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CoralBeat Wins First NASA App Challenge in Hawaii

May 2, 2016May 2, 2016 Hawaii Star Wire 0 Comments apps, coral, marinebiology, nasa, science, space

The threat that climate change and human activity poses to the world’s coral reefs was the focus of the winning entry in Hawaii’s first NASA Space Apps Challenge event.

CoralBeat won “Best Overall App” at the Honolulu competition, which was held at the Manoa Innovation Center from April 22-24. The diverse team included coders, scientists and science enthusiasts, and subject matter experts from NOAA and the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology.

CoralBeat is an app focused on coral bleaching in Hawaii, with an interactive map that displays years of NASA satellite data depicting sea surface temperatures observed over the entire globe. An animation in the app shows how the ocean has warmed during the most recent El NiÃ±o event.

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NASA rocket launches UH student project into space

August 12, 2015August 12, 2015 Ryan Ozawa 0 Comments communitycollege, nasa, space, uh, universityofhawaii

University of Hawaii community college students watched their scientific payload spin into space today when a two-stage Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding

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Latest crew set for 8-month simulated Mars mission

September 24, 2014September 24, 2014 Hawaii Star Wire 0 Comments nasa, space

The six astronaut-like crew members of the next Hawaiâ€˜i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) mission starting October 15 will be isolated in their dome habitat for eight months. This mission is twice as long as any previously completed at the HawaiÊ»i site, and second only to Russiaâ€™s Mars500 experiment in total duration.

Also, for the first time, HI-SEAS will have a female commander. In NASA history, only two women have ever commanded the spaceship: astronauts Eileen Collins in July 1999, and Pamela Melroy in November 2007.

For true space flight, the commander role requires previous astronaut experience as well as at least 1,000 hours experience piloting a jet aircraft. For HI-SEAS, Commander Martha Lenio was selected based on feedback from fellow crew members and from instructors of the National Outdoor Leadership Skills course that both NASA and HI-SEAS require of their teams in training.

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Three UH scientists selected for Mars rover teams

August 21, 2014 Hawaii Star Wire 0 Comments mars, nasa, space

NASA has announced the selection of seven science instruments to be included on the Mars 2020 rover. Three scientists from the University of Hawaii at MÄnoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) — Sarah Fagents, Shiv Sharma and Anupam Misra — will be members on the instrument teams to conduct unprecedented science and exploration technology investigations on the Red Planet. The new rover will carry sophisticated hardware and instruments to perform geological assessments of the rover’s landing site, determine the potential habitability of the environment, and directly search for signs of ancient Martian life.