April 13, 2016

Contributed by Shaundor Chillingworth

Hōkūleʻa crewmembers visited Florida’s NASA Kennedy Space Center

Hōkūleʻa crewmembers held a ceremony on the legendary voyaging canoe to honor the memory and contributions to space exploration made by Hawaii-born NASA astronauts Lacy Veach and Ellison Onizuka.

Hōkūleʻa has made its way through Georgia on the way to South Carolina.

Hōkūleʻa navigates the Intracoastal waters of the East Coast of the United States of America.

KS senior program manager Mark Ellis is one of the crewmembers on leg 19 of the Mālama Honua voyage.