International Space Apps Challenge (ISAC)

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Announcing The Challenges For The 2013 International Space Apps Challenge

Nick Skytland | open.NASA | March 18, 2013

The International Space Apps Challenge is an international mass collaboration focused on space exploration that takes place over 48-hours in cities around the world. The event embraces collaborative problem solving with a goal of producing relevant open-source solutions. Today, we are announcing the challenges for this years event! Read More »

Mapping Our Environment

Heather Leson | Ushahidi | April 22, 2013

At the Space Apps Challenge this past weekend, Ron Garan of Fragile Oasis talked about his experiences as an astronaut. He gave the call to action for all of us to think about how we can use technology to explore space and protect our planet, our solar system. Read More »

NASA Launches Next Space Apps Challenge

Elena Malykhena | InformationWeek | April 15, 2013

International competition brings together developers from around the world to create software, hardware and visualization tools for space exploration missions. Read More »

NASA Wants You To Hack Space (And Life On Earth)

Luke Fretwell | FedScoop | March 21, 2013

NASA announced the launch of its second International Space Apps Challenge featuring 50 space exploration related challenges that range from building applications to designing visualizations based on NASA data. Read More »

NASA Wants You To Help Build More APIs

Curtis C. Chen | ProgrammableWeb | October 1, 2012

Space is big. Really big. That means a lot of information, and where there’s data, there’s opportunity for automation. Now, NASA wants your help to create new APIs for its extensive and ever-growing data archives. Read More »

Startups Developing DIY, Open Source Spaceflight Technology

James Figueroa | Pasadena Star-News | September 8, 2013

Backyard stargazers dreaming of launching themselves into space will like the direction that modern spaceflight is taking: a hands-on, do-it-yourself approach is emerging to fill the gaps behind large commercial companies such as SpaceX, which in turn inherited the low-Earth orbit role from NASA. Read More »

The Open API Universe At NASA

Nick Skytland | Open.NASA.gov | September 19, 2012

NASA has a LOT of interesting data. NASA’s commitment to open data expands the audience for the vast body of knowledge captured in nearly 100 years of U.S. aeronautics and space data....One way that NASA data can be made more available online is through an “application programming interface” or API. Read More »

We're Back

Ali Llewellyn | OpenNASA | November 14, 2012

The International Space Apps Challenge was an international hackathon-style event that took place over a 48 hour period in cities on all seven continents on the weekend of 21 – 22 April 2012. NASA led the international collaboration with 8 other government agencies and 90 additional organizations. Read More »