Over 100 Malaysian students participate in Nasa-run challenge

At the Kuala Lumpur NASA Space App Challenge 2016, participants used more than 200 datasets, services and tools from NASA to solve 26 challenges across six mission categories: Aeronautics, Earth, International Space Station, Space Technology, Journey to Mars, Solar System and Beyond.

CYBERJAYA hosted the Malaysian leg of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) Space Apps Challenge last weekend – one of the world’s biggest event for the development of innovative and space-oriented ideas.

Simultaneously held over 48 hours in cities around the world including Malaysia; the two-day hackathon gathered more than 100 of our brightest young scientific talents to jointly develop solutions that will contribute to space exploration missions and help improve life on Earth.