Future Flight Hawaii 2007
Mission Control Teams
Educators with the Right Stuff

Kaua`i Day Exploration Program Mission Control Team

Jim Cox	Kapaa Middle School
Lisa Nishizuka	Waimea Canyon Elementary and Intermediate School
Colleen Ogino	Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School
Cheryl Shintani	Kauai complex office, Hawaii Department of Education
Justin Yamagata	Waimea Canyon Elementary and Intermediate School

Maui RoboTech Exploration Program Mission Control Team

Jade Bowman	Waimea Middle School, Kamuela
Betty Brask	Pukalani Elementary School
Sylvia Kaizuka	retired, Hawaii Department of Education
Art Kimura	Hawaii Space Grant Consortium
Rene Kimura	Hawaii Space Grant Consortium
Pam Nakamura	Kihei Elementary School
Joann Oshiro	Baldwin High School
Taryn Perry	Kihei Elementary School
Joan Sokei-Villa	Kihei Elementary School
Kim Springer	Chiefess Kapiolani Elementary School, Hilo
Andrea Ueno	Hilo Complex Office, Hawaii Department of Education

O`ahu Family Exploration Program Mission Control Team

Randy Akiona	College of Engineering, University of Hawaii
Dr. Barbara Bruno	C-MORE, SOEST, University of Hawaii
Astrid DeVega	Pearl City Elementary School
Matt Duarte	Ahuimanu Elementary School
Cindy Hewitt	Trinity Christian School
Sylvia Kaizuka	retired, Department of Education
Carole Kono	Gus Webling Elementary School
Roger Kwok	Leeward Community College
Randal Lau	Kahala Elementary School
Dr. Claire Mahaffey	C-MORE, SOEST, University of Hawaii
Joann Nakashima	Gus Webling Elementary School
Dale Olive	Waiakea High School
Dr. Chris Peterson	Planetary Data Center, HIGP, University of Hawaii
Marty Sepkowski	Kaleiopuu Elementary School
Kim Springer	Chiefess Kapiolani Elementary School
Jan Tamamoto	Kaala Elementary School
Wendell Thomas	Challenger Center Hawaii

O`ahu Family Exploration Program Volunteers

Hank Kusunoki	retired, Department of Education
Colleen Morimoto	retired, Department of Education
Dr. Ron Takata	Honolulu Community College

Flight of the first Educator Astronaut - Barbara Morgan
STS 118: Igniting the flame of knowledge
The crew is made up of Commander: Scott Kelly; Pilot: Charlie Hobaugh; Mission Specialists: Tracy Caldwell, Rick Mastracchio, and Dave Williams, of the Canadian Space Agency and educator astronaut Barbara Morgan. They will be taking up Astronaut Clay Anderson, who will stay aboard the International Space Station as the Flight Engineer for Expedition 15 and bringing home Flight Engineer Sunita Williams. STS-118 is an assembly/construction mission to the space station. Specifically, STS-118 will deliver and install the third starboard truss segment and the external stowage platform 3, and replace one of the four control movement gyroscopes. The STS-118 will mark the first flight of an educator astronaut, and will include educational aspects aimed at sparking imagination, dreams and curiosity of the next generation of explorers.

Barbara Morgan's Mission Specialist Duties for STS-118:
NASA Space Shuttle flight STS-118, has a special significance for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. Barbara Morgan, a twenty-four year veteran schoolteacher, is assigned to the flight. Morgan will have specific assignments as a mission specialist including operating the shuttle and space station's robotic arms during the mission. The robotic arm will be used to inspect the shuttle's heat shield before it comes back home. The arm also will be used to unberth the new hardware from the shuttle's payload bay for installation onto the space station during spacewalks.