The Space Report
NASA Releases First Color Image of Pluto
Photo: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute NASA has released the first color image of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, taken just days ago by the...
Moon RIDERS Stir Up Dust at NASA Ames
Image: PISCES Moon RIDERS students from Kealakehe High School got a tour of the NASA Ames Research Center during their three-day visit. PISCES Moon RIDERS students from Kealakehe High School were...
NASA Testing New Flight Vehicle Off Hawai`i Shores
Above: Press members get an up-close look at the LDSD flight-test vehicle that will be tested on Kauai Island at NASA-JPL on March 31. Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech. How did NASA land a 2,000 pound,...
NASA Reveals New Details on Asteroid Retrieval Mission
Image: artist rendering of a spacecraft retrieving an asteroid to place in lunar orbit. Photo: NASA/AMA NASA has announced the latest details on its ambitious Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) which...
Moon RIDERS Students Honored at State Capitol
Above: Students from Kealakehe High School and `Iolani School participating in PISCES' Moon RIDERS lunar flight experiment pose at the Hawaii capitol with lawmakers and PISCES staff on March 23....
Kealakehe Moon RIDERS Complete First Tests for Lunar Experiment
Image: Kealakehe students and mentors pose with their mock-up lunar lander and PISCES staff at a planetary analogue testing site following two days of intensive trials for the lunar flight...
`Iolani Students Complete Initial Tests for Lunar Flight Experiment
Above: `Iolani Moon RIDERS (orange vests) take a break from testing to pose with PISCES staff (yellow vests) and their student-built mock lunar lander at the PISCES planetary analogue test site...
`Iolani & Kealakehe Moon RIDERS Launch Simulated Lunar Mission
‘Iolani School and Kealakehe High School “Moon RIDERS” Kick-Off Field Tests for Lunar Experiment with PISCES and NASA (Hilo, HI) – ‘Iolani School and Kealakehe High School students on Monday (March...
PISCES and Partners Pour Experimental Lunar Sidewalk in Hawaii
Image: Professor Lin Shen (standing) and civil engineering students from the University of Hawaii at Manoa pour the final section of concrete for the experimental lunar sidewalk in downtown Hilo....
Apply for an Exciting Summer Internship with PISCES!
Attention college students: Spend your summer working on the future of space exploration! The Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems, a state-funded aerospace agency based in...
Moon RIDERS Student Lunar Experiment Approaching First Round of Tests
A PISCES Moon RIDERS student from `Iolani school working on a mock-up lunar lander that will be used in the first round of testing for the student lunar flight experiment. Image: `Iolani School....
PISCES and Google Lunar XPRIZE Sign Memorandum of Understanding
The Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems and the Google Lunar XPRIZE have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish cooperative relations in the emerging...