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July 17, 2026
The 2026 NASA Space Apps Challenge will take place November 14-15, 2026.
The NASA Space Apps Challenge offers opportunities for students, technologists, and citizen scientists to better understand how to utilize NASA open data to respond to today’s most pressing science and space exploration challenges. No matter your age, skill level, or professional background, when you participate in the NASA Space Apps Challenge, you join a global community that embraces collaboration across borders, sectors, and cultures to develop projects and tools that improve life on Earth and in space.
There is no cost to participate in the NASA Space Apps Challenge. If you are asked to pay money to participate in any aspect of a NASA Space Apps event, do not pay anything and please report to [email protected].
The NASA Space Apps Challenge is open to all ages! However, participants who are under the age of 18 must be registered for the event by a parent or legal guardian and must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian at all times during the event. Recognizable names, voices, and likenesses of persons under the age of 18 should not be included in any video or project submissions. Please read the details in our Participant Terms & Conditions.
The NASA Space Apps Challenge takes place at hundreds of events around the world. You may participate in an in-person or virtual Local Event near you or the virtual Universal Event if there is not an event near you.
Local Events are organized by Local Leads. Learn more about how to host a Local Event.
We strive to ensure that NASA Space Apps is a place where all feel they belong, where all are comfortable being authentic, and where all are empowered to contribute to their fullest.
If you experience or witness discrimination, harassment, or any form of bullying during the NASA Space Apps Challenge, or have any other concerns, please contact your Local Lead and/or the NASA Space Apps Global Organizing (GO) Team at [email protected]. The GO Team will take appropriate action, which may include warning or expelling offending participants from the event.