By Caroline Berk, Nichole Gable and Vrushti Patel
In 2020, COVID-19 flipped the world on its axis. Travel slowed drastically, and the economy shifted, disrupting the supply chain and more. Worldwide, people made difficult decisions to balance their well-being with family and community health and safety. In May, NASA Space Apps, an international forum for individuals of all ages and disciplines to use publicly available data from NASA and other sources to solve real-world problems, issued its COVID-19 Challenge to learn from the pandemic.