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'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