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UH Asteroid Tracking System Upgraded to Survey Entire Sky
Earthlings are better-equipped to detect asteroid threats thanks to the expansion of a NASA-funded program run by the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA). ATLAS, or Asteroid...
UH Mānoa Gets $3M to Find Subsurface Lunar Ice
Clavius Crater on the Moon. Credit: NASA/USGS NASA has awarded $3 million to a team of five University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa scientists in support of a system that will search for widespread ice...
Webb Has Arrived: What’s Next Could Change Our Understanding of the Universe
Image: Artist rendering of the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA What can one of the most sophisticated scientific instruments ever built do for our understanding of the universe? We’re about to find out—and the...
Water Discovered In-Situ on Moon for First Time
Above: Chang'E-5 landing site where water was detected. Credit: CNSA/CLEP An international team of scientists including a planetary geologist at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has discovered water on the Moon for...
UH-Designed Sensors on James Webb Telescope Will Provide Deepest Views of Universe Yet
Above: Artist rendering of the James Webb Space Telescope fully deployed in space. Credit: NASA Astronomers around the world had an especially exciting Christmas in 2021 when the James Webb Space Telescope—NASA's...
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 utilization) will be a...
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...