Although the effects of the coronavirus epidemic continue to decrease, critical events continue to be held online due to health measures. In this context, the world’s largest global hackathon competition and NASA Space Apps The event will be held online on October 2 – 3 this year, as it was last year.
Thousands of people from all over the world will come together in the competition, which will be held for the 10th time, and will use NASA’s open source data. Choose one of 28 missions in 9 different categories for 48 hours will compete to produce a project.
NASA has decided to renew its space operations!
NASA has decided to divide the current Space Flight Directorate into Earth Orbit Operations and Deep Space Explorations.
NASA Space Apps Challenge 2021: 6 cities from Turkey!
In the competition where there is no age limit Turkey location quite important. Turkey surpassed the United States as the 4th largest participant country in 2020. Projects that are successful in the local competition are moved to the global competition and are evaluated by the board formed by NASA.
Globally successful teams win various awards, including an invitation to a rocket launch ceremony in the United States. In addition to developing projects, the competitors also have the opportunity to interact with the participants and participate in trainings throughout the event.
Since its inception in 2012, the NASA Space Apps Challenge has been From 25 local events in 17 countries to over 250 local events in 87 countries and territories reached. In 2020, 26,000 people worldwide attended the event. Teams of students with an interest in space science and innovation collaborate to find solutions to the most pressing problems on Earth and in space.
Serdar Huseyin Yildirim, Head of the Turkish Space AgencyIn his speech about the event, “NASA’s opening such a competition and inviting young people to it attracts attention all over the world. We can start this type of competition as well.” made statements.
Your opinion can change the world!
Your ideas can change the world! (Yes, even if you’re really bad at math!). “Do I need to be an expert?” Don’t think so. What is requested from the competitors in the event is that the idea phase of the project is completed. We’ve seen some great projects made entirely out of cardboard!
Past winners include a high school team and mentors who developed an augmented reality game project idea that teaches players about wildlife conservation and environmental protection. Another team was an elementary school brother and sister who created a musical piece using NASA open data and homemade instruments that documented environmental changes during the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine.
NASA Space Apps, This year, Ankara, Çorum, Edirne, Elazığ, İstanbul and Şanlıurfa will be completely online.The event will be organized by NASA Local Leaders in . Registration for the event can be done on the official Space Apps Challenge website.
Space Apps Elazig registration form: https://bit.ly/sac-elazig
What is Space Apps Challenge?
Space Apps Challenge, the world’s largest global hackathon, is an international open source hackathon run by NASA, the American National Space and Aviation Administration, since 2012. In this competition, which is held simultaneously in approximately 100 countries and 200 cities, thousands of people try to find solutions to the problems encountered in the world and space within 48 hours.