Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. - Carl Sagan
October 4-5, 2025 | Virtual + Hybrid | NASA Space Apps Cambridge & Greater Boston
Welcome to the Space Apps Cambridge community!
The NASA International Space Apps Challenge is the world’s largest annual hackathon, advancing innovation for people, our planet, and space. We inspire teams to collaborate and use creativity, science, technology, and open data from NASA and Space Agency Partners to create solutions to challenges on Earth and in space.
NASA Space Apps Cambridge invites all students, professionals, and residents who are currently living and/or studying and/or working in the City of Cambridge, City of Boston, the Greater Boston Metropolitan Area, and surrounding cities/towns in New England, to join us for the local edition of the world’s largest hackathon/create-thon.
We are bringing together Renaissance thinkers, doers, makers, creators across all fields and disciplines: Coders. Artists. Scientists. Educators. Designers. Sustainability champions. Engineers. Storytellers. Researchers. Policymakers. Environment lovers. Data scientists. Health professionals. Space enthusiasts. Students, parents, creators, makers, innovators all!
Participants and Partners will join exciting, innovative global and local communities that celebrate creativity, invention, innovation, and inspiring collaborations across diverse interests and expertise.
Notes:
This is a free program: There are no registration fees!
Pre-Registration starts April 1, 2025.
Register as soon as you can (by September 22), to receive tips and additional info to maximize your experience on Oct. 4-5, 2025.
This will be a hybrid and distributed event:
Participants can choose where to work: on campus, at home, at work, at a cafe, wherever you feel most comfortable and can do your best work.
At the same time, there will be a number of central locations across Cambridge and Greater Boston where Participants can check in and connect with the community: there will be onsite mentors, volunteers, food/drinks.
All Pre-Registered Participants are invited to join all the (free) community socials, mixers, and educational forums we’re hosting, to connect with each other, make new friendships, and also get prepared for the Oct. 4-5 hackathon.
Participation in NASA Space Apps Cambridge is exclusive for those who live/study/work in Cambridge, Greater Boston, and the surrounding cities/towns in New England (within ~1 hour drive of Cambridge/Boston) - including universities and colleges invited to participate.
If you are living/studying/working in a different geographic area or a different country, please register with the closest NASA Space Apps hub/location to you, or for the NASA Space Apps Universal event, which is purely virtual.
Why Join & Participate?
By joining us and participating in NASA Space Apps Cambridge, you will receive enriching rewards and chances to win great Awards!
All Participants who submit your Individual Project or Team Project with NASA by the deadline (October 6th at 11:59PM EST) - will enjoy many rewards for participation, and be eligible for exciting Local Awards with NASA Space Apps Cambridge, and great Global Awards with NASA Global Space Apps. (Click on the links to check out the many Rewards you will receive for participating, and the Awards available)!
All Participants will also enjoy these great benefits:
Community
After participating in the event (and submitting by deadline), Participants will be invited to join exciting, innovative global and local communities with NASA and NASA Space Apps Cambridge - as well as a special, exclusive network of leaders and emerging leaders - celebrating creativity, invention, innovation, education, and inspiring collaborations across diverse interests, fields, and expertise.
Connections
Find inspiring connections, make new contacts, discover new friends, and connect with potential employers and great Mentors at NASA and beyond!
Career Opportunities & Advancement
Discover and connect with potential investors, mentors, advisors, employers for internships/jobs, partners, and collaborators, by joining our global and local NASA Space Apps communities and exclusive NASA Space Apps Cambridge network!
Cool Project with NASA
If you ever wanted to connect with NASA and become part of the NASA global community, now is your chance. Spend an hour or a weekend creating something that inspires you or collaborating with friends/colleagues on how to solve a Challenge and create impact, then showcase your work to our community!
Celebrate
Join us - and let NASA Space Apps Cambridge and the NASA Global Space Apps community celebrate you!
Upon submission of your Individual Project or Team Project for the NASA Space Apps Cambridge / NASA Global Space Apps Challenge, you will be invited into special Global and Local communities of like-minded peers and emerging leaders - all innovators, educators, artists, scientists, technologists, policy makers - who seek to use talents and skills to solve challenges in our world and beyond - and we will celebrate you, promote you and your work, and invest in your success and impact!
Check out more video for this event and community!
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NASA International Space Apps Challenge
The NASA International Space Apps Challenge is the world’s largest annual hackathon, creating innovation through collaborations, and bringing together coders, scientists, designers, storytellers, makers, technologists, and innovators to use creativity, science, tech, and open data from NASA and Space Agency Partners to create solutions to challenges on Earth and in space.
Everyone of all ages, skill levels, and professional backgrounds are invited to participate in the NASA Space Apps Challenge! Whether you’re a student, professional, technologist, engineer, artist, or media creator, the NASA Space Apps Challenge offers opportunities for everyone with an interest in space and the Earth.
NASA Space Apps Cambridge is the local edition of the NASA International Space Apps Challenge, serving the City of Cambridge, City of Boston, or Greater Boston Metropolitan Area.
The Humansphere Foundation and Space & Earth Alliance are honored to produce NASA Space Apps Cambridge.
If you are currently studying, working, or living in the City of Cambridge, City of Boston, or Greater Boston Metropolitan Area, click here to join or to find out more about how you can participate!
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Humansphere Foundation
The Humansphere Foundation is the main Executive Producer of NASA Space Apps Cambridge, in partnership with the Space & Earth Alliance.
The Humansphere Foundation cultivates, supports and invests in inspiring people, initiatives, collaborations, and organizations that uplift humanity, that help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and that promote diversity, equality, and inclusion around the world.
The Humansphere Foundation envisions a brighter future and a better, happier, healthier world for all - a sustainable world where we have balanced environmental conservation and greater equality for all people, and where we have successfully fulfilled the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The Humansphere Foundation operates a number of pillar initiatives: the NASA International Space Apps Challenge - Cambridge, New England Edition; the Space & Earth Alliance (SEA); the Peace & SDG Leadership Initiative; and the Art for Humanity Global Project.
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Space & Earth Alliance (SEA)
A Co-Producer of NASA Space Apps Cambridge & New England - the Space & Earth Alliance (SEA) is cultivating a dynamic community and network of people, institutions, and companies that care about building a brighter future for humanity on both our Planet Earth and into the future as we explore space.
SEA is one of the core initiatives and new networks by the Humansphere Foundation, dedicated to inspiring and empowering a diverse and gender-equal new generation of students, leaders, innovators, inventors, artists, designers, creators, scientists, environmentalists, educators, policymakers, and health and medical professionals who have a shared passion for saving our Planet Earth and building a bright interplanetary, interstellar future for humanity.
SEA is currently inviting Ambassadors and Fellows among students, faculty, and professionals.
SEA is also inviting the partnership of academic institutions, companies, media, networks, governments, and non-government organizations that share our mission and vision, to become active members and contributors to the Space & Earth Alliance (SEA).
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