Thank you to all who visited the Hawaii Space Grant Consortium / HSFL booth at the 2019 Institute for Astronomy Open House. Over 1,400 visitors attended the event and it looked like everyone had a good time!
It was announced yesterday that HyTI is among the selections in the latest round of NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative program. HyTI is a collaboration between the University of Hawaii/HSFL, JPL, Saraniasat Inc., and others to design, build, test and fly a 6U CubeSat in low Earth orbit. Among the technologies to be demonstrated include a hyperspectral imager being developed by
The University of Hawaii and HSFL’s proposal for Hyperspectral Thermal Imager (HyTI), in collaboration with JPL and Saraniasat Inc., has been selected by NASA for the In-Space Validation of Earth Science Technologies Program.
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HSFL will be participating in the 2018 Ellison Onizuka Day of Exploration on Saturday, April 28 at the Neal S. Blaisdell Exhibition Hall from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Our booth with the Hawaii Space Grant Consortium will feature a student suborbital payload, a number of our 3D printed models, and a thermal photo booth inspired by the Spectral Technology
HSFL will be participating in the biennial Open House for the School of Ocean Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) on October 20 and 21 on the UH Manoa campus. Various hands-on activities and demonstrations for all ages will feature the research conducted in the various institutes, centers, laboratories, and programs that are part of SOEST. This event is free and
The CubeSat Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS) Testing and Validation Team placed 4th in the ASME Hawaii Francis Rhodes Montgomery Design Competition. Their project involved the design and construction of an assembly for testing and validation of the ADCS of a 3U CubeSat under development at HSFL. The test assembly incorporates a spherical air bearing and balancing mechanisms for co-locating
HSFL representatives will be attending the NASA Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Serving Institutions (HBCUs/MSIs) Technology Infusion Road Tour being hosted by NASA’s Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP), in collaboration with the Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) and the Office of Education (OE) at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. The event runs from January 10-12. More information may be found
Dr. Luke Flynn, Director of HSFL, has been announced as the recipient of the 2016 UH Mānoa Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Service. Dr. Flynn will be honored at an awards ceremony to be held on Monday, May 2 at 4:00 p.m. in the Kennedy Theatre auditorium. Additional details are available via the UHM announcement. A live broadcast will be available
In an awards ceremony today, Mr. Timothy Williams was named the RCUH 2015 Outstanding Employee of the Year. Williams was nominated and awarded for his work overseeing and executing the design, installation, qualification and operation of the world’s largest rail launcher system, which was used for the ORS-4 launch on November 3, 2015. The launcher weighs approximately 210,000 lbs with