NASA Space Apps Challenge, Oct. 4-5

Get ready to explore space, build with purpose, and make your mark at RiverHacks × NASA Space Apps Challenge — Austin’s most exciting space & science hackathon for students, storytellers, and future explorers. ​Whether you’re a College Student, K–12 student, an educator, an engineer, or a dreamer, this two-day in-person experience connects curious minds from across Central Texas to solve real-world problems using open NASA data.The ACC Center for Government and Civic Services is collaborating with several collaborators and sponsors from Central Texas to host the RiverHacks competition and the Austin portion of the NASA International Space Apps Challenge, Oct. 4-5 at the Rio Grande campus.

Dual-Track Hackathon Experience:

Whether you dive into NASA’s global challenges or our RiverHacks originals, or both... the countdown is on. ​Take on one of 18 official challenges using real open data from NASA and its international space partners. Explore the challenges here: https://www.spaceappschallenge.org/2025/challenges/This year's collaborators and sponsors include:

The Space Workforce Incubator for Texas

LoopMessage

The Association for Computing Machinery

The Center for Government and Civic Service

SerpApi

Thunderbird

Girlstart

Impact Forward Club

Makerville Tech

Host or Publisher Juice Consulting