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Imagine an Earth-orbiting satellite, or an Earth-to-Moon mission that requires an orbital transfer maneuver, or a spacecraft in a cyclical orbit around Earth and Mars,…
Satellites can tell us a lot about the Earth system. We can learn about air quality, water quality, tree canopy, and even urban heat from…
The world is facing many big challenges like climate change, water insecurity, and diseases; addressing these challenges in innovative ways requires interdisciplinary research using data…
NASA’s satellite-derived active fire data are freely available and provide valuable information to a wide range of users. However, as wildfires continue to increase in…
Data from the three Earth-observing platforms on the International Space Station are used to advance science across various disciplines, but currently only one of these…
Researchers face challenges in developing accurate and efficient artificial intelligence (AI) models for geospatial analytics tasks, especially when the availability of labeled data (i.e., data…
Use your skills to explore life on Earth! New imaging spectrometer data from NASA is dramatically improving our ability to measure and monitor biodiversity from…
Since its July 14, 2022 launch to the space station, the EMIT hyperspectral visible/short-wave infrared sensor has been extremely useful! It is identifying the composition…
When operating reliably, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) space weather station, the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR), can measure the strength and speed…
SAR (synthetic aperture radar) is a powerful tool for studying our planet and is used to investigate Earth processes—from earthquakes and volcanic eruptions to ice…
The Helio Big Year (HBY) runs from October 2023 through December 2024, and includes two major solar eclipses over the Americas, the Sun’s solar maximum…
Have you ever been swimming in a natural body of water and felt curious about the microscopic and larger life all around you, or what…
We are only just beginning to consider long-term habitation on the Moon and Mars, but what would be required in the distant future for successful…
Greetings, space enthusiast! Are you tired of slogging through technical requirements, only to find omissions and inconsistencies that could spell disaster for your mission? What…
Deep space exploration exposes human astronauts, animals, and plants to the stressors of the space environment, including increased radiation and altered gravity. Digital twins (DT)…
In the distant future, space tourism will likely be routine for Earth dwellers, but space travelers will need help choosing a destination and determining an…
NASA’s Psyche mission will explore the Psyche asteroid in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Space exploration may feel unattainable for many, but crafting…
2023 is a Year of Open Science! Sharing success stories is a great way to showcase the wonderful open science work accomplished by the global…
NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is committed to making the scientific process open to broad participation from start to finish. Making NASA science more accessible,…
Imagine you visit a landlocked region where none of the inhabitants have ever been to the ocean. Although they may not be aware of it,…
When they explored the Moon, NASA’s Apollo astronauts left behind several instruments to collect geophysical data near each Apollo landing site. Your challenge is to…
Magnetic reconnection (MR) is a process in which opposing magnetic field lines merge. If magnetic reconnection occurs between the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) and Earth’s…
NASA offers a variety of “sonifications” – translations of 2D astronomical data into sound –that provide a new way to experience imagery and other information…
Are we alone in the universe? To address this question, NASA’s next flagship space telescope, the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), will search for habitable planets…
Earth has 370 quintillion gallons of water – but only 0.01% of that is freshwater that we can use. As climate change alters the global…
Participants are invited to create their own challenge to tackle, but these are not eligible for Global Judging. BACKGROUND Do you have an idea that…
Eclipses are awe-inspiring celestial events that drastically change the appearance of one of the two biggest objects we see in our sky: our Sun and…
Transfer learning is a machine learning technique in which a model is pretrained on a large, broad dataset to encode underlying features and relationships, and…
Picture a geologist. Do you imagine someone who spends their days in remote field areas looking at rocks? Our planet and its geology can also…
NASA’s Artemis II mission will bring a lot of firsts to the world–it will be the first mission to send a woman, a person of…
There are many different open science and open-source projects and tools, but no efficient way to match project creators with interested collaborators who possess the…