Mauna Loa School sixth-graders Elena Freitas, 11, and Giordynne Carriage, 11, put a handcrafted rocket back together after they launched it Friday during the Society of High Altitude Rocket Kids (SHARKs) first winter launch at a site in Panaewa. SHARKs is the Big Island’s only register rocket club, is a sanctioned section of the National Association of Rocketry and is affiliated with Mauna Loa School in Hilo.
Mauna Loa School board chairman and rocket club supervisor Kevin Cornwell and students watch as rockets launch Friday during the Society of High Altitude Rocket Kids (SHARKs) first winter launch at a site in Panaewa. SHARKs is the Big Island’s only register rocket club, is a sanctioned section of the National Association of Rocketry and is affiliated with Mauna Loa School in Hilo.
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