{"id":14741,"date":"2013-03-05T08:08:39","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T18:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=14741"},"modified":"2020-12-01T14:26:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T00:26:39","slug":"satellite-launch-and-space-science-featured-in-readying-for-liftoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2013\/03\/05\/satellite-launch-and-space-science-featured-in-readying-for-liftoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Satellite launch and space science featured in Readying for liftoff"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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TESTING: ORS-4 static fire of rocket motor at Edwards Air Force Base in August 2012. (Photo courtesy Operationally Responsive Space Office, Department of Defense)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is one in a series of articles featured in “The Sky Is Not the Limit,”<\/a> a special tabloid produced for the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Innovation Initiative<\/a> by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

These projects bring hands-on learning opportunities and high-tech careers.<\/p>\n

Read about how the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> 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 “Readying for Liftoff”<\/a> by Jolyn Okimoto Rosa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Projects led by University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> researchers in the areas of astronomy and space science bring hands-on learning opportunities for students and high-tech careers to Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[34,179,332,35,92,9,947],"class_list":["post-14741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-astronomy","tag-college-of-engineering","tag-hawaii-innovation-initiative","tag-institute-for-astronomy","tag-school-of-ocean-and-earth-science-and-technology","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-system","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t