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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, May 30, 2003

Missile accomplished

Photos By Bruce Asato
Advertiser Staff Photographer

Jordan Higa, left, and fellow eighth-grader Marissa Meerians check out the payload of Jordan's model rocket after its flight during a St. Andrew's Priory event held last week at Halawa District Park. The payload — an egg — withstood the landing without breaking.

During blastoff, a crowd gathered behind Jordan as she sat on the ground, went through the countdown and activated the launch mechanism.

Up, up, up. Though a tad off course, the model rocket made it through with flying colors — shades of pink, in this case. Jordan, 13, calls her model rocket "Pink Panther."