Above: Dr. Ian McKinley (left foreground) and Dr. William Jones-Wilson (right background) test their agility in a weightless environment during a microgravity flight and technology demonstration in March 2017. Credit: Cornell/NASA JPL By: Dr. Frances Zhu, Hawaii...
Above: Astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley inside SpaceX’s Crew Dragon space capsule. Credit: NASA NASA and SpaceX are celebrating a historic launch completed May 30 that successfully brought two U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station aboard...
Above: CubeSats, a class of nanosatellites, use a standardized size and form factor. They were developed as a cost-effective platform for education and space exploration. Image courtesy of NASA. A team at University of Hawaii at Mānoa will receive $500,000 from NASA...
Above: An artist rendering of Masten Space Systems’ XL-1 lunar lander which is slated for a Moon landing in 2022 carrying cargo for NASA. Courtesy image. By: Matthew Kuhns, Chief Engineer – Masten Space Systems In December 2022, Masten’s XL-1 lander is scheduled...
Above: Heather Bottom with Perserverance, NASA’s new Mars rover scheduled for launch in July. Courtesy photo. By Heather Bottom, Launch Systems Engineer – NASA JPL Perseverance—now a proper noun as the name of the next Mars rover—means “persistence in doing...
Above: PISCES program director Rodrigo Romo (left) delivers 3D-printed mask tension relief straps to Hilo Medical Center. On right, Elena Cabatu, director of public affairs at HMC. As part of a coalition called Hawaii STEM Community Care, PISCES is working to stem the...
