Space Apps Winona

05/05/2024

by GABRIEL HATHAWAY

08/01/2022

In 1977, NASA struggled to recruit scientists, engineers and astronauts for their new Space Shuttle Program. That’s when Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek’s Lt. Uhura, challenged NASA by asking the question: “Where are my people?” and embarks on a four-month campaign to recruit the first Black, Latino and Asian men and women to fly in space.

Woman In Motion, the inspiring documentary that tells the story of Nichelle Nichols' mission to recruit the next generation of trailblazing astronauts.

08/01/2022

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/07/31/npr-nichelle-nichols-dies-star-trek?fbclid=IwAR3EGVGkUdtnPhoOZ_q9MfiK5o730RSbJHlW6ng-L8DmKgMIIJpQv6FsQRU

Nichols broke ground and paved the way for Black actors in Hollywood as Uhura. Her castmate George Takei wrote, "We lived long and prospered together."

07/16/2022

The 2022 NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Space Apps Challenge registration is now open! Join the global community where you can , create, learn, and build solutions for space & Earth’s most pressing challenges this Oct 1-2. 🔭✨

We are excited to grow our collaboration with these space agency partners from around the globe: Australian Space Agency, Brazilian Space Agency, Canadian Space Agency, ESA - European Space Agency, ISRO - Indian Space Research Organisation, JAXA(宇宙航空研究開発機構), Agencia Espacial Mexicana, National Space Activities Commission of Argentina, Bahrain National Space Science Agency, Agencia Espacial del Paraguay - AEP, and the South African National Space Agency (SANSA)!

Register ➡️ https://bit.ly/3RCkgqE

11/26/2021

03/20/2021

Space Apps Winona fans:
Feminist Futures Hackathon, with social justice themes, via MIT, May 2021
Stipends available to participating teams, apps due March 26th.
"In teams mentored by community organizations, we will design interventions for reproductive justice, the care economy, abolition, and environmental justice. Your team will decide what project you work on for the month! From art activism, to community gardens, to planning for mutual aid, we believe that innovation doesn’t need to be high-tech to be high-impact."
https://www.ourfeministfutures.com/hackathon?fbclid=IwAR2PHoOdOl0xUHCJu8nStgeKFtPMjKPoqB3-xNyKjsspPVeVhNHi5pp7pvs

About the Hackathon What is a “hackathon”?A “hackathon” is a gathering of people who come together to make, play, prototype, and learn. Usually they last a weekend and are in-person — ours is virtual and lasts a whole month. Our hackathon will have other unique features: talks, workshops,...

09/05/2020

This year's challenges have been published! Check them out at

Space Apps 2020

07/30/2020

Space Apps fans, 2020 virtual version coming your way October 2-4th...students, professionals, engineers, makers, artists, coders, and storytellers...stay tuned for more about the Winona version next month!

NASA and the Space Apps Global Organizing Team invite you to “Take Action” from home on October 2-4, as part of an entirely virtual celebration of our 9th annual hackathon.

07/30/2020

!!! Perserverance Rover launch complete & on its way to Mars!

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