NASA – NewSpace Chicago

NASA Space Apps Hackathon: Oct 10/20 – 10/21

October 9, 2018 October 16, 2018Events

NewSpace Chicago has teamed up with DePaul University to host the 2018 NASA Space Apps Challenge in Chicago. Space Apps is an international hackathon that occurs over 48 hours in cities around the world. Coders, scientists, designers, storytellers, makers, builders, technologists, and everyone enthusiastic about curiosity come together to address challenges we face on Earth and in space! Now, we invite you to be a part of this exciting, collaborative scientific exploration, as we pair…

Event Tue 5/15: Rocket Men: an Evening with Author Robert Kurson

April 26, 2018 April 26, 2018Events

Ask people about the Apollo space program and they’re most familiar with Apollo 11, when man first set foot on the Moon. But by many accounts, an even more daring and risky mission occurred seven months earlier when Apollo 8, crewed by Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders, became the first manned flight ever to reach the Moon. The story of Apollo 8 has it all: an existential enemy (the Soviets); a race against…

NASA’s 2018 To Do List (video)

December 23, 2017 December 23, 2017News