Space Penguins High School Student Team  

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About the Student Team:

The SF Bay Area Space Penguins Team is one of several High School SlimSat Space Initiative (HSSSI-26) teams across the US that are participating in the CAPE-Twiggs CubeSat Project, which is a collaboration with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and supported by NASA.

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The team is comprised of high school students from Burlingame HS, San Mateo HS, Mills HS, Cappuccino HS, and Lowell HS. The mission of the SF Bay Area Space Penguins Team is to build, test, and fly mini-satellites, called SlimSats, which will be launched into low earth orbit in 2027. The Space Penguins student team is learning first-hand what it takes to design, build, and operate a system that will orbit the earth. ​

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About the program Mission Mentor:

Hi, I'm Eric. I am the SF Bay Area HSSSI-26 Mission Mentor, and an Astro-nut at heart.  I've led the development of multiple satellites and payloads that have been launched into space while at NASA.  Additionally, I have an MS degree in Aer/Astro from Stanford University.  While at Stanford, I was a part of Prof. Bob Twiggs' team that designed, built, and launched the first US CubeSat, called QuakeSat.  Prof. Bob Twiggs is also one of the collaborators for this project, the CAPE-Twiggs CubeSat Project.  You can find out more about me on my LinkedIn page.

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