The Space Report
Former PISCES Technician Guides New Materials Science Research and Testing
Above: A molten pool of cast basalt created at the Colorado School of Mines. Credit: Kyla Edison. A former PISCES intern and technician is forging new research to help develop infrastructure beyond...
Two-Mile-Deep Water Ice Deposit Discovered Near Martian Equator
Above: Two maps display the thickness of suspected ice deposits beneath the surface of Mars. The top panel assumes the deposits are buried by a 300-meter layer of sediments; the bottom panel assumes...
NASA’s Ingenuity Mission Ends After 72nd Flight
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech To say ‘mission accomplished’ would be an understatement. NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter completed its 72nd and final flight last...
Efforts Underway to Revive Aerospace in Hawaiʻi
Apollo 15 astronauts train in ‘Apollo Valley’ on the Big Island in December 1970. Credit: NASA Lawmakers are making moves to revive aerospace development in Hawaiʻi and diversify the state’s...
UH Announces Plans for Space Engineering and Technology Center in Hilo
Astronomical instrument at the University of Hawaiʻi's Institute for Astronomy. Credit: UH IfA The University of Hawaiʻi is in the early stages of developing a space technology center that will...
International Space Station Celebrates 25 Years of Space Science
International Space Station. Credit: NASA On Dec. 6, 2023, NASA marked the International Space Station’s 25th year in orbit, lauding the research and collaboration made possible through its...
Second Test Flight for SpaceX’s Starship Ends in Explosion but Achieves Key Milestones
Image credit: SpaceX The largest and most powerful rocket ever built embarked on its second launch attempt on Nov. 18—an experiment that came to an explosive end but ultimately was hailed as a...
NASA TechLeap Challenge Seeks Innovative Space Tech Solutions for Big Prize Money
Image credit: NASA Attention, space enthusiasts! NASA is inviting college students and innovators to join the Universal Payload Interface Challenge (UPIC), the third installment of the exciting NASA...
Forging the Future: PISCES & Cislune Research Cast Basalt for Lunar Construction
PISCES team members working at the Lava Lab pour molten basalt into casting molds to produce early prototypes of trusses and joints for ISRU lunar construction. In a collaborative effort to advance...
Develop STEM Skills in NASA’s Community College Aerospace Scholars Program
Applications are now open for the 2024 cohort of NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS). NCAS consists of three missions designed to challenge students and develop their aerospace...
Applications Open for 2024 Akamai Internship Program
Are you a STEM student enrolled at a University of Hawaiʻi campus, or from Hawaiʻi and attending a mainland college? You may be eligible to get paid, hands-on technical experience at a local...
UH Hilo Computer Science Students to Upgrade PISCES Rover
UH Hilo CS students (L–R): Jayden Matsunaka, Daniel Malone, and Richard Sevao. Technology changes fast and it’s a been a few years since our Helelani planetary rover had any updates to her software...