Helelani Rover Featured at 2nd AstroDay West Hawaii

by PISCES | Oct 9, 2018

PISCES’ planetary rover “Helelani” was among dozens of exhibits featured at the second annual AstroDay West Hawaii event at Kona Commons on Oct. 6. It was the rover’s first appearance at the event, which is based on International Astronomy Day...

Former PISCES Intern Hired by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

by PISCES | Oct 3, 2018

Above: Aaron Roth configures a 3D imaging camera system during his summer internship at PISCES in 2017. Former PISCES intern and Waiākea High School graduate Aaron Roth has been hired to work at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. Aaron begins...

PISCES-RISE Robotics Team Enters First Competition

by PISCES | Oct 3, 2018

Students and mentors of the PISCES-RISE Robotics Club competed in their first Vex IQ competition at Kalanianaole Intermediate School in late September. Following a break for the summer, the students jumped back into action to get reacquainted with their original robot...

PISCES Shares Keynote Speech for Robotics Kickoff

by PISCES | Oct 3, 2018

Above: PISCES Director Rodrigo Romo (L) and UH Manoa Planetary Scientist Dr. Jeff Taylor.  The director of PISCES was among the keynote speakers at an opening ceremony for the Hawaiʻi First LEGO League (FLL) season held at Punahou in September. FLL is an international...

PISCES Presents ‘Pathways to Mars’ at HawaiiCon

by PISCES | Oct 3, 2018

Above: PISCES’ Kyla Defore leads a Q&A on Mars colonization at HawaiiCon. PISCES Geology Technician Kyla Edison attended the fifth-annual HawaiiCon Science Fiction Convention in September to talk about the future of human exploration on Mars and her research that...