https://www.spaceappschallenge.org/

https://www.spaceappschallenge.org/2023/locations/pittsburgh-pa/

Pittsburgh will be returning to the NASA International Space Apps Challenge for its 12th anniversary in 2023! This year, the Space Apps Challenge will again be a hybrid event, taking place both in person and online.  Sign up for the event and show your pride in Pittsburgh technology: 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.  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 software projects, prototypes with some functionalities are great, but we will be focusing on the ideas and the feasibility of completion, so "some code" will be sufficient in many cases!

Pittsburgh will have a local event winner 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.

Local Awards:

People's Choice

Best Art Project (if applicable)

Best Data Visualization or Infographic (if applicable)

Best Use of an Open-Source 3D or Game Engine (if applicable)

Global Awards

The best local projects will be nominated for global judging, and global winners will be announced in early 2024. Projects not related to the official challenges are welcome, but they are not eligible for global awards.

Presenting Partner

Code & Supply, Pittsburgh PA  https://codeandsupply.co

Code & Supply is a community for consummate, conscientious software professionals building software, community, and friendships together.

Promotional Partners

Assemble, Pittsburgh PA  https://assemblepgh.org

Assemble is a nonprofit organization and community space for arts and technology education located in Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood.

Protohaven, Pittsburgh PA  https://www.protohaven.org

A community makerspace and workshop, and design and fabrication school, Protohaven seeks to create a safe and supportive environment for learning, creating, and community-building.

SCHEDULE

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7

09:00 Welcome, opening comments, logistics

09:30 Final team formation

10:00 Development begins

12:00 Lunch break

13:00 Development continues

16:00 Optional progress check, development continues

17:00 Dinner break

18:00 Development continues

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8

10:00 Event updates, logistics updates

10:15 Development continues

12:00 Lunch Break

13:00 Development continues

15:00 LOCAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE

15:15 Presentations and Judging

16:00 Awards

16:15 Post event social

23:59 GLOBAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE