NASA launches satellite built by students in Hawaii into space
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Students from the University of Hawaii at Manoa were with NASA this morning for an out-of-this-world experience. UH’s Hawaiʻi Institute of Geophysics and Planetology … Students from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the Hawaiʻi Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, were part of a NASA cargo resupply mission. The students had their Hyperspectral Thermal Imager (HyTI) satellite loaded into a spacecraft for the mission, which included technologies that monitor sea ice and supplies for astronauts on the International Space Station. The launch took place from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. UH said the students gained valuable hands-on experience designing and building the HyTI satellite, which is equipped to gather valuable data for understanding Earth's surface processes.
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HONOLULU (KHON2) — Students from the University of Hawaii at Manoa were with NASA this morning for an out-of-this-world experience.
UH’s Hawaiʻi Institute of Geophysics and Planetology undergraduate and graduate students had their Hyperspectral Thermal Imager (HyTI) satellite loaded into a spacecraft for a cargo resupply mission.
Along with UH faculty and staff members, the students watched the launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The space quest was NASA’s SpaceX’s 30th resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Among the other cargo carried in the uncrewed spacecraft were technologies that monitor sea ice and essential supplies for astronauts living and working aboard the orbiting laboratory.
UH said the students gained valuable hands-on experience designing and building the HyTI satellite.
HyTI is equipped to gather valuable data for understanding Earth’s surface processes like volcanic activity, wildfires and soil moisture levels.
The cargo spacecraft launched at 10:30 a.m. HST.
Topics: Space, NASA