Onwards and Upwards, by Nicholas Kellett

Programmer. Traveler. Blogger. Space Cadet.

Space Apps Ottawa 2019: Mission Accomplished

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After almost 8 months of organizing, we held our 3rd annual Space Apps Ottawa weekend hackathon. This is the NASA International Space Apps Hackathon, with a Canadian twist.

For those who don’t know, the hackathon is an intense 48-hour global weekend coding event for developers, designers, engineers, entrepreneurs, astronomers and enthusiasts. Along with over 200 cities around the world, Ottawa teams worked all weekend to solve NASA- and CSA-designed challenges that leverage spacecraft, celestial & science data.

Hosted at Carleton University’s Technology Innovation Management (TIM) program, we had the support of so many organizers, volunteers, mentors, judges, and organizations.

Some of our participants who made it through the weekend. We even had some remote participants in Vancouver!

Checkout the video one of our organizing team took. We obviously had a blast!

You can learn more about our event on our website. There will be a Space Apps Ottawa 2020!

Summary
Event
​Space Apps Ottawa 2019
Location
​ Carleton University,
Starting on
2019-10-18
Ending on
2019-10-20
Description
NASA International Space Apps Hackathon 2019 was an intense 48-hour global weekend hackathon for developers, designers, engineers, entrepreneurs, astronomers and enthusiasts. Along with over 200 cities around the world, Ottawa teams worked all weekend to solve NASA- and CSA-designed challenges that leverage spacecraft, celestial & science data.