Space Apps Ottawa 2025

For the first time in our history, the Ottawa organizers are partnering with the Carleton University Planetary Robotics, CUonOrbit, and Astronomy clubs to offer a "Space Hardware Challenge"! This is in honour of the upcoming Artemis Missions which will return to the moon and which contain significant Canadian participation including from our astronauts.

The Space Hardware Challenge is being led and designed by Carleton University students. It will involve a hardware- and physics-related technical challenge that requires some engineering, math, and physics work. Support and mentoring will be provided onsite during the hackathon weekend. The challenge name and description will be announced shortly after the official NASA International Space Apps Challenges are revealed (late September).

You do not have to be a current or former student of Carleton to participate in this or any other hackathon weekend challenge. However in order to participate in the Space Hardware challenge you and your team members must be physically present and participating during the event weekend (there is no virtual participation for this particular challenge).

NASA International Space Apps Hackathon 2025 will be another intense 48-hour global weekend hackathon for developers, designers, engineers, entrepreneurs, astronomers and enthusiasts. Along with over 200 cities around the world, Ottawa teams will form and build products and prototypes against NASA- and CSA-designed challenges that leverage spacecraft, celestial & science data.

This year marks 9 years of NASA Space Apps hackathon-ing in Ottawa, and we return to Carleton University! This year you can attend physically at the Technology Innovation Management Program facilities located at 5063 Nicol Building on campus. We'll also allow virtual participation as you prefer.

For more information about our Ottawa event visit our website, or learn more on the global event website.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Sprott School of Business, Nicol Building, Sprott School of Business, Nicol Building, Ottawa, Canada