Free Stem Event On Oct. 19 To Attract Students, Families, Educators

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Free Stem Event On Oct. 19 To Attract Students, Families, Educators
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Date: Sunday - 10/19/2025
Time: See notes
Location:
U.H. Institute for Astronomy 2680 Woodlawn Drive
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
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Free STEM event on Oct. 19 to attract students, families, educators

• Over 500 registered for the 2025 Astronaut Lacy Veach Day of Discovery 
• Event scheduled Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at U.H. Institute for Astronomy
REGISTER HERE

Astronaut Lacy Veach Day of Discovery is a FREE, hands-on STEM event for students in grades PK–12, featuring workshops, activities, and demonstrations in space exploration, Polynesian voyaging, robotics, rocketry, and more. Named in honor of a local islander astronaut Charles Lacy Veach, who flew two Space Shuttle missions, this event celebrates his legacy while inspiring the next generation to explore, innovate, and dream big.

Media are invited to film/photograph the 24th Annual Astronaut Lacy Veach Day of Discovery event on Sunday, Oct. 19, at the U.H. Institute for Astronomy in Mānoa. The free STEM event, which brings together students, families and educators, will feature interactive 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. A highlight this year will be special guest appearance by the Pacific Outpost 501st Legion, the nonprofit Hawaiʻi chapter of the Lucasfilm’s preferred Star Wars Imperial costuming group.
Event website here: https://tinyurl.com/veach2025.

Event details are below:

WHEN: Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025

Agenda
9:00am - Welcoming and Doors Open

Activity booths will run throughout the day

10:00am - 10:40am - Workshop Session I (for registered students)

10:50am - 11:30am - Workshop Session II (for registered students)

12:30pm - 1:10pm - Workshop Session III (for registered students)

1:20pm - 2:00pm - Workshop Session IV (for registered students)

2:00pm - Registration closes

2:30pm - Event closes
On-site interviews may be arranged in advance with Adria Fung (between 11:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.)
REGISTER HERE

WHERE:
U.H. Institute for Astronomy 2680 Woodlawn Drive
Honolulu, HI 96822

SPONSOR:
Hawaiian Electric, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa’s Institute for Astronomy, and the Hawaiʻi Space Grant Consortium

PARKING: Media may park in the front stalls at the Institute for Astronomy, noted in the attached map.
REGISTER HERE
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Free Stem Event On Oct. 19 To Attract Students, Families, Educators

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