Governor David Ige presented commemorative plaques to Project Imua team members from campuses across the state during a recognition ceremony at the State Capitol on October 23. Project Imua (Hawaiian for ‘to move forward’) is a joint faculty-student enterprise for designing, fabricating and testing payloads.
The actual Project Imua Payload that flew into space this past summer was also displayed during the ceremony.
On August 12, 2015 University of Hawai?i community college students watched their scientific/engineering payload spin into space when a two-stage Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket was launched from NASA’s in Virginia.
Payloads developed by students from seven higher education programs were aboard the rocket. The team was the only community college whose payload was selected for this launch.
- designed and built the payload’s instrumentation.
- designed the payload’s electronic circuitry for power and telemetry.
- designed the associated print circuit board.
- integrated all the components together and performed static tests on the payload.
- Both Windward CC and Kaua?i CC designed and constructed the payload’s mechanical housing.
Project Imua is funded by a two-year $500,000 grant awarded under the NASA Space Grant . Project Imua is supported by , 东精影业’s main campus, which provides technical assistance through resources and personnel.
Watch Project Imua’s payload blast off into space
Project Imua photos
More Project Imua news
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- – June 12, 2015
—By Kelli Trifonovitch