Levi C. Maaia

Anacapa School Space Synthesis Unit review

NASA Astronaut Rick Linnehan was the keynote speaker during the three-day intensive 2013 Synthesis Unit “Space: Where Are We Going” at Anacapa School. Each year, the Anacapa School Synthesis Unit provides students with unique opportunities to explore a topic in depth.  Expert speakers make individual 45-minute presentations with time for questions and answers. After three days [...]

AR Newsline: Anacapa Space Synthesis Unit

Amateur Radio Newsline™ 1/11/2013: Report 1848 Amateur Radio Newsline covered the Anacapa School 2013 Synthesis Unit “Space: Where Are We Going?“

Anacapa to Host Space Experts Including NASA Astronaut Linnehan

I’ve been working as the coordinator with a team of faculty members at Anacapa School on an exciting unit on space.  View a complete list of 2013 Synthesis Unit speakers. Here is the media release: January 7, 2013 — Santa Barbara, Calif. This month, students at Anacapa School will have the honor of having experts on [...]

Anacapa to Host Live Q&A with the International Space Station

Student space exploration group works with S.B. Amateur Radio Club to connect to astronauts October 4, 2012 — Santa Barbara, Calif. Students and faculty of Anacapa School are preparing for a rare event that will allow them to make contact with an astronaut currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS) via amateur radio as part [...]

Endeavour’s farewell flight over Santa Barbara

Californians from Sacramento to Disneyland were treated to a rare treat today as the Space Shuttle Endeavour made its farewell flight from Edwards AFB to LAX by way of a scenic tour above the Golden State at low altitudes. NASA provided some advance clues to residents of both the San Francisco Bay Area and the [...]

Ham Nation #55: Anacapa Near Space Exploration Club

TWiT Ham Nation 7/11/2012: Ham Nation #55 Bob Heil and Gordon West featured the Anacapa Near Space Exploration Club on a weekly installment of the popular Amateur Radio netcast Ham Nation on Leo Laporte’s TWiT network. Look for the ANSEC coverage at 11 min. 20 sec. in the video.

AAHAB-2: A near space adventure in education and Amateur Radio [video]

In September of 2010 students at the school formed the Anacapa Near Space Exploration Club.  The crew set their sights on building a high-altitude balloon probe to launch into the Earth’s upper atmosphere.  The first team designed and built Anacapa Amateur High-Altitude Balloon 1 (AAHAB-1), which launched on May 22, 2011, returning stunning still images [...]

AAHAB-2 on Amateur Radio Newsline

Amateur Radio Newsline™ 5/11/2012: Report 1813 Bill Pasternak of Amateur Radio Newsline, aired an interview on May 11 with me about the Anacapa Near Space Exploration Club’s AAHAB-2 near space balloon probe.  We talked about the exciting launch that reached 111,814 feet above California’s Central Valley.

KEYT 3 News: Anacapa’s near space ballon

John Palminteri interviewed the ANSEC crew about the success of AAHAB-2′s flight to 111,814 feet above the Earth’s surface.

Media release: Anacapa’s near space balloon launch is a success

Students capture photos and environmental data from 90,000 feet above Earth’s surface See more photos in the Facebook album. S.B. News-Press: Students explore atmosphere with balloon-equipped camera S.B. Independent: Anacapa School Skirts the Stratosphere KCLU Public Radio: Lance Orozco’s radio feature story S.B. EdHat: Anacapa School’s Launch a Success Noozhawk: Anacapa School Project Soars to Stratospheric [...]

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