PISCES 2016 Summer STARS Workshop is a Success

An image of our 2016 Summer STARS participants at the PISCES’ high bay. Credit: PISCES Friday was the last day for our four-day workshop where eight talented high school females learned all about science on the Big Island and elsewhere. Ara Uhr from Hilo High...
PISCES Featured on NASA’s New Analog Missions Web Page

PISCES Featured on NASA’s New Analog Missions Web Page

The Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) is featured on NASA’s new Analog Missions website. PISCES is listed under the In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) section for our work with NASA on Mauna Kea. ISRU is the harnessing of local...

NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Sends First In-orbit View

A color view from NASA’s Juno spacecraft made from some of the first images taken by JunoCam after the spacecraft entered orbit around Jupiter on July 5th.  Credit: NASA NASA recently published the first images captured by the Juno spacecraft. “This scene...

Juno Space Probe in Orbit Around Jupiter

Juno. Credit: NASA NASA’s Juno spacecraft successfully entered Jupiter’s orbit on July 4. “This is the one time I don’t mind being stuck in a windowless room on the night of the 4th of July,” said Scott Bolton, principal investigator of Juno from Southwest...

PISCES Manager Returns from BASALT Research Project

PISCES Logistics and EPO Manager John Hamilton is seen here with members of NASA’s BASALT project in Idaho’s Craters of the Moon park.  PISCES Logistics and EPO Manager John Hamilton returned to Hawaii recently after a week of participating in NASA’s...