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IRVINE, CA - MARCH 14: University High student Lily Litvak, 14, center, works with fellow students on a project to build a a miniature satellite, called a CubeSat that will be launched a year from now. ///ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: satellite2.0317 Ð 3/14/16 Ð LEONARD ORTIZ, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER - _DSC5461.NEF - Students at each of Irvine's high schools are teaming up to build and launch a miniature satellite, called a CubeSat, a year from now. Once in flight, the satellite's mission is to take pictures of the moon. The project is the brainchild of two Irvine dads, who have gotten the support of two scientists from NASA/JPL who are providing advice and assistance in their free time, local tech and communications firms, and $150,000 in seed money from Irvine Public Schools Foundation. Tinh Tran is the teacher leading the students from University High. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images)