UH students launch rocket in NASA competition
The Project Imua students achieved liftoff, launching the rocket and payload they designed and built for the NASA Student Launch Project competition near Huntsville, Alabama.
The Project Imua students achieved liftoff, launching the rocket and payload they designed and built for the NASA Student Launch Project competition near Huntsville, Alabama.
Project Imua’s rocket is 10 feet tall, and their payload is a four-wheeled rover designed to travel 10 feet before collecting a soil sample.
Ten UH students from Honolulu, Kapiʻolani and Windward Community Colleges and three from UH Mānoa comprise the Project Imua Mission 6 team.
The launch from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia is scheduled for a window between 5:30 and 9:30 a.m. EDT on Sunday, August 13.
Luke Flynn has been selected as the university’s nominee for the Governor’s Award for Distinguished State Service as Employee of the Year.
NASA videographer Kjell Redal’s documentary looks back on Project Imua’s second launch.
The Project Imua payload developed by students from four UH community colleges launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.
Students from four UH Community Colleges finished the remove before flight procedures for Project Imua.
The team successfully conducted final mission simulation tests of their payload and scientific experiments.
Gov. David Ige presented commemorative plaques to Project Imua team members from UH campuses across the state during a recognition ceremony at the State Capitol.