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NASA Opens Registration for the Global 2026 Space Apps Challenge Hackathon Set for November

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Registration is open for the 2026 NASA Space Apps Challenge, a global two-day hackathon scheduled for November 14 and 15. The event invites participants to solve real-world problems using NASA’s free and open data. Nicky Fox, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, stated that the initiative invites people to help build an interplanetary survival guide using agency data sets.

Participants can join one of more than 500 local events worldwide to collaborate in teams. The event focuses on three main areas: returning humans to the Moon, preparing for deep space missions, and expanding our understanding of the universe. Specific challenges cover lunar surface operations, Mars mission trade-offs, and public access to astrophysics data like the SPHEREx all-sky survey.

NASA welcomes people of all ages and experience levels, including students, engineers, designers, and storytellers. Participants do not need to be programmers to contribute to the collaborative problem-solving experience.

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NASA Opens Registration for the Global 2026 Space Apps Challenge Hackathon Set for November
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Registration is open for the 2026 NASA Space Apps Challenge, a two-day global event on Saturday, Nov. 14 and Sunday, Nov. 15, where teams work to create solutions inspired by NASA’s most ambitious exploration goals and making use of the agency’s free and open data. The annual challenge, often called a hackathon, is an intensive, […]

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