Pearl Harbor Kai Elementary School students and instructors from Starbase Atlantis Pearl Harbor point and watch in amazement as their rockets are launched off during the graduation ceremony of Pearl Harbor Starbase Atlantis' 286th class on Feb. 8 at Ford Island, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The Pearl Harbor Starbase Atlantis Program is part of the Department of Defense-sponsored Starbase Atlantis Pensacola, Fla., program that will graduate its 100,000th student on Feb. 8. The Pearl Harbor program has contributed more than 7,000 students to the overall program graduation since its start in 2002. Starbase Atlantis is the U.S. Navy's portion of the DoD sponsored Starbase Program, an educational program focusing primarily on fifth grade students from the local communities to motivate them in science, technology, engineering and math. The Pearl Harbor site opened in 2002 and is one of 13 Navy Starbase sites.