The Space Report
UH Student-built CubeSat Set for NASA Launch
Above: Students adding a solar panel to the Neutron-1 3U cubesat inside a cleanroom at HSFL. The inside panel contains labels with the names of all the students and faculty involved. Credit: HSFL....
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Begins Journey to Seek Out Life on Mars
Above: NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover launches aboard a ULA Atlas V rocket on July 30 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Credit: United Launch Alliance. The most advanced planetary...
From Earth to Mars: Motiv’s Path to Commercialize Space
Above: Motiv’s RoboMantis with dual manipulators (left) and a single manipulator (right). Credit: Motiv Space Systems. By: Chris McQuin - Chief Robotics Engineer, Motiv Space Systems There is a...
3rd Annual EMER-GEN Program Goes Virtual
The 2020 EMER-GEN program for young professionals and students interested in space careers will be held as a virtual event this year, beginning Aug. 26. EMER-GEN is a joint initiative of the AMOS...
Startup Plans to Launch Space Tours in Space Balloon
Hawaii is among the planned launch locations A new human spaceflight startup has revealed plans to launch suborbital space tours for the public in less than five years. The Space Perspective, billed...
Demonstrating Spacecraft Technology in Zero Gravity
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...
SpaceX Sends Two Astronauts to ISS in Historic Launch
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...
UH Mānoa Team Awarded $500k by NASA to Develop CubeSat Program
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...
Masten Space Systems: Preparing for a Long-Term Presence on the Moon
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...
Time for Perseverance: Next Mars Rover to Launch in July
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...
Big Island STEM Community Rallies to Make PPE Amid Pandemic Shortages
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...
The Voyage Ahead: Hawaii’s Economic Opportunities
By: Hawaii Sen. Glenn S. Wakai Tourism is hemorrhaging. It was a great eight-year run of increased arrivals and visitor spending—until it fell apart in March. Up until this year, there was little...