A project that allows Hawaii high school students to participate in developing an electrodynamic dust shield for future lunar missions was extended into fall of next year following the signing of an agreement between Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
A project that allows Hawaii high school students to participate in developing an electrodynamic dust shield for future lunar missions was extended into fall of next year following the signing of an agreement between Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
The Moon RIDERS program involves students at Kealakehe and ‘Iolani high schools.
Under the Space Act Agreement, NASA mentors Hawaii students and provides consultations on the physics behind the project; the design, development and construction of the mounting and integration hardware; and testing and analysis of the flight experiment configuration, PISCES said.
In return, Hawaii high school students perform field tests and provide test data to NASA.
Additionally, the Hawaii students are expected to complete the prototype EDS frame by the end of November and complete imaging data reduction and analysis by December of this year.