Three teams in Jeddah won the Space Apps Challenge, participating against 17 projects that competed over three days to provide the best scientific and engineering innovations in space, organized by the Technical Valley Department at the University of Business and Technology in Jeddah, under the supervision of NASA Space Agency.
The judging committee announced the winning projects, scoring the first three places in seven tracks, which included space exploration, planets and moons, open science, the sun, climate, Earth and astrophysics, according to SPA.
More than 497 competitors participated from Jeddah, competing to build innovative solutions to challenges on Earth and in space using NASA's 48-hour open data.
The Communications, Space & Technology Commission (CST) organized the largest space and science Hackathon in the solar system, stating that the Saudi Space Apps Challenge marks a milestone in the Kingdom's journey toward space exploration and technological progress.
