The Space Report
LRO Discovery Will Rewrite Lunar Textbooks
Above: Artist rendering of the LRO orbiting the Moon. New evidence gathered by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) suggests volcanic activity on the Moon was still occurring during the age of...
NASA Plans to Mine Water on the Moon
Artist rendering of astronauts and a lunar rover equipped with a robotic drill searching for water deposits frozen beneath the lunar surface. Credit: NASA Inhabiting space is no easy endeavor. All...
‘Blood Moon’ Captured from Summit of Mauna Kea
Local tour guide James Stagg of Taikobo Tours (www.taikobo.com) captured this incredible photo (seen above) through a telescope on Mauna Kea in the early hours of October 8. The fully eclipsed moon...
Two Former PISCES Workers Selected for Next HI-SEAS Mission
Image of HI-SEAS Habitat on Mauna Loa. Courtesy of Sian Proctor. The third and longest-yet HI-SEAS (Hawaii Space Exploration Analogue Simulation) mission will commence October 15th and includes two...
PISCES Featured in Two Maui Weekly Articles
Image courtesy of Maui Weekly. The Maui Weekly newspaper featured two articles on PISCES' work in space exploration and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Education Outreach programs...
PISCES Hires UH-Hilo Senior and Former Intern
Melissa Adams at the PISCES office, holding a certificate of appreciation from NASA's Johnson Space Center for recent work identifying rock samples on Mauna Kea. Former PISCES intern Melissa Adams,...
Space Image of the Week: Aurora Seen from the ISS
Photo of an Aurora Borealis captured from Space. Image Credit: ESA/NASA. European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Alexander Gerst captured this incredible image of an aurora roughly 220 miles above...
STEM Campaign to Help Keiki Bring Moonbound Robot to Life
Image Credit: The Earthrise Space Foundation Meet Sagan, an ambitious robot who dreams of traveling to the Moon. But he needs help getting there. To help make Sagan's dream a reality, one of our...
NASA Announces Return of Manned Space Launches from U.S.
Above: Astronaut Piers Sellers during a 2006 spacewalk outside the now-retired Space Shuttle. Credit: NASA Today (Sept. 16, 2014) NASA officials announced the return of manned spaceflight launches...
First Contact With Lunar Surface Made by ‘Luna 2’ 55-years Ago
Above: Artist rendering of the Luna 2 spacecraft shortly before impacting the Moon's surface. Credit: Nick Stevens. September 13 marks a historic day in space travel when the Soviet 'Luna 2'...
China Releases New Photos Taken by ‘Jade Rabbit’ Lunar Rover
China’s 'Jade Rabbit' Moon rover (aka ‘Yutu’) departs from the Chang'e-3 lunar lander in December, 2013, marking the first soft landing on the moon's surface in 40 years. Credit: CNSA/CCTV. China...
NASA Completes First Spacecraft Designed for Deep-Space
Above: The first completed Orion spacecraft mounted atop its service module, pictured at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Rad Sinyak. The Orion spacecraft is NASA's first...