2plant (NVS-knot)
Two weeks of daily planting windows per 100 m of field: is there enough moisture to germinate, and is the ground safe for machinery?
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agency open data challenge
NASA International Space Apps Challenge 2024
Organized by NASA Space Apps Global Organizing Team (funded by NASA's Earth Science Division).
- Dates
- 5–6 Oct 2024
- Format
- hybrid
- Where
- 485 in-person and virtual Local Events plus the virtual Universal Event
- Participants
- 93,520
- Team size
- 1-6
- Results
- partial
How it is judged
| Criterion | Lens | What judges look for |
|---|---|---|
| Influence | impact | How much good the project can do, in quality and quantity. Renamed 'Impact' in 2025. |
| Creativity | originality | How novel the approach is, versus an incremental improvement on something that exists. |
| Validity | scientific validity | Scientifically valid; does what it sets out to do; can work in the real world. |
| Relevance | challenge relevance | Responsive to the chosen challenge; complete; technically feasible; usable. |
| Presentation | storytelling pitch | How well the team tells the story: the challenge, the proposed solution and why it matters. |
Judges. Three phases. Local and Universal Event judges choose Global Nominees (940+); NASA and Space Agency Partner subject-matter experts choose 40 Global Finalists plus Honorable Mentions; an executive committee of agency leaders assigns the 10 Global Awards.
Criteria from the 2024 Judging & Awards guide (third-party-hosted copy); each is scored 1–5.
Prizes and lanes
| Prize | Reward | Criteria |
|---|---|---|
| Best Use of Science The best and most valid use of science and/or the scientific method. | — |
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| Best Use of Data Best makes space data accessible or leverages it for a unique application. | — |
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| Best Use of Technology The most innovative use of technology. | — |
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| Galactic Impact The most potential to improve life on Earth or in the universe. | — |
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| Best Mission Concept The most plausible concept and design. | — |
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| Most Inspirational The project that captures our hearts. | — |
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| Best Storytelling Most creatively communicates the potential of open data through the art of storytelling. | — |
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| Global Connection Best connects people around the world through technology. | — |
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| Art & Technology Most effectively combines technical and creative skills. | — |
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| Local Impact The greatest potential for local impact. | — |
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Known results
▶ Video
42 QuakeHeroes
A U-Net deep network on decomposed seismic energy that finds the onset of moonquakes and marsquakes in noisy lander data.
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Connected Earth Museum
Walk a 3D virtual museum where each painting opens a live NASA data visualization of how Earth's systems connect.
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Eco-Metropolis (Innovisionaries)
A three-level city-building game that teaches sustainability, ending with urban-planning decisions made on real NASA Earth data.
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G.R.O.W. (Team I.O.)
Ask a voice agent about wildfires near you in plain language; it queries NASA FIRMS and weather data and moves the map for you.
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HWO Exoplanet Characterization Platform (Asteroid Destroyer)
A 3D map of known exoplanets scored for habitability and detectability, to help the Habitable Worlds Observatory pick targets.
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Landsat Connect (AsturExplorers)
Pin a spot, get told before Landsat flies over, then compare your ground measurement with the 3×3 pixel it captured.
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SkyShield (WMPGang)
A physically based 3D orrery that puts near-Earth objects and meteoroid streams in one view to show the overlooked hazard to satellites.
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TerraTales
Mother Earth meets her children North, South and Neutral every five years to compare climate notes — then you play, and see the forecast if nothing changes.
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WaterWise (GaamaRamma)
Map your field, enter the crop and irrigation system, and get a 7-day watering schedule computed from NASA-backed evapotranspiration data.
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Submissions and base rates
winners only roster. 10 indexed. These counts describe what CrafterWIKI indexed, not what the event produced — do not read them as base rates.
| Project | Placement | Track | Domains |
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| 2plant (NVS-knot) Two weeks of daily planting windows per 100 m of field: is there enough moisture to germinate, and is the ground safe for machinery? | Award winner | Leveraging Earth Observation Data for Informed Agricultural Decision-Making |
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| 42 QuakeHeroes A U-Net deep network on decomposed seismic energy that finds the onset of moonquakes and marsquakes in noisy lander data. | Award winner | Seismic Detection Across the Solar System |
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| Connected Earth Museum Walk a 3D virtual museum where each painting opens a live NASA data visualization of how Earth's systems connect. | Award winner | Imagine our Connected Earth |
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| Eco-Metropolis (Innovisionaries) A three-level city-building game that teaches sustainability, ending with urban-planning decisions made on real NASA Earth data. | Award winner | SDGs in the Classroom |
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| G.R.O.W. (Team I.O.) Ask a voice agent about wildfires near you in plain language; it queries NASA FIRMS and weather data and moves the map for you. | Award winner | Community Mapping |
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| HWO Exoplanet Characterization Platform (Asteroid Destroyer) A 3D map of known exoplanets scored for habitability and detectability, to help the Habitable Worlds Observatory pick targets. | Award winner | Navigator for the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO): Mapping the Characterizable Exoplanets in our Galaxy |
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| Landsat Connect (AsturExplorers) Pin a spot, get told before Landsat flies over, then compare your ground measurement with the 3×3 pixel it captured. | Award winner | Landsat Reflectance Data: On the Fly and at Your Fingertips |
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| SkyShield (WMPGang) A physically based 3D orrery that puts near-Earth objects and meteoroid streams in one view to show the overlooked hazard to satellites. | Award winner | Create an Orrery Web App that Displays Near-Earth Objects |
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| TerraTales Mother Earth meets her children North, South and Neutral every five years to compare climate notes — then you play, and see the forecast if nothing changes. | Award winner | Tell Us a Climate Story! |
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| WaterWise (GaamaRamma) Map your field, enter the crop and irrigation system, and get a 7-day watering schedule computed from NASA-backed evapotranspiration data. | Award winner | Leveraging Earth Observation Data for Informed Agricultural Decision-Making |
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Priors from other agency open data challenge events
Mechanisms and lenses among 10 confirmed winners from 1 other event of this kind.
Mechanisms
Judging lenses
Organizer takeaways
- The 10 Global Winners were chosen from 40 Global Finalists, who were selected from 940+ Global Nominees out of 9,996 submissions.
Curator note. Holdout event: indexed after pre-registering docs/research/holdout-nasa-2024.md. Tracks list only the 9 of 20 eligible challenges with a Global Winner; the agriculture challenge produced two winners and three winners are from Brazil — counts among winners, not base rates. The spaceappschallenge.org global-winners page rendered an unrelated team list on 2026-09-14, so nasa.gov is the results source. NASA publishes member names abbreviated; CrafterWIKI stores team size only.
Use this brief
crafterwiki event nasa-space-apps-2024
Sources
- https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/stem-engagement-at-nasa/nasa-international-space-apps-challenge-announces-2024-global-winners/ — 10 Global Winners with award, challenge, city/country and description; 93,520 registered participants, 485 events, 163 countries, 9,996 submissions.
- https://www.spaceappschallenge.org/nasa-space-apps-2024/awards/ — Award definitions and the three judging phases.
- https://www.spaceappschallenge.org/nasa-space-apps-2024/challenges/ — 21 challenges (20 eligible for global awards).
- https://www.spaceappschallenge.org/nasa-space-apps-2024/awards/global-finalists/ — 40 Global Finalists from 940+ Global Nominees (count only; list not indexed).
- https://www.scribd.com/document/876777314/Judging-Awards-Guideline — Third-party-hosted copy of the organizer's 2024 Judging & Awards guide.