Hawaii Island from Space Rob Kelso, Executive Director of the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES), recently gave a speech to the Rotary Club of Hilo. During his presentation, Rob discussed our current activities, including the basalt...
Image of Saturn. Credit: news.discovery.com On November 12, 35 years ago, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft flew past Saturn. According to this recent story, between its flyby in 1980 and sister craft Voyager 2 the next year, the spacecraft took some of the last...
Kimo Pihana One of the Pacific International Space Center for Explorations Systems’ cultural committee advisors spoke about the history of Hawaii’s connection to space during a galaxy forum in Waimea, Hawaii on Nov. 12. Kimo Pihana, a Native Hawaiian...
Students are seen here participating in the VEX IQ Challenge. Credit: Molokai Dispatch According to a story in the Molokai Dispatch, STEM Robotics held the first robotics competition in Hawaii on the island of Molokai on Oct. 24. The Molokai VEX IQ League was hosted...
The Griffin Lander. Credit: Parabolic Arc Astrobotic Technology, Inc. recently announced its plans to carry a rover for Team AngelicvM, the Google Lunar XPRIZE team from Chile, to the surface of the Moon on Astrobotic’s first lunar mission. According to a recent story...
A photograph of the launch from Nov. 3, 2015. Yesterday, Hawaii held its first rocket launch. Although the launch vehicle experienced an anomaly, there’s plenty to celebrate about yesterday’s mission. For starters, it was the first launch of the Super...
