Water Discovered on Sunlit Surface of Moon for First Time

Water Discovered on Sunlit Surface of Moon for First Time

An artist rendering shows the location of a lunar crater where water molecules were recently discovered using a NASA telescope. Credit: NASA/Daniel Rutter For the first time ever, scientists have confirmed the presence of water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. NASA...
NASA’s Historic Asteroid Mission to Return Samples to Earth

NASA’s Historic Asteroid Mission to Return Samples to Earth

Artist rendering of OSIRIS-REx readying itself for landing on Bennu. Credit: NASA Goddard/University of Arizona. NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission is on track to retrieve a handful of primordial rock dust for study on Earth. On Oct. 20, 2020, the agency...
WiSE Talks Highlight Women in Space Exploration

WiSE Talks Highlight Women in Space Exploration

When eight of the world’s best and brightest women working in space exploration come together, magic happens. The first Women in Space Exploration (WiSE) Talks series hosted by PISCES featured a week of virtual presentations by women sharing the robotic exploration of...
UH Mānoa Renews Focus on Aerospace Engineering

UH Mānoa Renews Focus on Aerospace Engineering

(L-R) UH Mānoa engineering students Adam James Macalalag, Eric Takahashi, Efren Enriquez and Matthew Nakamura hold a rocket they built and launched as part of the Spaceport America Cup competition in 2019. Credit: UH By: Dr. Brennon Morioka, Dean of UH Mānoa College...
UH Student-built CubeSat Set for NASA Launch

UH Student-built CubeSat Set for NASA Launch

Above: Students adding a solar panel to the Neutron-1 3U cubesat inside a cleanroom at HSFL. The inside panel contains labels with the names of all the students and faculty involved. Credit: HSFL. After six years in development, a small satellite built by University...