About

THE EVENT

The International Space Apps Challenge -a NASA Open Innovation Initiative- is an annual two-day hackathon where teams of technologists, engineers, scientists, designers, artists, educators, entrepreneurs, developers and students across the globe collaborate and engage with publicly available data to design innovative solutions for global challenges.

THE CHALLENGE

The event embraces collaborative problem solving with a goal of producing relevant open-source solutions to advance space exploration missions and improve life on Earth. It is open to anyone who has a passion for developing real solutions to global challenges. NASA is leading this global collaboration along with a number of additional government collaborators and local organizations.

SPACE APPS SOUSSE IS BACK!

This year we will be organizing an NASA Space Event Hub with collaboration with many groups (IEEE) in Sousse-Tunisia, by organizing a parallel Conferences and workshops to the Hackathon, so Non-participants in the Challenge will be able to access to a free Conferences related to Aerospace and NASA fields of interest as we will be inviting Young Professionals and specialists .

NASA Open Innovation Initiative is a model for innovation. The ability to contribute towards solving meaningful challenges is the most important motivator for most participants in mass collaboration.

GET INVOLVED

Have you ever thought about solving a NASA challenge?
Now it’s your time to show the world what you can do!

Step 1: Register

Registration opens soon.

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Register Here

Step 2: Pick a challenge

Choose a challenge that captures your imagination and uses your skills.

Step 3: Pre-event (Data bootcamp)

Join us on our ‘Information Session’ on 22 April 2017 to form your team and enjoy our related workshops.

Register For Data-Bootcamp

Step 4: Hackathon!

Join us on 29th- 30th April 2017 for the hackathon weekend.
And Develop your solution.

2017 CHALLENGES

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THE EARTH AND US

Challenges in this category will ask you to combine NASA Earth Science data with sociological and economic information to generate new understanding and perspectives on human-environment interactions.

PLANETARY BLUES

Challenges in this category will ask you to analyze and visualize NASA’s data on the hydrosphere (surface and groundwater, etc.) and the cryosphere (sea ice and ice sheets, etc.).

WARNING! DANGER AHEAD!

Challenges in this category will ask you to analyze NASA data to assist in monitoring natural disasters and phenomena associated with health risks, and to assess their impacts on life and property.

OUR ECOLOGICAL NEIGHBORHOOD

Challenges in this category will ask you to use NASA Earth Science data to study ecological systems and generate solutions to understand life here on Earth better.

IDEATE AND CREATE!

Challenges in this category will ask you to interpret NASA Earth Science data creatively and design new means to experience NASA Earth Science data and technologies.