NASA Launches Second International Space Apps Challenge

Jan. 28, 2013

Sonja Alexander
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1761
sonja.r.alexander@nasa.gov

RELEASE: 13-034

NASA LAUNCHES SECOND INTERNATIONAL SPACE APPS CHALLENGE

WASHINGTON -- NASA and government agencies worldwide will host the
second International Space Apps Challenge April 20-21, with events
across all seven continents and in space.

Participants are encouraged to develop mobile applications, software,
hardware, data visualization and platform solutions that could
contribute to space exploration missions and help improve life on
Earth.

The two-day event will provide an opportunity for government to
harness the expertise and entrepreneurial spirit of citizen explorers
to help address global challenges. During the event, representatives
of NASA and other international space agencies will gather with
scientists and participants to use publicly released open data to
create solutions for 50 software, hardware and visualization
challenges, including robotics, citizen science platforms and
applications of remote sensing data. Challenges selected to be worked
on during the event will be published online prior to the event.

The 2012 challenge engaged more than 2,000 participants who
collaborated on more than 100 open source solutions to 71 featured
challenges.

"What sets apart the International Space Apps Challenge from other
events is that this is a collaborative opportunity to engage people
from all over the world to participate in space exploration and
develop state-of-the-art technology to improve life on Earth and in
space," said Nick Skytland, program manager of NASA's Open Innovation
Program.

Twelve locations in the United States will host an International Space
Apps Challenge event: Atlanta, Ga.; Austin, Texas; Cape Canaveral,
Fla.; Cleveland; Detroit, Easton, Md.; New York; Philadelphia; Reno,
Nev.; Rochester, N.Y.; San Francisco; Syracuse, N.Y. Thirty-eight
other events will be held in 30 other countries: Australia, Bolivia,
Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, India,
Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Poland, Macedonia, Mexico, Nepal, New
Zealand, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Uganda and
United Kingdom. Also participating will be McMurdo Station in
Antarctica and astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

Registration for citizen participation will open on March 1.

To learn more about the International Space Apps Challenge, visit:


http://spaceappschallenge.org

For information about NASA's programs and missions, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov


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