Reading time: < 1minuteTESTING: ORS-4 static fire of rocket motor at Edwards Air Force Base in August 2012. (Photo courtesy Operationally Responsive Space Office, Department of Defense)
This is one in a series of articles featured in a special tabloid produced for the by the .
Satellite launches and tracking, two new world-class telescopes, and a portable space habitat: Some of the most exciting projects in these islands are in areas of astronomy and space.
These projects bring hands-on learning opportunities and high-tech careers.
Read about how the University of Hawaiʻi is working to become the only university in the world with dedicated rocket-launch capability for its own satellites, the world’s largest solar and optical telescopes, and a project that focuses on new forms of food and food preparation for long-duration space missions in the article by Jolyn Okimoto Rosa.
