Navigate

Space rocks — literally and figuratively

Monday, July 16, 2018, 12:35 a.m.

Swipe left for more photos

During a live science show, Aunty Mimi demonstrates how to build your own spacesuit with the help of astronaut model Louis Walton. Aunty Mimi wears a diaper because she says all astronauts wear them. (PHYLLIS KANEKUNI/THELMA PARKER MEMORIAL LIBRARY) ▲
Aunty Mimi provides Alka Seltzer to Lucas and Lily Saucedo to build mini rockets outside. (LANDRY FULLER/SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY) ▲
Carson Jay examines space rocks. (LANDRY FULLER/SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY) ▲
Four-year-old Phoenix Bisaro looks at the sun through a small telescope outside the library provided by West Hawaii Astronomy Club. (LANDRY FULLER/SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY) ▲
Daxon Lee-Valdez looks for black holes on a map with the help of Eduardo Vitral from Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. (LANDRY FULLER/SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY) ▲
Click here and log in to view this story
Subscribe Now Choose a package that suits your preferences.
Start Free Account Get access to 7 premium stories every month for FREE!
Already a Subscriber? Current print subscriber? Activate your complimentary Digital account.

Dozens of children visited Thelma Parker Memorial Library in Waimea Saturday for the annual Astrobash event, the final Libraries Rock! event in the 2018 summer reading program. They learned about black holes, made their own spacesuits, got hands-on experience with infrared cameras and viewed lunar and meteorite sample disks on loan from NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.

Leave a Comment