S’wakian team wins Nasa Space Apps Challenge


Special guest: Coleman announcing the winner for the Best Use of Technology through a Twitter livestream broadcast.

PETALING JAYA: A group of secondary school students from SMK Bintulu in Sarawak did the nation proud when they were crowned the Global Winners of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) Space Apps Challenge 2021, the world’s largest global hackathon.

They were one of the 10 global winners announced yesterday at midnight by retired Nasa Astronaut Cady Coleman, through a Twitter Livestream broadcast. The team comprised Edwin Ting Heng Wei, Isaac Yong Wei Onn, Yiek Siew Hao, Jayden Lu Zheng Li and Sean Lee Jia Roung, supported by teacher Chew Ai Fang.

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