Ten winners to visit the NASA Space Center

The national stage of the NASA International Space Apps Challenge 2026 hackathon has concluded in Uzbekistan.

Nearly 500 participants formed around 100 teams. Over two days, they developed projects using NASA’s open data and presented them to a panel of judges.

This year’s national stage was organized by the Uzcosmos Agency in cooperation with Inno Technopark, Sehriyo School, the Ziyo Forum Foundation for Science and Education Development, the American Spaces in Uzbekistan program of the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan, and Skillbox.

Each team had 48 hours to explore its chosen challenge, identify relevant data, and demonstrate how its proposed solution could work using that data. The international program covered Earth observation, data analysis and visualization, artificial intelligence and machine learning. It also included challenges related to space technologies, astronomy, planetary exploration, ecosystems and sustainable development.

Following the selection process, ten winners earned the opportunity to visit NASA space centers and present their projects.

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N. Rahmonova, photos by A. Alijonov, UzA