The Mariner 2 was the first spacecraft to encounter another planet Credit:Coalition for Space Exploration The Mariner 2 was the first human probe to Venus that was launched from Cape Canaveral on Aug. 27 in 1962. Mariner 2 was the first spacecraft to encounter another...
Luna 9 Credit: NASA Earth’s moon is a cemetery of space probes, hurled there by numerous nations over the last half-century. Whether they landed successfully or crashed in a useless plume of lunar dust, we usually lost sight of them. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance...
Celeste “Cesi” Manuia Ha’o recently co-navigated Hōkūleʻa as part of the Mālama Honua World Wide Voyage. Celeste “Cesi” Manuia Ha’o is an Educate Associate and the Outreach Coordinator of the ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii. She is a Hilo native, born in Keaukaha...
The 2015 International Observe the Moon Night will be Saturday, Sept. 19. Make sure to clear your schedule for this year’s International Observe the Moon Night set for Sat., Sept. 19. Join space lovers from around the world during this annual worldwide public...
NASA Deputy Chief Technologist Jim Adams is seen here on Aug. 11 with PISCES Executive Director Rob Kelso and PISCES Operations Manager Christian Andersen. NASA Deputy Chief Technologist Jim Adams recently visited the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration...
A two-stage Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket launched on Aug. 12, 2015. Credit: University of Hawaii University of Hawaii Community College students watched their scientific payload spin into space on Wednesday when a two-stage Terrier-Improved Malemute...
