Overview
The NASA International Space Apps Challenge is the world’s largest annual hackathon and create-thon, inspiring innovation via 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.
The Humansphere Foundation is producing the NASA International Space Apps Challenge | Cambridge, New England Edition. We are thrilled to invite participants, partnerships, and collaborations.
When you participate, you join an exciting and innovative global community that embraces and celebrates collaboration across fields, expertise, borders, and cultures.
2023 Space Apps by the Numbers
Metrics for the annual NASA International Space Apps Challenge
Registered Participants: 57,999
Teams: 8,715
Local Events Around the World: 402
Participating Countries: 152
Projects Submitted: 5,556
Space Agency Experts: 13
Subject Matter Experts: 135
Navigators: 24
The 2024 NASA Space Apps Challenge global theme is "The Sun Touches Everything" in collaboration with NASA Heliophysics. This theme is in alignment with the Heliophysics Big Year, a global celebration of the Sun’s influence on Earth and the entire solar system, as declared by NASA.
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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.
The Humansphere Foundation is honored to produce the NASA International Space Apps Challenge Cambridge City & New England Edition.
If you are in Cambridge, Massachusetts or Greater New England, 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 executive producing partner of the NASA International Space Apps Challenge - Cambridge City & New England Edition.
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.
We envision a brighter future and a better, happier, healthier world for all - a sustainable world where diversity and inclusion are celebrated, 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); Peace & SDG Leadership Initiative; and the Art for Humanity global project.
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Space & Earth Alliance (SEA)
A key Community Partner 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 a key pillar initiative of the Humansphere Foundation, dedicated to inspiring and empowering a diverse and gender-equal new generation of leaders, innovators, inventors, artists, designers, creators, scientists, environmenmalists, 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 professonals.
SEA is also inviting the partnership of academic institutions, companies, media, networks, governments, and non-govenment organizations that share our mission and vision, to become active members and contributors to the Space & Earth Alliance (SEA).
“The moon is the first milestone on the road to the stars.” — Arthur Clarke
“There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.” — Brene Brown