The Space Report
GLXP Ceremony Recognizes Winners of Milestone Prizes Totaling $6 Million
Image Courtesy of Google Lunar XPRIZE. Today (Jan. 26, 2015), the winning teams for the Google Lunar XPRIZE (GLXP) Milestone Prizes are being recognized and honored at an Awards Celebration in San...
30th Anniversary of Hawaii Astronaut Onizuka’s First Spaceflight
Image: Mission Specialist Ellison S. Onizuka (left) posing with Pilot Loren J. Shriver (right) at mid-deck aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in January, 1985. Credit: NASA. Saturday, January 24,...
PISCES and NASA Sign Non-Reimbursable Space Act Agreement
Image: Courtesy of NASA. Hawaii High School Students to Shoot for the Moon PISCES SIGNS NON-REIMBURSABLE SPACE ACT AGREEMENT WITH NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER FOR LUNAR SURFACE EXPERIMENT INVOLVING...
Probe to Relay First Up-close Data and Imagery of Pluto
Image: Artist’s rendering of the New Horizons spacecraft at Pluto. Credit: JHUAPL/SwRI Scientists are anticipating the rendezvous of NASA’s New Horizons satellite with Pluto to return the first...
PISCES Robotics Tech and UHH Team Win Microsoft Challenge
Image Credit: Microsoft Imagine Cup PISCES Robotic Tech Casey Pearring and a fellow team of University of Hawaii at Hilo (UHH) computer science students claimed victory in the 2015 Pitch Video...
Former PISCES Worker Makes Forbes “30 Under 30” List
Sophie Milam shown on the Slopes of Mauna Loa volcano near the Hi-SEAS Habitat. Credit: Forbes Former PISCES worker Sophie Milam made the 2015 Forbes “30 Under 30” in the science category for her...
NASA Prepares Next Mars Rover to Seek Out Life
Image Credit: NASA NASA is preparing its next Mars mission for launch in 2020 with a new rover designed to seek out the existence of life on the Red Planet. The yet-to-be named rover, currently...
Astrobotic Emerges as Front Runner in GLXP Competition
Above: GLXP Team Astrobotic's lunar rover dubbed "Andy" shown in a mock lunar landscape. Credit: Astrobotic. Google Lunar XPRIZE (GLXP) - the $30 million international competition challenging...
China’s Lunar Lander Survives One Year in Harsh Lunar Environment
China’s Chang’e-3 continues to carry on in the harsh environment of the Moon, now having endured one year on the surface as of last weekend. The first-ever lunar lander for China has been in an out...
PISCES Rover Makes Hollywood Debut
Above: PISCES Planetary Rover on the 'extraterrestrial' set of Hawaii Five-O! Lights, Camera, Traction!! All eyes were on the PISCES Planetary Rover last September during an exciting, action-packed...
Immortalize a Keepsake by Sending it to the Moon
Above: The Astrobotic 'Griffin' lunar lander that will shuttle personal possessions to the lunar surface as part of the Google Lunar XPRIZE Competition. Credit: Astrobotic Ever hear the saying,...
PISCES Image of the Week: Orion Spacecraft Recovery
NASA's Orion spacecraft is shown in the Pacific Ocean Dec. 5, 2014 off the coast of Baja, Mexico after a splashdown that followed a 4.5 hour test-flight roughly 3,600 miles from Earth. A team...