There's always space for one more.
And a home afterwards.
The world's biggest hackathon lasts one weekend. Your team doesn't have to. Stardust Odyssey is the year-round home base, sponsored by us, free for you.
A free home base built and sponsored by Stardust for NASA Space Apps Challenge participants. Independent, and not an official NASA product; NASA does not endorse Stardust. Register for the hackathon at spaceappschallenge.org.
Everything your team needs, before and after the weekend
Most hackathon teams evaporate on Monday. Yours gets a crew space, mentors, training and a second competition to aim at: all year, all free.
Start here: the Stardust Challenge
Enter the Stardust Challenge 2026: our own global competition, with awards presented in Japan. Use Space Apps in November as your team's training run: same crew, two competitions, one journey.
Meet the Stardust Challenge →Your sponsored pass
Stardust gives every participant 90 days of Stardust Plus: no card, nothing to cancel. One tap after you sign up.
Claim it →The Space Apps orbit
What should this orbit do more of? be the first to reply What's the best thing you've read or watched on this topic … be the first to reply What brought you to this orbit? Introduce yourself. be the first to reply What should this orbit do more of? be the first to reply What's the best thing you've read or watched on this topic … be the first to reply What brought you to this orbit? Introduce yourself. be the first to reply Join the orbit →Hackathon Leaders Summit: 20 Aug
Free virtual summit for Local Leads and organisers, six days before registration opens: the sponsorship playbook, mentors and judges, and the road to the Stardust Challenge. Attending grants 90 days of membership.
Reserve a free seat →Talks & rooms
Local leads and past winners host live sessions in the run-up: team formation nights, data walkthroughs, pitch practice.
Your crew, year-round
Hackathon teams shouldn't evaporate on Monday. Crew spaces with private chat land here before registration opens: your team keeps its name, patch and momentum all year.
COMING BEFORE 26 AUGNASA's open data
Every Space Apps project runs on open data. Start early:
api.nasa.govAPIs for imagery, asteroids, Mars weather earthdata.nasa.govEarth observation datasets data.nasa.govthe full open-data catalogue