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New Composite Material Could Make Manufacturing on the Moon and Mars More Efficient
Above: An experimental composite material for the Moon/Mars cures inside an acrylic vacuum chamber. NASA has plans to put humans back on the Moon as early as 2025 and ISRU (in-situ resource...
Hawaiʻi Plays Key Role in NASA’s Next-Gen Space Comms System
Image courtesy of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Since the dawn of space exploration, spacecraft and astronauts have communicated using radio frequency (RF) systems. As technology progressed and the data-gathering...
The Moon’s top layer alone has enough oxygen to sustain 8 billion people for 100,000 years
Image: NASA This article was originally published by The Conversation. Author: John Grant, Southern Cross University Alongside advances in space exploration, we’ve recently seen much time and money invested into...
CubeSat Design Challenge for Hawaiʻi Students Awarded $450K
Above: CubeSats are a class of nanosatellites that use a standardized size and form factor. They were developed as a cost-effective platform for education and space exploration. Credit: NASA The Hawaiʻi Space Flight...
4th Annual EMER-GEN Program Returns in September
The 4th annual EMER-GEN program for young professionals and students interested in space careers will return to Maui Sept. 12 to 14. EMER-GEN is a joint initiative of the AMOS Conference (happening Sept. 14 to 17) and...
Masten & PISCES Named Among Top 3D Printing Projects
Above: PISCES’ sintered basalt tiles stack up to the challenge of a durable ISRU building material for the Moon/Mars. A Phase 1 additive manufacturing project led by Masten Space Systems in partnership with PISCES has...
Virgin Galactic Successfully Launches 3rd Test Flight in Preparation for Commercial Tours
Above: VSS Unity rockets into space after a horizontal launch above New Mexico. Credit: Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic successfully launched its third human spaceflight last month, marking a new milestone in the path...
Mars helicopter completes 4 test flights, extends mission
Above: Ingenuity’s 2nd flight captured by the Perseverance rover on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS NASA-JPL’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter successfully completed four test flights last month, exceeding...
What’s the HAPS (High-Altitude Platform System)?
Above: HAPSMobile’s Sunglider HALE-UAV takes flight. Credit: AeroVironment. By: Peter De Baets - Sr. Director, AeroVironment Improvements in power electronics and composites have taken the latest generation of aircraft...
NASA and SpaceX launch 2nd crewed mission to ISS
Above: The Crew Dragon “Endeavour” launches atop a Falcon 9 rocket on Apr. 23 from Kennedy Space Center. Credit: NASA Four astronauts joined the International Space Station (ISS) crew late last month, marking the...
How Next-Gen Unmanned Aerial Systems Can Benefit Hawaii
Above: The Sunglider HALE-UAS developed by AeroVironment for HAPSMobile can provide on-the-ground broadband internet access. Credit: HAPSMobile. PISCES is working to bring new aircraft technology to Hawaii that could...
Masten and PISCES selected for NASA STTR Phase 1 grant
Above: Sintered basalt tiles produced by PISCES. Masten Space Systems together with PISCES has been awarded a NASA STTR Phase 1 grant of up to $125,000 to develop a low-energy, additive construction method for the Moon...