Mountain View

NASAINTERNATIONAL SPACE APPS CHALLENGE MOUNTAIN VIEW

The NASAInternational Space Apps ChallengeMountain View applications are open!
Dates: 1-2 October (Saturday and Sunday)
Location: NASA Ames Research Center - B3 Conference Center
(When you reach the 1st gate, you will get directions to B3 Conference Center)

The COVID-19 Pandemic Rules:

Оustanding news! NASA Ames Research Center annulled the COVID participant limitations!
We can welcome you all on base, and our limit number grew to 150!

You are more than welcome to attend the event in person, as long as you bring your IDs so we can verify you!
If you can't attend on base, we have a hybrid model set in place just for that! You can attend online! Make sure you register ASAP!

The NASA International Space Apps Challenge is the biggest hackathon in the world, and Mountain View, Silicon Valley, California is a hub of innovation and international cooperation where the hackathon will take place. Our energetic Local Lead, Martina Dimoska, and her team, this year are vouching for inclusivity by enabling two platforms for participation in a hybrid model, on-site and online.

You can participate ON SITE as you bring your IDs so we can verify you!
You can participate ONLINE, from anywhere in the world, whilst being immersed in an online experience of the event, where you can follow the on-site important activities through a live stream and communicate with the teams seamlessly.

This year, the theme for the NASA Space Apps Challenge is ”Make Space” which celebrates inclusivity, at Space Apps, “there’s always space for one more”.

Sign up for THE EVENT OF THE YEAR in Mountain View to show your creative side! No matter which field you're in, join us! You can be an artist, influencer, creative, cook, designer, doctor, lawyer, or into STEM and Space, we'll still find you a slot and make sure you grow and learn! Empowering your curiosity is one of our goals. The world needs YOUR ideas! All space enthusiasts are welcome, including but not limited to software engineers, designers, UI/UX analysts, writers, and artists! For our IT Geeks, Space Lovers, and Engineering Fam, of course, you can show your skillset and technology capabilities in challenges covering themes such as: Robotics, software, education, medicine, and many other areas!

Contribute to applications and other projects that solve problems or put forth new ideas, and can optionally make use of NASA's great open data. We love creating diverse teams and learning from each other. Our community is safe and welcoming to anyone who wants to participate! For the software projects, prototypes with some functionality are great, but we will be focusing on the ideas and the feasibility of completion, so "some code" will be sufficient in many cases!

Mountain View will have local event winners, and select projects will be nominated for global judging.

Specific challenges will be announced, but there will also be a freestyle category for those who wish to undertake space-related projects of any type. These projects will not be eligible for global judging, but we will promote them widely. We are especially interested in freestyle projects related to art, advanced visualization, and open-source 3D engines.

Information about our Slack workspace and other event software will be emailed to all registrants soon. Feel free to contact us at nasaspaceappsmv@gmail.com as well.

LOCAL AWARDS

1st Place Award - Galactic Impact - Team 'THE WEBBUILDERS'

2nd Place Award - Stellar Blast -Team A_GLITCH_IN_THE_MEOWTRIX

3rd Place Award - Solar Effect - Team Nightshade

Honorable Mentions & Local Awards:

People's Choice Award - Space Song Sunday
Tackling the Global Warning - Impact Award & Urgency Award to Teams: Space Explorers & Space Rangers

We have an award eligible for Global Nomination, as well as Local Awards and a lot of surprises! Every participant goes away with new friendships, acquired skills, a bigger network, and a certificate!

Based on how many local projects were submitted, only one, the 1st Place Award will be nominated for Global Judging.

Projects not related to the official challenges were most welcome, but they are not eligible for global awards.
We hope you enjoyed our Local Awards! We thank you all for your engagement and participation!
The judges were faced with a lot of hard decision-making since all of the projects were so outstanding!

MEET THE WINNERS!

1st Place Award - Galactic Impact - Which will be nominated for the Global Judging goes to Тeam 'THE WEBBUILDERS'
They solved the challenge - Learning Through the Looking Glass
You can see their project here:https://2022.spaceappschallenge.org/challenges/2022-challenges/through-the-looking-glass/teams/the-webbuilders/project

2nd Place Award - Stellar Blast is awarded to Team A_GLITCH_IN_THE_MEOWTRIX
They solved the challenge - Turning STEM into STEAM
You can see their project here:https://2022.spaceappschallenge.org/challenges/2022-challenges/steam/teams/a_glitch_in_the_meowtrix

3rd Place Award - Solar Effect is awarded to Team Nightshade
They solved the challenge - Build a Space Biology Superhero
You can see their project here:https://2022.spaceappschallenge.org/challenges/2022-challenges/space-biology-superhero/teams/nightshade/project

We're so grateful for each and every one of you competing and we hope we can make a bigger and better hackathon next year with all of your help! Make sure you check out all of our teams and the remarkable effort participants worked on on the link below:https://2022.spaceappschallenge.org/locations/mountain-view/teams

Awards and Goodies provided by Partners and Sponsors:

An Analog Astronaut breach of entry: Provided by non-other than our stellar partner CHILL-ICE!
One free month membership at Hacker Dojo, as well as 10-year anniversary Hacker Dojo shirts that they have to claim in 30 days (For 1st Prize Only).

The 1st and 2nd place teams got a generous package from our partner Coppermoon Coffee, which included things like mugs, shirts, stickers, and coffee.

All winning teams got a hand-made trophy built by our partner Hacker Dojo and our Co-Lead Nicole!
All winning teams as well as participants received NASA goodie bags with cool swag from NASA Ames Research Center!
All winning teams as well as participants received Astrobit keychains!

Participants on site could taste the e-bites and coffee vouchers provided by Coffeebar!

All winning teams can go donate blood at the Stanford Blood Center, and save a life at any time!

We thank them for all they enabled us to achieve!

Meet the NASA Space Apps Mountain View Core Team:

Martina Dimoska (Local Lead),
Bobi Sofronijoski (Data Architect),
Andrej Janevski (Graphic Designer),
David Mukka Dimovski (Host),
Marko Paloski (Mentors Lead),
Dragan Mojsovski (Legal),
Stefani Hristov (Multimedia Specialist).

PARTNERS

NASA Ames Research Center

NASA's Ames Research Center, one of ten NASA field centers, is located in the heart of California's Silicon Valley. Since 1939, Ames has led NASA in conducting world-class research and development in aeronautics, exploration technology, and science aligned with the center's core capabilities.

Stanford Blood Center

Founded as part of the Stanford Medicine family in 1978, Stanford Blood Center (SBC) serves as the primary provider of blood products to Stanford Hospital and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, among other Bay Area hospitals. Through pioneering innovation and exceptional service, SBC also supports patients in need of solid organ/bone marrow transplants and disease risk assessment via our HLA lab and contributes to the future of patient care by providing specialized blood products for researchers working in disease detection, innovative treatment options, and more.
Make an appointment today atstanfordbloodcenter.org

ICEE Space

ICEE Space is an international space test, research, and development start-up for future human space exploration. With the analog mission CHILL-ICE, we provide commercial analog astronaut training and experiences as testbeds for upcoming Lunar research and systems in extreme environments on Earth.

Copper Moon Coffee

Reach for the Moon®

Copper Moon Coffee is a family roastery in Lafayette, Indiana, focused on a simple mission: to create evenly roasted, uniquely smooth, high-grade coffee—giving you a perfectly satisfying taste that’s out of this world.

Hacker Dojo

The Hacker Dojo is a community of engineers, artists, scientists, activists, entrepreneurs and other creative people centered around a co-working and social facility. Feel free to drop by and see for yourself what the Dojo is all about.

Coffeebar

Coffeebar is a radically-inclusive Italian café experience, serving everything from your morning espresso to your evening glass of wine. Inspired by the cafe culture in Italy, & our local communities, we are dedicated to our region's producers and artisans, and driven by our staff, customers, and community.

Astrobit

Astrobit Technologies is a high-tech consultancy company. We believe that Space is the ultimate frontier, and we are excited to leave our mark by supporting pioneering space companies in achieving their business goals. We provide bespoke software development, computer vision, IoT, and R&D services. By employing a hands-on approach, we are able to better understand our client's needs, manage risk, and accelerate your time to market. We offer support in all stages of development, from concept ideation all the way to prototyping, implementation, and deployment.

Tankoski the last 10 years, walked the road to success, different and authentic. Design is not only his profession – it’s his lifestyle.

"Let me be a part of your story and make it recognizable. It’s easy for me to make your vision a reality." - Tankoski

SCHEDULE (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

The hackathon starts at 9:00 AM on October 1st and ends at 11:59 PM on October 2nd.

Time Zone in which we will operate is Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7). Calculate the time zone here.