Hackathon Days
At Space Apps Sydney events, teams of technologists, scientists, designers, and entrepreneurs work together to develop answers to some of the most pressing challenges on earth and space using publicly available NASA data.
We invite everyone to be a part of this scientific exploration, as we unleash NASA’s data to problem solvers across the globe. We want you to join us in discovering our home planet at the NASA International Space Apps Sydney!
From: October 4, 2025, (9:00 am)
Till: October 5, 2025, (11:59 pm)
Address: The University of Sydney, PNR Building, Learning Studio 310
Level 2, Peter Nicol Russell Building (J02), 2 Butlin Avenue, Darlington Campus, The University of Sydney NSW 2006
Join our opening call:
Time: Oct 4, 2025, 09:00 AM Sydney time
Meeting ID: 462 267 853 829 5
Passcode: cP7bX6sD
Our local communication tool: Join our Slack channel to find team members, get in touch with your mentors, and stay up to date with the event: (Find the link here)
Make sure you find and join all the channels starting with "2025-*", like "2025-ask-mentors" to connect with your mentors.
Speakers and Mentors
Our Guest Speakers, Mentors
We’re honored to welcome two incredible guest speakers this year as we celebrate our 2025 theme, Learn, Launch, Lead.
Caley Burke, Mission Manager with NASA’s Launch Services Program, whose leadership helps make space missions a reality, and George Salazar, a retired NASA engineer whose groundbreaking work has inspired generations of explorers. Together, their stories embody the spirit of innovation, perseverance, and discovery that lies at the heart of space exploration, and we can’t wait for them to share their wisdom with you.
And we're honored to have the team of mentors and judges:
Professor Xiaofeng Wu
Professor Sergio Leon-Saval
Professor Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh
Brook Mills
Fatemeh Jalali - AI and IoT Specialist