In November PISCES partnered with NASA and the University of Hawaii at Hilo to conduct a groundbreaking research project to enable the human exploration of Mars. Called BASALT (Biologic Analog Simulation Associated with Lava Terrains), this project investigated the...
Photo: John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth with the Friendship 7 space capsule. Credit: NASA. Astronaut and American hero John Glenn died on Thursday (Dec. 8) in Ohio at the age of 95. Glenn inspired the nation as the first American to orbit Earth in 1962....
Photo: Artist rendering of L-Restore. Credit: NASA. NASA just awarded a $127 million contract to a California-based satellite company to build a robotic spacecraft capable of repairing satellites in low earth orbit. The spacecraft, called “Restore-L”, will be able to...
Photo: NASA, Les Bossinas The science is out on NASA’s controversial EM Drive. But so is the jury. The EM Drive, or electromagnetic drive, is a propulsion device that reportedly works without rocket fuel by bouncing microwaves around inside a cone-shaped, metal...
Image: BASALT researchers survey the rugged lava terrain of Mauna Ulu to gather data for an eventual human Mars mission. Credit: ‘Ena Media Hawaii The Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) is partnering with the University of Hawaii...
