Maui youths keep an eye on dying satellite, asteroid Five curious students help NASA, perform cutting-edge astronomy
Maui youths keep an eye on dying satellite, asteroid
Five curious students help NASA, perform cutting-edge astronomy
Five young Mauians played significant roles in spotting a dying satellite and an asteroid that buzzed the Earth over the summer with the help of their mentor J.D. Armstrong of the University of Hawaii.
Holden Suzuki and Wilson Chau, both 8th-graders at Maui Waena Intermediate School, spotted a 1,070-pound space satellite in early August and helped determine that the 50-year-old abandoned satellite was projected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere Aug. 29.
