The Space Report
PISCES Presents ‘Pathways to Mars’ at HawaiiCon
Above: PISCES’ Kyla Defore leads a Q&A on Mars colonization at HawaiiCon. PISCES Geology Technician Kyla Edison attended the fifth-annual HawaiiCon Science Fiction Convention in September to...
PISCES Welcomes new Materials Science Intern
PISCES is pleased to welcome Kye Harford to the Materials Science team. Kye will work as an intern with Geology Technician Kyla Edison to research basalt sintering techniques for ISRU construction....
Intern Presents Work in Basalt Sintering at Akamai Symposium
PISCES' Akamai Intern Kylie Higaki is originally from Pearl City, Oahu and currently studies Environmental Engineering at Oregon State University. PISCES wrapped up an intensive summer internship...
Twelve Hawaii High School Women Graduate 2018 STARS Program
Above: STARS students experienced insider tours at some of the world’s most powerful telescopes on Maunakea during the STARS Program in early July. Twelve young women from islands throughout the...
AI Space Factory Claims 2nd in NASA 3D Habitat Challenge
Above: “MARSHA” is a cylindrical 3D printed habitat designed to utilize space and energy as efficiently as possible. The multi-tiered structure is reinforced with basalt fiber—a material PISCES is...
STARS Alumnus Receives First Hokuala Scholarship
Honoka’a High School senior Keilani Steele will receive the first-ever Hokūala Scholarship award to major in astronomy at a college of her choice. Steele is a PISCES Women's STARS (STEM Aerospace...
AI Space Factory Among Finalists in NASA 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge
Above: Artist rendering of the planetary habitat design submitted by AI Space Factory. PC: AI Space Factory. AI Space Factory, a New York-based additive manufacturing and design company, is among...
Interns Survey Mars-like Terrain at HI-SEAS
(L to R): PISCES interns Kylie Higaki and Chanelle Mattheus, HI-SEAS Principal Investigator Kim Binsted, and PISCES Geology Tech Kyla Edison outside HI-SEAS. The PISCES Materials Science team jump...
PISCES Welcomes 2018 Summer Interns & Volunteers
Above - (L to R): Kylie Higaki, Chanelle Mattheus and Angelina Ramirez. PISCES is excited to welcome a new team of bright minds for a summer of applied research and field work. This year's cohorts...
STARS Program Receives Grant from Women’s Fund of Hawaii
The Women’s STARS Program received an additional funding boost last month with the announcement of a $1,154 grant award from the Women’s Fund of Hawaii. The funding will pay for ground...
Former Intern Testing Mars Rover Systems at NASA-JPL
Above: Two-time PISCES intern and Waiakea High School graduate Aaron Roth developed and programmed the stereoscopic imaging system aboard the agency's Helelani planetary rover. Aaron Roth, a Waiākea...
Planetary LEGO Blocks Take Shape
These LEGO blocks are not the familiar plastics bricks you may have pieced together as a kid or given to your children to play with. In fact, these blocks could one day form the foundations of...