From your own backyard to the edges of the universe, discovery awaits at the @NASA Space Apps Challenge.
🔴 Map out a route for a human Marswalk
✨ Build a time-lapse sky viewer for the SPHEREx mission
🛰️ Tell the story of NASA's historic hardware on the Moon, Mars, and beyond
🌔 Design a Lunar South Pole landing and communication tool
Find your favorite challenge and get started today: bit.ly/4hgFZly
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From helping local farmers to predicting fire hotspots, our Earth related challenges are all about making a real-world impact. 🌱
Whether you want to build an "Earth Jukebox" that turns visuals into music, map extreme environments that mimic Mars, or create vital tools for farmers and emergency responders, there is a challenge waiting for you.
Register for #SpaceApps and choose a challenge today: bit.ly/4hgFZly
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Every successful space mission depends on one vital element: the humans on board. 🧑🚀
Whether you want to build health monitoring software for astronauts, design interactive mission simulation games, or create an AI-powered fire safety dashboard for human space exploration, there is a challenge for you.
Dive into the summaries, choose a challenge, and join or create a #SpaceApps team today: bit.ly/4hgFZly
NASA Space Apps Challenge retweeted
NASA @SpaceApps offers opportunities for anyone with an interest in space and science to address real-world challenges through an annual hackathon. This year's event is Nov. 14-15.
Choose from 14 challenges and join or create a #SpaceApps team today: bit.ly/4gmUvc8
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NASA Space Apps Challenge retweeted
This weekend, people all over the world will observe the Moon together, and you're invited! Join a local or virtual International Observe the Moon Night event, register as an individual observer, or gather your own Moon observing crew.
Get started: go.nasa.gov/ObserveTheMoon
14 NASA #SpaceApps challenges for all interests & skill levels are now live, plus team formation is open!🚀🌍🛰️
Explore topics in agriculture, missions to the Moon and Mars, microgravity combustion, & more from @NASA experts. Choose a challenge & create or join a team today: bit.ly/4hgFZly
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NASA Space Apps Challenge retweeted
Be part of the bigger picture! 🌌
With more than a million individual pixels per pointing of Roman’s Wide Field Imager, there’s a spot for everyone in Roman’s first images, set to be released in the next few months.
Grab your certificate and pixel number now: go.nasa.gov/AdoptAPixel
Registration for the 2026 NASA #SpaceApps Challenge is now open! 🚀
Be a part of the largest annual hackathon, where you can use open data from #NASA and space-based data from 17 Space Agency Partners to address the most pressing challenges in Earth and space exploration to spark innovation that’s grounded in experience and ready for tomorrow. 💫
Register now: bit.ly/3UWb2LG
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Announcing the 2026 @NASA #SpaceApps theme: the Next Frontier! 🪐
Join us on November 14-15 to develop tools that benefit humanity and contribute to the science and technology propelling us to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. 🚀 Registration opens August 26!
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This year, the NASA Space Apps Challenge is excited to welcome 17 Space Agency Partners, including four new agencies: Angola National Space Programme Management Office, Korea AeroSpace Administration, Nigeria’s National Space Research and Development Agency, and the Senegalese Space Studies Agency. Space Agency Partners provide open source data and resources for the challenges and collaborate with local leads to support the facilitation of local events throughout the world. 💫🌎
Navigator Forms are now open! Make a difference in your community by becoming a Navigator. Connect with a global community of technologists, scientists, and innovators.
As a Navigator you can:
🧭 Connect with @NASA subject matter experts
🧭 Guide & support participants during the hackathon
🧭 Review resources & projects
Fill out an Interest Form today: bit.ly/3TJYV44
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Registration for this year's hackathon opens August 26! Join @NASA Space Apps Challenge on November 14-15 to use NASA’s open data to address the most pressing challenges in Earth and space exploration. 🪐














