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09/05/2025 | Press release | Archived content
Registration now open for 2025 Astronaut Lacy Veach Day of Discovery
Registration now open for 2025 Astronaut Lacy Veach Day of Discovery
Students, families, and educators welcomed for a free full day of STEM discovery on Oct. 19
(Issued by Hawaii Space Grant Consortium)
Release Date: 9/5/2025
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WHAT:Hawaiian Electric, University of Hawaii at Manoa's Institute for Astronomy, and the Hawaii Space Grant Consortium invite students, families, and educators to celebrate the 24th Annual Astronaut Lacy Veach Day of Discovery, a free STEM event with activity booths and workshops highlighting space exploration, Earth science, biology, oceanography, rocketry, robotics coding and hands-on educational activities designed for students in grades PK-12. Registration for the event is now open at https://tinyurl.com/veach2025. Event details are below:
WHEN:
Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025
| 9:00 a.m. |
Event Registration Check-In and Doors Open Activity booths open and will run all day |
| 10:00 - 10:40 a.m. | Workshop Session I |
| 10:50 - 11:30 a.m. | Workshop Session II |
| 12:30 - 1:10 p.m. | Workshop Session III |
| 1:20 - 2:00 p.m. | Workshop Session IV |
| 2:30 p.m. | Event closes |
WHERE:
U.H. Institute for Astronomy
2680 Woodlawn Drive
Honolulu, HI 96822
DETAILS:
Activity booths by Hawaiian Electric, student groups from the University of Hawaii, various community organizations and industry professionals will feature interactive hands-on activities like robotics, fossils, earth science, marine biology, structural engineering, pilot simulation, rockets, cube satellites, architecture, and microscopes. Workshops open to registered participants include learning about indoor drones, robotics, and more.
ABOUT:
The Astronaut Lacy Veach Day of Discovery honors the life and legacy of the late Charles Lacy Veach, who grew up in Honolulu with an interest in science, had a distinguished career as a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force, and went on to fly two Space Shuttle missions. Created and organized by the Hawaii Space Grant Consortium, the free event is made possible through a grant from Hawaiian Electric which has sponsored the Astronaut Lacy Veach Day of Discovery since its inception in 2001. Additional support includes the U.H. Institute for Astronomy.
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