Global Space HackathonDeadline Oct 4
Space Apps Challenge
A 48-hour global hackathon where students use open space data to solve challenges in space and Earth science.
- Hybrid
- Grades 6–12
- 1–6 students
National and international challenges
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Challenges for students who want to design, build, and launch real space projects.
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Past (11)
Previous challenges spanning code, flight, biology, settlement design, and exploration.
CanSat Competition
Build a soda-can-sized satellite, launch it on a rocket, and complete a mission profile including telemetry, descent, and recovery.
Student Spaceflight Experiments Program
Design a microgravity experiment that launches to the ISS for real astronaut execution. Full mission cycle experience.
Zero Robotics
Program a SPHERES satellite aboard the ISS. Your code runs on real hardware flown by astronauts. No hardware required on your end.
International Space Settlement Design
Design an orbital space settlement that could support 10,000+ humans. Technical, creative, and interdisciplinary.
Team America Rocketry Challenge
The largest student rocket contest in the world. Design, build, and fly a rocket to meet specific altitude and duration goals.
TechRise Student Challenge
Design a climate or space experiment that flies on a high-altitude balloon or suborbital rocket. Open to teams with a faculty advisor.
Conrad Challenge
Design an innovation addressing a real-world aerospace, energy, or health problem. Finalists pitch at Kennedy Space Center.
Genes in Space
Propose a DNA experiment to solve a real challenge in space exploration. Winning experiment flies to the ISS.
Mars Society Rover Challenge
Design and build an autonomous rover capable of navigating simulated Martian terrain and completing science tasks.
App Development Challenge
Middle and high school teams code software using real lunar data from the Artemis program.
International Space Olympiad
Global space science olympiad covering astronomy, astrophysics, and space technology. Three-round format.