UC Irvine hosts aerospace expo

Alfredo Herrera and Jairo Sanchez from Cal Poly Pomona look at a miniature replica of the Mars Rover during an Aerospace Symposium and Expo at UC Irvine on Thursday.

Sam Jamyari, left, from Orange Coast College helps Joshua Scullin with a flight simulator at the Aerospace Symposium and Expo on Thursday at UC Irvine.

Sam Jamyari, right, and Joshua Scullin use a flight simulator at Thursday’s Aerospace Symposium and Expo at UCI.

Jordan Carr and Joanna Bell talk with Jonathan Wells about the Red Bull Stratos mission in front of the capsule at the Aerospace Symposium and Expo at UCI. Red Bull Stratos was a space diving project in which Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner flew more than 127,000 feet into the stratosphere in a helium balloon in October 2012 before free falling in a pressurized suit and parachuting to Earth.

Allen Chang talks with Amy Elsayed about HyperXite, a high-speed transportation concept, during the Aerospace Symposium and Expo at UC Irvine.

Cristian Acosta, left, talks with Andy Nguyen of the Cal State Long Beach Rocket Club about a rocket the team made. The two were attending the Aerospace Symposium and Expo on Thursday at UC Irvine.