Grades K-2
| NASA Space Place Art Challenge | Each month, students are challenged to create a piece of art based on a prompt. Selected images will be featured on the Space Place website. | https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/art-challenge/en | Monthly |
| Commercial Crew Artwork Contest | Students create art based on one of four space-related themes. Winning pieces will be used in a calendar for 2023. | https://www.nasa.gov/feature/commercial-crew-artwork-contest | October 27th, 2022 Repeats Yearly |
Grades 3-6
| NASA Space Place Art Challenge | Each month, students are challenged to create a piece of art based on a prompt. Selected images will be featured on the Space Place website. | https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/art-challenge/en | Monthly |
| Commercial Crew Artwork Contest | Students create art based on one of four space-related themes. Winning pieces will be used in a calendar for 2023. | https://www.nasa.gov/feature/commercial-crew-artwork-contest | October 27th, 2022 Repeats Yearly |
| Artemis ROADS | Students are challenged to tackle science and engineering problems centered around visiting different solar system bodies. Teams document their mission and submit it to NESSP for the chance to win prizes. | https://nwessp.org/challenge/artemis-roads | No challenge date posted yet, but previous years started in October. Repeats Yearly |
Grades 6-8
| NASA TechRise Student Challenge | Develop an experiment idea that can be used with a high-altitude Balloon. 60 winners will be selected to build their proposed experiment. | https://www.futureengineers.org/nasatechrise | October 24, 2022 Repeats Yearly |
| NASA Space Place Art Challenge | Each month, students are challenged to create a piece of art based on a prompt. Selected images will be featured on the Space Place website. | https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/art-challenge/en | Monthly |
| NASA App Development Challenge | NASA presents students with coding challenges for deep space exploration. | https://www.nasa.gov/stem/nextgenstem/moon/learn-more-about-the-challenge.html | September 28th, 2022 – Registration Deadline December 14th – Video Submission Deadline |
| 2023 Drop Tower Challenge | Students grades 8-12 are challenged to design devices that will float in water in normal gravity but submerge in water when exposed to microgravity. | https://www1.grc.nasa.gov/space/education-outreach/drop-tower-competition/current-drop-tower-challenges/2023-drop-tower-challenge | Proposals due November 13 |
| NSS Space Settlement Contest | Students design a plan for a space settlement. Prizes include scholarships and opportunities to talk at the ISDC conference. | https://space.nss.org/nss-space-settlement-contest | Contest registration opens in November 2022 |
| Genes in Space | Students are encouraged to design a DNA experiment that addresses a challenge in space exploration. | https://www.genesinspace.org | 2022 contest has ended. Repeats yearly |
| Artemis ROADS | Students are challenged to tackle science and engineering problems centered around visiting different solar system bodies. Teams document their mission and submit it to NESSP for the chance to win prizes. | https://nwessp.org/challenge/artemis-roads | No challenge date posted yet, but previous years started in October. Repeats Yearly |
| Gerard K O’Neill Space Settlement Contest | Design an orbital free space settlement in the solar system. Support systems and full living needs for a multi-generational population are included. | https://space.nss.org/nss-space-settlement-contest/about-the-contest | Open: 12/1/23 - 2/15/24 |
Grades 9-12
| NASA TechRise Student Challenge | Develop an experiment idea that can be used with a high-altitude Balloon. 60 winners will be selected to build their proposed experiment. | https://www.futureengineers.org/nasatechrise | October 24, 2022 Repeats Yearly |
| NASA Space Place Art Challenge | Each month, students are challenged to create a piece of art based on a prompt. Selected images will be featured on the Space Place website. | https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/art-challenge/en | Monthly |
| NASA App Development Challenge | NASA presents students with coding challenges for deep space exploration. | https://www.nasa.gov/stem/nextgenstem/moon/learn-more-about-the-challenge.html | September 28th, 2022 – Registration Deadline December 14th – Video Submission Deadline Repeats Yearly |
| 2023 Drop Tower Challenge | Students grades 8-12 are challenged to design devices that will float in water in normal gravity but submerge in water when exposed to microgravity. | https://www1.grc.nasa.gov/space/education-outreach/drop-tower-competition/current-drop-tower-challenges/2023-drop-tower-challenge | Proposals due November 13 |
| NSS Space Settlement Contest | Students design a plan for a space settlement. Prizes include scholarships and opportunities to talk at the ISDC conference. | https://space.nss.org/nss-space-settlement-contest | Contest registration opens in November 2022 |
| Genes in Space | Students are encouraged to design a DNA experiment that addresses a challenge in space exploration. | https://www.genesinspace.org | 2022 contest has ended. Repeats yearly |
| Artemis ROADS | Students are challenged to tackle science and engineering problems centered around visiting different solar system bodies. Teams document their mission and submit it to NESSP for the chance to win prizes. | https://nwessp.org/challenge/artemis-roads | No challenge date posted yet, but previous years started in October. Repeats Yearly |
| Human Exploration Rover Challenge | Teams of students design, build, and test a human powered rover. | https://www.nasa.gov/stem/roverchallenge/home/index.html | September 8th, 2022 – Proposal submission closed for this year. Repeats Yearly |
| Space Apps Challenge | In this annual challenge, participants come together for a 48-hour period and participate in a hack-a-thon, solving challenges submitted by NASA employees. Submissions are judged and winners selected after the hack-a-thon. | https://www.spaceappschallenge.org | Must be registered before October 1, 2022. Repeats Yearly |
| Zero Robotics | International high school programming competition where students control robotic SPHERES aboard the space station. | https://zerorobotics.mit.edu |
No 2022 entry listed yet. Typically takes place from September to December. Repeats yearly |
| Gerard K O’Neill Space Settlement Contest | Design an orbital free space settlement in the solar system. Support systems and full living needs for a multi-generational population are included. | https://space.nss.org/nss-space-settlement-contest/about-the-contest | Open: 12/1/23 - 2/15/24 |
| spUN Debate Program | Students are selected to virtually team with students from around the world to debate timely space topics. | https://nss.org/spun-debates | 12/10/23 |
| Space Elevator Challenge | Students investigate the Green Road to Space and incorporate AI tech into future mission implementation, explaining how Space Elevators will enable the mission success. | https://www.isec.org/academic-challenge | 12/01/23 |