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EARTH SCIENCEExplore Our Home Planet
Use NASA Earth observation data to understand our planet, monitor environmental changes, and develop solutions for challenges affecting life on Earth.
Solve futuristic space-tech challenges, collaborate with innovators, and build breakthrough ideas inspired by real-world NASA missions.
NASA Space Apps challenges invite teams to explore real-world problems using NASA's open data, technology, creativity, and multidisciplinary problem-solving.
Use NASA Earth observation data to understand our planet, monitor environmental changes, and develop solutions for challenges affecting life on Earth.
Work with NASA's Earth science datasets, satellite observations, and remote-sensing resources to discover patterns and solve real-world problems.
Combine open NASA datasets with artificial intelligence, machine learning, visualization, and other technologies to create meaningful solutions.
Explore challenges connected to space exploration, planetary science, spacecraft, missions, and humanity's future beyond Earth.
Use NASA's scientific data and resources to investigate stars, planets, galaxies, space phenomena, and the mysteries of our universe.
Turn an official NASA Space Apps challenge into a creative prototype, application, visualization, educational experience, or other innovative solution.
For two consecutive years, Haldwani has been part of NASA's global innovation ecosystem, bringing together students, developers, creators, and space enthusiasts to build solutions using NASA's open data.
The 2024 Haldwani edition marked the beginning of our journey, with one team advancing as a Global Nominee.
NASA Space Apps Global Nominee
The 2025 Haldwani edition saw three teams recognised as NASA Space Apps Global Nominees.
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Haldwani is one part of a much larger global community of innovators working with NASA's open data to solve challenges on Earth and in space.
Participants across the 2025 NASA Space Apps Challenge.
Teams formed across the global challenge.
Local events hosted around the world.
A truly international innovation community.
Turn a real-world problem into an innovative solution. Follow the mission, build with your team, and take your idea from a challenge statement to the global stage.
Sign up for NASA Space Apps and get ready to participate in the world's largest global hackathon focused on space and Earth science.
Bring together developers, designers, researchers, storytellers, students, and problem solvers. Great missions are built by diverse teams.
Explore NASA's official challenge statements and select a problem that matches your team's interests, skills, and ideas.
Use NASA's open data, APIs, tools, and other technologies to turn your idea into a working prototype during the hackathon.
Document your solution, explain your impact, and submit your completed project before the official challenge deadline.
Outstanding projects can move beyond the local event and be considered by NASA Space Apps judges for global recognition.
You do not need to be a space scientist to participate. Bring your curiosity, creativity, skills, and willingness to solve problems.
Know the official NASA Space Apps participation, team, project submission, and judging requirements before you begin your mission.
A successful Space Apps project starts with understanding the official participation requirements, challenge rules, submission process, and judging criteria.
NASA Space Apps welcomes participants from different ages, skill levels, and professional backgrounds.
Teams can bring together participants with different skills and perspectives to solve an official NASA Space Apps challenge.
Projects submitted for Global Judging must respond to one of the official NASA Space Apps Challenge statements.
Teams must submit their completed project through the official NASA Space Apps platform before the submission deadline.
Projects advancing to Global Judging are evaluated using NASA Space Apps judging criteria focused on the quality and impact of the solution.
NASA Space Apps is built around collaboration, inclusion, respect, and responsible participation.
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Everything you need to know about participating in the NASA Space Apps Challenge 2026.
The NASA Space Apps Challenge is a global two-day hackathon where participants from around the world work together to solve real-world challenges using open-source data from NASA and its Space Agency Partners.
The 2026 NASA Space Apps Challenge will take place on November 14–15, 2026.
Everyone is welcome. NASA Space Apps invites people of all ages, skill levels, and professional backgrounds who have an interest in space and science. Students, developers, scientists, designers, artists, entrepreneurs, educators, storytellers, and other problem-solvers can all participate.
No. Coding is not required. Space Apps is designed for multidisciplinary collaboration, so skills in science, research, design, data analysis, communication, storytelling, business, hardware, and other areas can all contribute to a successful project.
A Space Apps team can have between 1 and 6 participants. Teams may work as a solo participant or collaborate with other registered participants. NASA recommends building teams with a variety of skills and ideas.
No. Participants register individually for NASA Space Apps. After registering for a Local Event, participants can create a team or request to join an existing team.
Yes. The official 2026 judging guidance allows teams with a minimum of one participant and a maximum of six participants.
Yes. All members of a team must be registered for the same Local Event. Teams that do not meet this requirement are not eligible for Global Judging.
Projects can take many forms, including websites, mobile applications, data visualizations, hardware prototypes, scientific tools, educational experiences, and other creative solutions. The key is to respond to an official NASA Space Apps challenge using relevant data and resources.
Yes, if your team wants to be eligible for NASA's Global Judging and Global Awards, your project must respond to one of the official challenge statements provided for the event.
NASA Space Apps challenges make use of open-source data from NASA and its Space Agency Partners. Specific datasets, resources, and challenge materials are provided through the official Space Apps platform.
Teams submit their project through their team page on the official NASA Space Apps platform. The submission includes the required project information and a short demonstration of the solution.
For Global Judging eligibility, teams must provide a short demonstration of their project. The official judging guide specifies either a slide presentation with a maximum of 7 slides or a video presentation with a maximum length of 30 seconds.
The official project submission page and linked project materials should use English. If a team uses another language in its project demo video, English subtitles are required.
Global Nominees are projects that advance from the local NASA Space Apps Challenge to the global judging stage. Haldwani has previously produced Global Nominee teams, making the local event part of the wider NASA Space Apps innovation ecosystem.
No. NASA Space Apps is intentionally multidisciplinary. You do not need to work for NASA or be a space expert. The challenge welcomes participants with different backgrounds, skills, and perspectives.
NASA Space Apps is a global community event and participation is generally offered without a participation fee. For the Haldwani Local Event, participants should follow the registration information and instructions published by the local organizing team.
Yes, but participants under 18 are subject to additional requirements. Under the 2026 NASA Participant Terms and Conditions, participants under 18 must be registered by a parent or legal guardian and must be accompanied during the event by a parent or legal guardian.
The Haldwani Local Event venue and on-ground participation details should be confirmed through the official local event registration page and announcements from the Haldwani organizing team.
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