STARS students stand outside the HI-SEAS Mars-simulation habitat, suited up for a space expedition on the rugged terrain of Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii. Stargazing, spacecraft missions, and visiting Mars? It sounds like the life of an astronaut, but this was the life...
Ten Hawaii High School Women Embark on Space Workshop Adventure June 24, 2015 Today is the first day of PISCES’ 2015 STARS (STem Aerospace Research Scholars) program. The second-annual, five-day workshop is engaging 10 Hawai`i high school women in an exciting,...
Artist rendering of NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft passing over the south pole of Mars. Image: NASA/JPL. After nearly 14 years of continuous orbit around the Red Planet, NASA’s Odyssey spacecraft is slated to make 60,000 passes around Mars on June 23. The...
HI-SEAS crewmembers and researchers pose with the U.S. Army’s Golden Knights parachute team in front of a Chinook helicopter that brought the crew ‘back to Earth.’ PISCES photo. By: Chris Yoakum Reentering Earth’s atmosphere from space can take...
Lorna Onizuka, widow of Hawaii astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka, JAXA consultant. Photo: NASA/Bill Stafford. Excerpt from JSC Features: “From the depths of loss, Lorna Onizuka makes it through in the arms of her NASA family.” Onizuka. It’s a name that, for...
