When you participate in the NASA International Space Apps Challenge, you join a global community that embraces collaboration across borders, sectors, and cultures.
NASA Space Apps Yonkers provides a platform for problem solvers worldwide to use free and open data from NASA and its Space Agency Partners.
Connect with fellow participants, teammates, and Subject Matter Experts to learn new programs, gain knowledge, and explore innovative approaches to new and existing problems.
NASA Space Apps Yonkers is an organization for NASA International Space Apps Challenge, held in-person on October 4–5, 2025, at YWCA Yonkers (located at 87 South Broadway, Yonkers, New York 10701, United States). Event activities start each day at 9 a.m. ET. To significantly enhance accessibility and reach, there is also an option for participants to join virtually from anywhere in the world.
NASA International Space Apps Challenge is a hackathon for coders, scientists, designers, storytellers, makers, technologists, and innovators around the world. Each year, thousands of teams submit projects that demonstrate creativity, collaboration, and address challenges we face on Earth and in space. These projects go through multiple rounds of judging to determine the NASA International Space Apps Challenge Global Winners, which represent the most innovative projects submitted by participants.
In 2025 — for the first time in history — Yonkers, New York serves as a host city for NASA International Space Apps Challenge, with the kick-off ceremony held on October 4, 2025.
All participants of NASA Space Apps Yonkers — both in-person and virtual — will receive a Certificate of Participation.
Registration is now open for Yonkers, New York. Be a part of the largest annual global hackathon!
The journey awaits for everyone.
* Statistics are cumulative over the entire history of NASA International Space Apps Challenge. Click here to see event-specific results and metrics.