NASA Space Apps Turin 2025

NASA Space Apps, the largest annual space & science hackathon in the world, is back in Turin, Italy: the Innovative Companies Incubator of Politecnico di Torino (I3P) will host the local Space Apps Challenge event for the ninth time with a new in-person edition!

The initiative

NASA International Space Apps Challenge is a collaborative event involving programmers, scientists, designers, storytellers, makers, technologists, and innovators from around the world. Gathered in hundreds of local venues, participants use open data provided by space agencies to devise innovative solutions to the major challenges – not only scientific – that humanity faces today on Earth and in space.

Space Apps gives participants the opportunity to bring space-related projects to life for a wide range of applications. I3P is looking forward to seeing which innovative and creative ideas the participants will bring to the community this year.

The Italian Space Agency (ASI) is a partner in the initiative at a global level, as are the European Space Agency (ESA) and other of the world’s leading space agencies, while at a local level the Turin hackathon will be able to count on sponsors, mentors and jurors from the aerospace industry, innovative start-ups and SMEs, public bodies and associations that foster the growth of the Italian space sector.

The local event

Everybody can join the free competition in I3P on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 October and work on their idea, project or even prototype to respond to the latest Space Apps challenges, while getting to know new interesting people, aiming to win prizes and generally having a blast over the weekend. Who knows what could come out of it?

The local Turin event of Space Apps 2025 is organised by the business incubator I3P, which since 1999 supports the birth and development of innovative start-ups with high technological intensity and growth potential, in collaboration with the incubation program ESA BIC Turin, founded in 2021 to stimulate the development of new innovative space-based companies.

To register and participate in the event, you must log in with a personal profile on the official NASA Space Apps website, select the Turin event, and register for it. Teams (recommended size: 3 to 5 members) can be formed independently or directly on site at the start of the hackathon. Participation in the local edition in Turin will only be possible in person.