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On October 1-2, this Saturday and Sunday, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will once again be participating in NASA’s Space Apps Challenge, giving students the chance to contribute to solutions for real world space problems.

This past weekend the 10th International Space Apps Challenge was held globally. One of the prominent venues was in Waterloo where organizers included a workshop on hyperspectral data by sponsor Wyvern.

The International Space Apps Challenge created by NASA is set for the first weekend of October globally including in a record nine Canadian cities.

NASA’s Space Apps Challenge engaged over 2,000 students in its first global hackathon in 2012. By last year’s edition, that engagement had grown to 26,165 participants.

The Space Apps Challenge started as a NASA backed hackathon nine years ago with global participation. It has now grown to the point where Canada can stand on its own with five years of Canadian Space Agency support, and this year, a national sponsor in MDA.

NASA’s International Space Apps Challenge is back for another year with Montreal and the Kitchener Waterloo region as the first two Canadian cities to announce their participation.

Canadian space geeks came together during a weekend earlier this month (Oct. 19 to 21) to hack, chat and create space apps that got the attention of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and NASA.

As September comes to a close there are some great events across Canada in October and November for the everyone in the space community.

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) participated for the first time this year in the NASA Space Apps Challenge with a trio of open data challenges of their own. Of the 31 teams that participated in the Canadian venues of Ottawa, Toronto and Waterloo, five were nominated for the CSA to consider.

This past weekend Ottawa, Toronto and Kitchener-Waterloo hosted NASA’s Space Apps Challenge. For Ottawa, this was their first year, for all the cities, it was a chance to get students involved and excited about space. And for the first time, the Canadian Space Agency participated and made its presence felt, which is a good thing.