[ join us for the world's biggest hackathon! 🚀 ]
Whether you’re a student, professional, technologist, engineer or artist, the NASA International Space Apps Challenge offers opportunities for anyone with an interest in space and science through our hackathon and global community. All ages, skill levels, and professional backgrounds are welcome. At NASA Space Apps, there's always space for one more!
The weekend will be about meeting new people and solving interesting challenges together. Don't let the 'Apps' part put you off, the best teams are often the most diverse teams in terms of age, skills and experience. We have seen great projects made entirely from cardboard!
> “SpaceApps brings amazing people together to find our way to solving some of the world’s biggest problems. We’ve seen people make video games, space suits, mars habitats, phone apps, movies and even a song! I can’t wait to see what this year’s participants will come up with!” - Kris Sum (Event lead)
The two days at the Met Office hosted event include free catering - a buffet lunch and dinner for the Saturday and a buffet breakfast and lunch for the Sunday. Snacks and drinks will also be provided throughout the day.
Free on-site childcare is also available for the entire weekend, on a drop-in basis so parents and carers are free to use it as much or as little as required.
### Who can come?
We welcome everyone to this event, but as this is the Met Office HQ there are a few things to note:
- Under 18s must be accompanied the whole weekend by a responsible adult (up to 6 dependents - contact us for more e.g. school groups)
There is no age limit for team participants, but all young people (under 18) must be accompanied by a parent / guardian whilst on the Met Office premises. We have quiet areas available for parents who do not wish to participate in the challenges themselves.
- Everyone will be subject to pre-event security checks, carried out by the Met Office security team. This is why our registration closes 2 weeks prior to the event and we can not admit those who register later!
- Met Office staff and badge holders are welcome (you must still register using our signup form on the official website though!)
### How to attend:
Please go to the official website at https://www.spaceappschallenge.org/2025/local-events/exeter/ for all the details and further instructions.
Just signing up to this meetup event will NOT get you into the event!
