the 4th time!

Just last year, tAMing particles, an all-Lithuanian team, won the “Best Use of Technology“ category of the NASA Space Apps Challenge 2022. It was a great achievement for the whole space community and showed how far we‘ve come in our abilities, knowledge and ecosystem creation.

This year, the largest international space and science hackathon, Vilnius event will be held in person on October 7-8.

Venue: Visoriai Information Technology Park, Mokslininku str. 2A, Vilnius

NASA Space Apps Challenge – it is two days hackathon that unites space enthusiasts around the globe.

Space Apps provides a platform for problem solvers worldwide to use free and open data from NASA and its Space Agency Partners. Space Apps Challenge teams use these resources to solve challenges written by NASA experts, featuring topics ranging from storytelling to software development, astrophysics, space exploration, and more.

We welcome to join all curious and bright minds: coders, scientists, designers, storytellers, makers, builders, technologists, space enthusiasts and problem solvers.

TEAMS WILL GET:

🚀NASA challenges & space data (by NASA and its Space Partners) 🚀 2000 Eur prize fund for 2 Lithuanian winner teams 🚀1-2 nominations for the NASA international competition 🚀Special prizes of the partners 🚀Support from mentors & experts during event

FIND ANSWERS TO YOUR SPACE APPS QUESTIONS

Find basic information to guide your Space Apps journey under the “Welcome” tab (above). You can also check out the Participant FAQ and other guides (on Space Apps Chat, team formation, project submission, etc.), once they are available. All guides will be posted on the Resources page.

MENTORS

Ignas Daugėla, PhD, specializes in geospatial data, photogrammetry, data fusion, and drone application

Ronaldas Jacunskas specializes in aircraft engineering

Geda Daškevičiūtė-Lazauskienė specializes in product development, market research and project management

Arūnas Ungulaitis specializes in IT system architecture, communication systems and artificial intelligence

Matas Razgūnas specializes in embedded systems programming and hardware design for drone applications

JURY

Inga Popovaitė, PhD - Researcher, Space sociologist at Kaunas University of Technology

Laurynas Šišovas - Vice Dean at VILNIUS TECH AGAI

Daina Bilkštytė-Skanė - Program Manager at Unmanned Defense Systems

Miroslav Lučinskij - CEO at Critical Security

SPONSORS

Kongsberg NanoAvionics is working to enable space to improve life on Earth. The company is the one of world's leading small satellites manufacturer and mission integrators as well as the first Lithuanian aerospace company. Kongsberg NanoAvionics supply satellites and their mission integration services to organizations in over 47 countries, such as NASA, ESA, Thales Alenia Space, and MIT. The company has already launched 33 satellites, 12 this year alone. Over 290 employees are working in the 4 offices worldwide - Vilnius, Kaunas, UK, USA - and the company keeps growing.

Critical Security was established in 2007 by a group of cyber security enthusiasts, and since then, the company has been providing high-quality security assessments and penetration tests to various organizations. Our team is made up of experienced and certified security professionals who are dedicated to delivering customized solutions that meet each client’s unique needs. We take a proactive approach to cybersecurity, helping organizations identify potential risks before they become major problems. With extensive experience working with clients from a diverse range of industries around the globe, including finance, healthcare, education, and technology, we are well-equipped to handle the unique security challenges of each industry.

PARTNERS

Lithuanian Museum of Ethnocosmology – a special museum which explore the relationship of mankind with the Cosmic World. Its 80 cm diameter telescope for visitors is one of the largest in Europe.

Lithuanian Space Technology Cluster unifying companies Kongsberg NanoAvionics, BlackSwan Space, ELSIS PRO, Sensmetry and Geomatrix. One of the goals of the cluster is the representation of Lithuanian space sector in the country as well as in international organizations and projects, the launch of collective projects.

GO Vilnius - the official development agency of the City of Vilnius – provides visitors, investors, relocating talent, entrepreneurs and businesses with everything they need to know about our city.

Natural mineral water “Akvilė” is formed in pure nature. In this territory, any economical or industrial activities, which could harm harmony of the nature, are prohibited. Lots of efforts are made to treasure the intact nature and all of its gifts, therefore, the alkaline (pH-8,0) water “Akvilė” is especially clean and pure – 0 nitrates! Absolutely suitable for daily use by the entire family.

ORGANIZERS

Visoriai Information Technology Park is an innovation community uniting high-tech companies, including Kongsberg NanoAvionics – a small satellite mission integrator focused on delivering new generation satellite buses and their mission services for the satellite applications market. VITP is the Ambassador of Space Technologies and the organizer of events NASA Space Apps Challenge and ActInSpace in Lithuania. At the end of 2022 ESA and VITP signs implementation and management contract of European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre Lithuania.