Leeward CC Student Supports NASA Goals Through Community College Aerospace Program

by PISCES | Aug 30, 2024

Leeward Community College student Austin Cataluna. Credit: UH News Leeward Community College student Austin Cataluna is making his mark in mechanical engineering through a hands-on space exploration challenge. Austin was among just 120 students across the nation...

UH Uses Drones to Help Protect and Maintain Native Hawaiian Fishponds

by PISCES | Aug 30, 2024

University of Hawai‘i researchers and kiaʻi loko (fishpond practitioners) are using drone technology to help protect and improve the resilience of Native Hawaiian fishponds in Hilo. With funding from NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP),...

UH Mānoa Researches Storing Animal Cells on Moon in Case of Global Disaster

by PISCES | Aug 30, 2024

Credit: NASA Researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) and the Smithsonian Institution are taking a unique approach to safeguarding Earth’s biodiversity against global catastrophes—preserving animal...

From Aspiring Student to Astronomer: STARS Alumnus’ Journey Comes Full Circle

by PISCES | Aug 19, 2024

ABOVE: STARS alumnus Jessica Nagasako poses outside Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope headquarters in 2018. As a high school student, Jessica Nagasako had always taken a keen interest in space and astronomy. So when her robotics instructor at McKinley High School...

International Students Learn to Remotely Drive Helelani Rover in Hawaiʻi

by PISCES | Jul 30, 2024

Helelani is a 700 lb. planetary rover with a suite of cameras and instruments. The rover is developed and maintained by PISCES at UH Hilo. Last month, we were thrilled to be part of the Moon Village Association (MVA) international tele-robotics event in honor of...