The Space Report
Intern Designs New Planetary ‘LEGO’ for Space Construction
Photo: The new "LEGO" design improves upon its predecessor by reducing weak points and increasing versatility for various building applications. PISCES Intern Lily Leyva has innovated a new design...
First International Moonbase Summit Meeting in Hawaii
The first International Moonbase Summit (IMS) will convene on Hawaii Island from October 1 to 5, 2017, to create plan of action that will establish the world's first prototype lunar base in the...
2017 STARS Program Inspires Young Women in STEM
With nearly half of the U.S. workforce consisting of women, why is it that they occupy only a quarter of STEM careers (U.S. Census Survey, 2009)? The answers to this question may be varied, but one...
PISCES Welcomes Students for Summer Internship Program
(L to R) PISCES Program Manager Rodrigo Romo, Interns Aaron Roth, Jack Andersen, PISCES Operations Manager Christian Andersen, Interns Andrew Hasegawa, Lily Leyva and Kyla Defore. The Pacific...
Rocket Lab Breaks New Ground with Test Launch
Rocket Lab's Electron small launch vehicle blasts off from Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand on May 25. Credit: Rocket Lab. The U.S.-based aerospace company Rocket Lab successfully executed the first...
PISCES Manager and UHH Instructor Recognized for Teaching Excellence
PISCES’ Test Logistics/EPO Manager and UH Hilo Physics and Astronomy instructor, John Hamilton, has been recognized with the Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Hamilton...
Enter to Win ‘Mars’ Adventure in #StudentAstronaut Contest!
Photo courtesy of HI-SEAS. Xploration Station—an educational/informational channel dedicated to STEM programming for teens and families—is holding its third-annual #StudentAstronaut video contest!...
PISCES and Honeybee Robotics Selected for NASA STTR Phase 1 Grant
PISCES facilitated the RESOLVE ISRU test mission at a planetary analog test site location on Hawaii Island. The mission employed Canada's Artemis Jr. rover to develop a method for...
Countdown to NASA Space Apps Challenge in Hawaii
48-Hour Hackathon at Manoa Innovation Center April 29 – 30 HONOLULU – Calling all code challengers! DevLeague will host the 2017 NASA Space Apps Challenge in Hawaii at the Manoa Innovation Center...
2017 PISCES STARS Program Receives $5K from HTDC
The fourth-annual PISCES Women’s STARS (STem Aerospace Research Scholars) Program will receive a $5,000 sponsorship thanks to the High Technology Development Corporation (HTDC) of Hawaii. “We’re...
Hawaii Observatory Reveals 100 Potential Exoplanets
Image: Artist rendering of an exoplanet orbiting two stars. Courtesy of WikiCommons. In the search for habitable alien worlds, Hawaii’s W.M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea has contributed a...
Team PRIMA Completes Mars Simulation Mission
Photo: MDRS Crew 173. Image taken by Niamh Shaw for Mars Desert Research Station. An international team of six leading scientists, engineers, artists and leadership experts just completed an...