The Space Report
PISCES Leads Remote Lunar Rover Simulation During MVA Symposium
Above: Helelani in the field at the HOST Park's lunar analog site in Kailua-Kona. Operators in California used a graphic user interface to navigate the rover remotely. The PISCES planetary rover...
Artemis I Sets Record for Distance Flown From Earth by Crew Spacecraft
Credit: NASA NASA's Artemis I mission made history on Monday, Nov. 28 when the uncrewed Orion spacecraft reached its maximum distance from Earth of 268,563 miles—farther than any spacecraft designed...
2023 Akamai Internship Program Accepting Applicants
Credit: Akamai Workforce Initiative The 2023 Akamai internship program is now accepting applications through its online portal. STEM students attending any University of Hawaiʻi campus, or who are...
Big Isle Students Invited to Compete in STEM Design Challenge
Applications for NexTech Hawaiʻi's 2022 FishTank Design Competition are open! Big Island students in grades 6–12 are eligible to apply for this annual STEM challenge focused on finding practical...
Hawaiʻi Telescopes Help Confirm Success of NASA Planetary Defense Test
Above: A trail of debris scatters in the wake of asteroid moonlet Didymos after NASA's DART spacecraft pummeled it surface. Credit: NASA/Hubble Space Telescope NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection...
NASA Spacecraft Crashes Into Asteroid in First Planetary Defense Test
Above: The DART spacecraft captured this image of the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos on Sept. 26 just 11 seconds before impact. Credits: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL After orbiting the Sun for 10 months in...
Artemis I Flight is Testing NASA’s New Deep Space Exploration System
Credit: NASA NASA is poised to launch Artemis I, the first in the Artemis Program's series of planned missions to return humans to the Moon in the coming years. The 1.3-million-mile flight is...
International Students Drive Helelani Rover Remotely for Lunar Tele-robotics Event
Four teams of students from countries around the world took the controls of our Helelani rover last month, July 20, to conduct a simulated lunar mission as part of a tele-robotics lunar event...
UH Mānoa Launches Lunar Science Project for Native Hawaiian Students
Credit: NASA Continuing Hawaiʻi’s important role in lunar exploration, the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa will soon begin a new NASA-funded project to engage Native Hawaiian students in planetary...
5th Annual EMER-GEN Program Offers Mentorship for Space Careers
Credit: AMOS/SGAC Are you a student or young professional who is excited about space careers? Check out the 5th Annual EMER-GEN Program on Maui, Sept. 25 to 27. Participants will meet space...
Final Tests Prepare Student-built Science Payload for Launch
Above: Windward CC team lead Nikki Arakawa configures the Project Imua 10 payload. Credit: UH News Two University of Hawaiʻi Community College students and their advisor wrapped up the final...
UH Mānoa Rocketry Team Claims Multiple Awards at NASA Competition
Above (L–R): Matthew Paulino, Kelli Ching, Nikki Arakawa, Katlynn Vicuña and Kahiamaikalani Walker. Credit: UH News The winners of NASA's First Nations Launch High-Power Rocket Competition...