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...
We were saddened to learn of the passing of Hawai’i Rep. Clift Tsuji yesterday (Nov. 15). Rep. Tsuji was a well-respected Big Island native who represented House District 2 including Keaukaha, parts of Hilo, Panaewa and Waiakea. Rep. Tsuji (second from left) was a...
Come down to the University of Hawai’i at Hilo on Nov. 15 for an exciting space talk from a five time shuttle astronaut and MIT Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Dr. Jeff Hoffman. Dr. Hoffman will discuss what went wrong with the Hubble Space Telescope and how...
