Make a space app at this weekend’s NASA hackathon

We know astronauts love to tweet, but they need some more apps to help with the day-to-day space grind.
For that, NASA is hosting a hackathon this weekend.
The International Space Apps Challenge, held April 11-12, looks to bring teams together to “tackle space science and technology problems.” The event poses 35 different challenges to solve in four categories: outer space, Earth, humans and robotics. Teams get access to open data to develop the apps.
The event is happening at locations around the world. For the Baltimore-Washington area, the two-day session will take place at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md. Teams will get a chance to work in Building 200, which is APL’s Space Exploration Sector building. It’s one of the places where probes that were sent to Pluto and Mercury were developed.
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“We’re going to share what we know about working on challenges with the teams to help them produce open-source solutions for global needs in space and on Earth,” APL event organizer Daisy Zhang said.