NASA's Glenn Research Center

ALT A graphic that says "14 Challenges" and features the NASA Space Apps Challenge logo and five photos that shows the Moon and a rocket, the Earth from space, a night-time view of the sky, the surface of Mars, and another view of the Earth from space.

ALT A graphic that says: "Challenge - Flame in Freefall: SI-Powered Fire Safety Insights from Microgravity Combustion Data. For decades, NASA has studied how flames and fire behave in microgravity, gathering a trove of experimental data along the way. That knowledge matters more than ever as humans gear up to return to the Moon and press on to Mars, yet the volume of results makes them hard to find, compare, and understand. Your challenge is to create an interactive, SI-powered dashboard that summarizes, ranks, and interprets those findings to deliver fire safety insights for human space exploration."

ALT Two researchers in an operations control room analyzing satellite imagery and weather tracking data displayed on large wall-mounted monitors, with one standing and pointing at the screen while the other sits at a computer workstation. Credit: NASA

ALT A person in a tan flight suit inspects the propellers of NASA's PC-12 aircraft on a paved tarmac. A person wearing a neon safety vest picks up orange cones in the background. Credit: NASA

ALT A large white faceted geodesic radome mounted on an elevated steel platform with an access ramp on a facility rooftop against a clear blue sky. Credit: NASA

ALT Side view of a white and blue NASA aircraft (tail number N606NA) on a paved runway taxiway under a clear sky. Credit: NASA

ALT Three NASA team members inside a communications operations room monitoring real-time flight tracking software, maps, and system telemetry across multiple computer screens and rack-mounted server hardware next to an open exterior doorway. Credit: NASA

ALT Optical tracking and laser communication equipment set up on an outdoor rooftop platform under a clear blue sky, and a blue hydraulic scissor lift cart supporting additional sensors and electronic control hardware. Credit: NASA

ALT A large group of NASA Glenn team members stand and pose for a photo in the center's Icing Research Tunnel. Behind them is a large fan, which is illuminated by red lighting. Credit: NASA/Jef Janis

ALT The Space Environments Complex at NASA Glenn's Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio, illuminated at night under a cloudy sky, with the glowing blue NASA logo visible on the upper facade, a full moon shining through the clouds, and a large tree in the foreground to the right. Credit: NASA/Quentin Schwinn

ALT A man in a green T-shirt sits in a blue adjustable clinical chair with a pulse oximeter on his finger and a blood pressure cuff on his arm. A second man standing beside him, wearing a dark gray "SPACE U" shirt, connects color-coded ECG lead wires to an electrode patch on the seated man's upper chest. A portable vital signs monitor sits on a mobile stand in the foreground against brown ridged walls. Credit: NASA

ALT A man wearing a dark gray "SPACE U" shirt sits in a blue clinical chair equipped with a blood pressure cuff and a fingertip pulse oximeter. A second man in a green T-shirt stands over him, holding a slim digital otoscope probe to illuminate and examine his left ear canal. In the foreground, a portable vital signs monitor rests on a stand next to the chair. Credit: NASA