2016 AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
The Space Apps universe produced 1,287 projects on 2016. Space Apps offers local and global awards. Solutions with intriguing and innovative insights and compelling storytelling rise to the top in the judging process. Global award winners receive an invitation to NASA to attend a rocket launch, as well as bragging rights among their peers and community. NASA executives will select the Global Award winners.
Congratulations to our star solvers from Sydney on their out-of-this-world work!
Global Finalist
Made it to the Global Award Finals (Top 25)
Spacetrek
Spacetrek is an open source, immersive Virtual Reality (VR) educational game that lets users explores and experience the earth, ISS, Mars and beyond ...
Global Nominee
Global Nomination
Serendipitous Stellar Occultations
Near Earth Objects (NEOs) are exceedingly difficult to find through conventional astronomy. With their small size and rapid movement ...
NASA's Kennedy Space Center Nominee
Selected by KSC as honorable project
Avanautrice
Collect and develop geotagged information about local ties to space and aviation to incorporate within geo-based ...
Global Nominee
People's Choice Nominee
Drone Zones
Their solution is a javascript driven web app interface that helps disaster relief organisations coordinate the efforts of private UAV Drone pilots ...
Local Most Inspirational project
Chara
Help pastoralist communities around the world preserve their livelihood, by providing them access to information and resources ...
Local Most Creative Solution
Tung Twister
One of the biggest potential problems with asteroid mining is drill erosion. Mining of the fines (such as regolith), metals, and ice found ...
A HISTORY OF INFINITE INNOVATION
Want to learn more about our impact? Check out our Mission Reports to see our evolution.
2016 IN NUMBERS
In April 2016, the event hosted 15,409 participants from 161 cities in 61 countries around the world.
2016 MISSION REPORT
NASA’s International Space Apps Challenge is an open innovation incubator and hackathon
that encourages innovation, creativity, and collaborative problem solving
2016 Sponsors
We wouldn't be able to run an event of this caliber without the help of some incredible sponsors. Helping us with everything from logistics and planning, to making connections, and sponsoring in kind to allow us to take the event to the next level, we're excited to be working alongside these amazing companies.
