Welcome To

HackAthlone

The hackathon has officially concluded.

Cheers to the participants! Best of luck to all, and a big thank you for joining us.

HackAthlone

Join us October 6-8, 2023 for the largest annual space & sciences hackathon in the world!

SpaceApps Athlone, also known as HackAthlone, is one of the 300+ locations for this year's NASA SpaceApps Challenge. Technology University of the Shannon takes pride in hosting 200 participants on their campus for 48 hours to collaborate on 30 problem statements that cater to all STEAM fields.

HackAthlone stands as the sole in-person Hackathon location in Ireland for this event, offering exciting prizes, goodies, and all necessary technical components and F&B provisions. It also holds the distinction of being the sole location in Europe that will livestream the event to the public.

Skilled mentors from both academia and industry will join in to assist the students in producing high-quality projects. This hackathon will be documented for open-source research purposes.

DISCOVER

GLOBAL NUMBERS FROM OUR PREVIOUS EVENT

4,141

Registered
Participants

Local Virtual
Events

Teams
Participated

International
Space Agencies

SPACE AGENCIES

In 2022, NASA collaborated with even more space agency partners to bring the largest annual global hackathon to communities around the world! These space agency partners , along with NASA’s engineers at the Earth Science Division, came up with innovative problem statements (literally out of this world). They provide access to this data and other resources around Earth Observations for solving the challenges.

GLOBAL COLLABORATORS THIS YEAR

This year, the NASA International Space Apps Challenge Global Organizing Team collaborates with organizations from around the world to provide participants and/or Local Leads with tools and resources that enable the creation of solutions. These tools and resources can be used for free during the event.

Technology University of the Shannon

NASA Spaceapps Challenge 2023 is being held at the heart of Ireland, Athlone. Technology University of the Shannon is being presented as the host location for this massive in-person hackathon. The university needs no introduction for its merits in innovation and technology, preaching knowledge and excellence to over 7000+ students. It is also responsible for supporting the hackathon with technological components, hackshop materials and subject matter experts to provide mentorship for a smooth and exciting event.

Leaflet © OpenStreetMap contributors

Our Crowned Champions

Where Innovation Meets Excellence

Hackathon Unplugged: Team Stories

“Let's hear what the Teams have to say”

“Great Experience, kudos to the organizers & looking forward to next year's event.”
Team Antriksh
“I teamed up with people from different backgrounds, but we all had the same interests, which are sharing experiences and ideas. It was a good experience to hear different perspectives and ideas regarding our challenge 'Ocean Garden' which we focusing on the seaweed kelp. The discussion around was fun and enjoyable. Furthermore, one of our passionate member even cooked a kelp dish to prove that it is edible and pull more attentions from public crowd. However, without discussion as a team, I found that we were working on collecting resources from internet and designing web application aimless. I hope we could meet up before the event starts so that we could lay out our strategies and have a more solid approach towards the challenge.”
Help Kelp, Help Ourselves
“We were positively challenged by the SpaceApps hackathon and were very warmly supported throughout the whole event! The organizing team did an incredible job by providing food and shelter to everybody. Everyone was nice and helpful to the maximum with all kinds of technical or comfort requests. The pizzas and coffee again proved to be invaluable resources for brain activity :) Last but not least, the mentors had made an incredible impact on our project and others, too. Fermi Paradox team is grateful for this opportunity, we hope that next year there will be more attendees, more fun and more great ideas!”
Fermi Paradox
“It was a wonderful experience, 3 days of brain storming, networking, and hacking. I would definitely want to be a part of the next one and more to come. The tutors and instructors were very helpful and worked hard too as well. Happy to be a part of it”
Athermis GO!
“Great Event, run very well with lots of opportunities to gain experience and make connections. Great experience for similar events in the future. Provided food and drinks and made sure everyone was satisfied!”
IdontThink
“Great Experience, kudos to the organizers & looking forward to next year's event.”
Team Antriksh
“I teamed up with people from different backgrounds, but we all had the same interests, which are sharing experiences and ideas. It was a good experience to hear different perspectives and ideas regarding our challenge 'Ocean Garden' which we focusing on the seaweed kelp. The discussion around was fun and enjoyable. Furthermore, one of our passionate member even cooked a kelp dish to prove that it is edible and pull more attentions from public crowd. However, without discussion as a team, I found that we were working on collecting resources from internet and designing web application aimless. I hope we could meet up before the event starts so that we could lay out our strategies and have a more solid approach towards the challenge.”
Help Kelp, Help Ourselves

EVENT TIMELINE

Opening Ceremony

06/10/2023 • 6PM

On Day 1, participants register for the hackathon, attend an opening ceremony, discuss problem statements and NASA Open Data, pitch ideas, form teams, and begin the hack with ice-breaking sessions and networking opportunities.

Day 1

Hackathon Continues

07/10/2023

Day 2 of the hackathon includes Mentor Hours, a Resume Hacking - Industry Session, lunch break, and a meeting to discuss the upcoming Final Demo Day.

Day 2

Closing Ceremony

08/10/2023

Day 3 of the hackathon features team acknowledgment, global live sessions, closing ceremony and results announcement, submission of draft presentations, practice presentations and feedback, final presentations, judges' deliberation, and feedback session.

Day 3

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Space Apps is funded by NASA's Earth Science Division through a contract with Booz Allen Hamilton, Mindgrub, and SecondMuse.

Welcome To

HackAthlone

The hackathon has officially concluded.

HackAthlone

Join us October 6-8, 2023 for the largest annual space & sciences hackathon in the world!

DISCOVER

SPACE AGENCIES

GLOBAL COLLABORATORS THIS YEAR

Technology University of the Shannon

Our Crowned Champions

Hackathon Unplugged: Team Stories

EVENT TIMELINE

Opening Ceremony

Hackathon Continues

Closing Ceremony

Check out our Instagram

Participation Kit

Past Event

Contact & Support

Terms & Policies