NASA Space Apps Sofia 2026: Live Finals & Space Food Tasting

​Space Apps is back in Sofia, and you’re invited to the finals.

​NASA Space Apps Challenge is NASA’s global hackathon, held in hundreds of cities around the world on the same weekend. Teams use NASA’s open data to tackle real challenges about Earth and space.

​In Sofia, teams build through the night from Saturday morning. On Sunday afternoon, the 5 best teams pitch their solutions live to a jury from Bulgaria’s space and tech community. You’ll then see the local winners announced, and stay to taste space food and meet the people building Bulgaria’s space future.

​Program, Sunday 15 November

• ​15:30 Doors open

• ​16:00 Live finals: 5 teams, 3-minute pitch + 5 minutes of jury questions each

• ​17:00 Short break while the jury deliberates

• ​17:30 Sofia local winners announced

• ​18:00 Space food tasting & networking

​Who it’s for: anyone curious about space tech. That includes students, engineers, founders, researchers, investors and people from the space industry. Come to see what can be built in a weekend, and meet the teams behind it.