{"id":163618,"date":"2022-08-16T16:25:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T02:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=163618"},"modified":"2022-08-17T10:08:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T20:08:01","slug":"project-imua-space-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/16\/project-imua-space-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Spectacular <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Project Imua space video inspires awe"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_71771\"  width=\"676\" height=\"676\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9tAGV5dknM4?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Spectacular Â鶹´«Ã½Project Imua space video inspires awe\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Out of this world&rdquo; is one way to describe the incredible video captured by a University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Community College experiment nearly 100 miles above Earth.<\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/11\/uh-experiment-launched-into-space\/\">August 11, a 44-foot <abbr title=\"National Aeronautics and Space Administration\">NASA<\/abbr> sounding rocket blasted off from Wallops Flight Facility<\/a> in Virginia carrying a scientific experiment designed by Project Imua Mission 10 students into space.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_163640\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163640\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/system-project-imua-in-space-launch.jpg\" alt=\"rocket blasting off\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-163640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/system-project-imua-in-space-launch.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/system-project-imua-in-space-launch-130x130.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163640\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo credit: <abbr>NASA<\/abbr> Wallops\/Terry Zaperach)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Project Imua is a joint faculty-student enterprise of multiple <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Community College campuses in affiliation with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacegrant.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Space Grant Consortium<\/a> that provides students with real-world, project-based learning opportunities. <a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/\">Windward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr><\/a> students designed and built a camphor-powered sublimation rocket (named <abbr>ScubeR<\/abbr>, for Super Simple Sublimation Rocket) that was deployed at the peak of the NASA rocket\u2019s flight&#8212;at 99 miles altitude. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honolulu.hawaii.edu\/\">Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr><\/a> team designed two cameras and measurement devices to monitor the sublimation rocket\u2019s motion.<\/p>\n<p>Project manager <strong>Joe Ciotti<\/strong>, a Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> professor, calls the video captured by that Project Imua camera in space &ldquo;visually spectacular.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ciotti continued, &ldquo;The opening shows the limb of the Earth against the blackness of space and clouds covering the Atlantic. It then pans to show the second stage (of the sounding rocket) that separated moments ago, spinning as it falls back to Earth. Nearby is the outer protective skirt, tumbling after being dropped from the payload section. \u2026(later), <abbr>ScubeR<\/abbr> begins to be deployed in the straight direction it was designed to follow.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_163632\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163632\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/system-project-imua-jared-estrada-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"People working on experiment\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-163632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/system-project-imua-jared-estrada-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/system-project-imua-jared-estrada-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/system-project-imua-jared-estrada.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Team leader Jared Estrada watches mentor Shidong Kan receive Project Imua\u2019s experiment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Project leader and Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> student <strong>Jared Estrada<\/strong> said, &ldquo;Working the math and sticking with the science and engineering process we believe we have something that works and ultimately leads to success within the mission. I think it\u2019s very successful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been an amazing experience for the aspiring research and development physicist and the 15-member team.<\/p>\n<p>Estrada said, &ldquo;I would say Mission 10 is an excellent opportunity for students and overall awe inspiring for the scientific and engineering process.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>For <strong>Caleb Yuen<\/strong>, the Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr> student responsible for developing the video cameras, the views of space were breathtaking.<\/p>\n<p>Next up, Project Imua Mission 11. The team plans to launch a custom-built rocket equipped with a land rover and atmospheric detector at the <abbr>ARLISS<\/abbr> 2022 Come-Back competition in Nevada in September.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<em>By Kelli Abe Trifonovitch<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_163634\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163634\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/system-project-imua-in-space.jpg\" alt=\"Rocket in space\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-163634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/system-project-imua-in-space.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/system-project-imua-in-space-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/system-project-imua-in-space-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Community College students&#8217; cameras recorded their sublimation rocket in space.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Community College space experiment captured video of its sublimation rocket in space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,12],"tags":[182,871,62,124,855,313,71,947,56,66],"class_list":["post-163618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","category-video","tag-engineering","tag-hawaii-space-grant-consortium","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-physics","tag-project-imua","tag-stem","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-system","tag-video-2","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163618"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163639,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163618\/revisions\/163639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}