The Space Report
The Future of Aerospace in Hawaii
Credit: NASA Hawaii Public Radio talked about the future of aerospace in Hawaii on Thursday. Follow this link to listen in on what some of our state officials have to say about how we can build...
China’s Plans for the Far Side for the Moon
The far side of the Moon. Credit: NASA Plans are in the works to put a probe on the far side of the moon as part of China's Chang'e 4 mission. According to a Space.com article, scientists from...
Germans Study Solar-Powered 3-D Printers for Space Missions
The Moon. Credit: NASA Researchers from Germany are studying the possibility of using a solar-powered three-dimensional (3-D) printer to create structures in space. According to a recent story in...
Astrobotic Announces New Lunar Lander
Illustration of Astrobotic's Peregrine lander. Credit: Astrobotic Technology Astrobotic Technology is making moves as one of the leading teams competing for the Google Lunar X Prize. Recently the...
PISCES Welcomes Hilo High School Student
Ara Uhr The Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) is pleased to announce they have a new high school intern on board this summer. Ara Uhr will be a junior at Hilo High...
Chang’e 5 to Explore the Moon in 2017
The Moon. Credit: NASA China is preparing to send its lunar probe, Chang'e 5, to the Moon next year. The mission will include an exploration of the Moon's north and south poles. According to a...
New Horizons Reveals Close-Up of Pluto’s Surface
Pluto's surface. Credit: NASA This mosaic strip of Pluto's surface was taken by the New Horizons spacecraft on July 14, 2015 and is the highest-resolution image taken to date. With a resolution of...
ISS Station Adds Bigelow Expandable Activity Module
The BEAM. Credit: Bigelow Aerospace The final preparations are under way for Thursday morning’s expansion of the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) from the Tranquility module. Back on Earth,...
NASA Posts New Photograph of Mars
The Red Planet. Credit: NASA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), J. Bell (ASU), and M. Wolff (Space Science Institute) The Hubble Space Telescope took this photograph of Mars taken when the...
VIDEO: The Launch of Apollo 10
Credit: NASA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=610MIiMdlBA
Apollo 10: “To sort out the unknowns” for Apollo 11
The Apollo 10 Lunar Module. Credit: NASA Story by Anthony Young In the sequence of Apollo launches leading up to the first lunar landing, NASA had established the need for an “all up” mission that...
UH-Hilo Robotics Team Heads to NASA Competition
Photo by: Hollyn Johnson/Hawaii Tribune-Herald Members of the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s robotics club will be making their inaugural appearance next week at the NASA Robotics Mining Competition...