SOLVE REAL-WORLD CHALLENGES ON EARTH & IN SPACE The NASA Space Apps Challenge, an innovative and public engagement initiative under NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, is coming to Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 2024. This global event aims to promote transparency, participation, and collaboration by making NASA's and its Space Agency Partners' data openly available to the public. The NASA Space Apps Challenge consists of two programs: the NASA International Space Apps Challenge and the NASA Space Apps Collective. Both programs encourage creative solutions to real-world problems using the extensive data provided by NASA. Funded by NASA's Earth Science Division through a contract with Booz Allen Hamilton, Mindgrub, and SecondMuse, the event is supported by the NASA Space Apps Global Organizing (GO) Team. This team, composed of members from these organizations, provides guidance and support to Local Leads and participants throughout the NASA Space Apps experience, fostering community engagement year-round. Join us in Halifax for this exciting opportunity to collaborate, innovate, and contribute to solving global challenges with NASA's data.

Galactic Ground Zero: The Renaissance of Intelligence 📅 Date: October 4–5, 2025 📍 Location: - Day 1 (Oct 4): Fully virtual (online) - Day 2 (Oct 5): Saint Mary's University, Loyola 171 (LA171), 923 Robie St, Halifax, NS B3H 3C3 ✨ About the Event The NASA International Space Apps Challenge — the largest annual global hackathon, engaging over 90,000 participants across 185+ countries — is returning to Halifax this fall. This year’s theme: Galactic Ground Zero: The Renaissance of Intelligence A cutting-edge, community-driven event where space science, open data, and the booming AI revolution collide. Innovators from Atlantic Canada and beyond will gather to harness NASA’s open datasets to address some of the most urgent challenges facing Earth and space. From planetary science and climate change to satellite tech and creative storytelling, this hackathon welcomes coders, designers, scientists, artists, students, and experts alike — with a challenge for every passion. 🌟 Why Halifax? Why Now? Halifax is rapidly emerging as a vibrant hub of technology, innovation, and technological excellence, making it the ideal launchpad for this year’s event. Galactic Ground Zero places Halifax at the forefront of the technological renaissance, inspiring collaborations that merge skill and open science to pioneer […]